[Ads-l] born on third base

[Alice Faber]

I think the Ann Richards quote was "poor George, he was born with a 
silver foot in his mouth". Here's a link to the speech: 
http://gos.sbc.edu/r/richards.html

AF

On 10/3/18 7:56 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
> I first heard it (in the third rather than second person) in Ann Richards’s speech at the DNC referring, if memory serves, to George H. W. Bush.  But I can stand corrected.
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>> On Oct 3, 2018, at 7:43 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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>> Chris Mathews, MSNBC, in ref. to Trumptaxgate:
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>> "We've all heard the term 'born on third base and claiming you hit a
>> triple."
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>> I haven't heard it, but GB takes it back to at least 1981.
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>> JL
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