[Ads-l] WOTY? The p-word

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Sat Oct 8 23:59:00 UTC 2016


> On Oct 8, 2016, at 5:00 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
>> Dream on.
> 
> 
> A woman who hosts a Republican radio talk show on explained to CNN that if
> the video had been made in the past few weeks, it would be troubling. But
> it was eleven years ago, and  Mr. T---p has changed.
> 
> A middle-aged woman who supports T---p told CNN what she thinks of the
> video. A slight paraphrase of her answer:
> 
> "Donald Trump is an American man!  That's how men talk! Why are you holding
> him to a higher standard?"
> 
Maybe that's why all those Trump fans are convinced that Obama can't really be an American.   Or a man. (Yes, there is a "theory" about that too.)

LH

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