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| Author: | Jackie [ Wed Jul 21, 2004 12:38 am ] |
| Post subject: | Call it kinda desperate |
Story from AP on: The co-founder of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream is on the road, towing a 12-foot-tall effigy of President Bush with fake flames shooting out of the pants. The lede: Call it the burning Bush.<p>Or, not. |
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| Author: | Matthew Grieco [ Wed Jul 21, 2004 1:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Call it kinda desperate |
Not just needless wordplay, but especially inappropriate because people with their pants on fire are supposed to be liars, and burning bushes are supposed to deliver the truth. |
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