To: Helms
Hobbling aside -- (I always thought the reference was to an English keeper of a livery stable) -- the democrat primary is the perfect Hobson's-choice paradigm.
14 posted on
02/03/2004 9:52:12 AM PST by
Mia T
(Stop Clintons' Undermining Machinations (The acronym is the message.))
To: Mia T
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No choice at all. |
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Hobson was a stable owner who rented out horses. His customers were obliged to take the horse nearest the door. Cockney rhyming slang for voice. |
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16 posted on
02/03/2004 11:15:55 AM PST by
Helms
(Liberals believe we are Crash Dummies on the hectic highway of the Cosmos)
To: Mia T
"the democrat primary is the perfect Hobson's-choice paradigm." "
Exactly!
17 posted on
02/03/2004 12:33:41 PM PST by
Helms
(Liberals believe we are Crash Dummies on the hectic highway of the Cosmos)
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