[Ads-l] "man non-avoidance

Jonathan Lighter wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
Tue Oct 11 10:10:56 UTC 2016


Dana Bash, CNN, reports that Paul Ryan has told Republicans,

"Every man for him or herself. I know what I just did there, but let's go
on."

She was embarrassed over "man" non-avoidance. Or was it just the twisted
grammar?  Many ask, "Which is a greater threat to our world?"

JL

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"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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