[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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