[Ads-l] born on third base

[Laurence Horn]

So memory fails to serve once again.  I do recall the silver-foot-in-mouth remark (too).  Mental blending.

> On Oct 3, 2018, at 8:24 PM, Alice Faber <afaber at PANIX.COM> wrote:
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> 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
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> AF
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> 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.
>>> 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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