She actually felt the need to literally apologize for using this foul expression.
Does anyone think that Nina Totenberg, or anyone in the media or government or academy, would ever say, “I was — forgive the expression — at a gay wedding”? No, of course not; they would never give that such a slight, classifying it as an actual vulgarity.
But Christmas? To Nina Totenberg and the alien creatures who have, V-like, infiltrated and captured our key institutions, the word “Christmas” is now on par with a lower-grade racial slur.
The problem with all these 'commentators', 'newsreaders' and 'pundits' is that no one gets to ask them about themselves. They are not subject to the rules governing normal people. Just what the hell did she mean by that remark? Will anyone get to ask her? Did she misspeak? Was she trying to be funny? These, and many other questions will never be answered for the edification of the little people.
I think he ought to be worried about what’s going on in the Good Lord’s mind, because if there is retributive justice, he’ll get AIDS from a transfusion, or one of his grandchildren will. – Nina Totenburg on Jesse Helms
You mean THAT Nina Totenburg? Nothing to see here, just some more air leaking into that evacuated cavity between her ears.
The NappyOne