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[Jonathan Lighter]

Another MSNBC host today:

"I didn't know you could say 'jackass' on TV."

Elsewhen:


2002 obhouse.blogspot.com/2002_09_29_obhouse_archive.html :

"Oprah was just oozing righteaous [sic] indignation and exclaiming over and
over, “I didn't know you could say JackAss [sic] on TV!”


2012
https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/are-republican-voters-angry-white-men:

"DANA PERINO, CO-HOST: Can you say "jackass" on TV? Oh, I just did. ERIC
BOLLING, CO-HOST: You just did."

JL

On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 7:42 AM W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:

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