IOW, if truth were shrapnel, the RATS would lie bleeding like hogs at a slaughterhouse.
Hey Ann -- you have my permission to use this metaphor in your next columm.
DO YOU MEAN THAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE RATS? I DON'T THINK HOGS BLEED WHEN THEY LIE. I DON'T THINK THAT HOGS CAN EVEN TALK, SO THEY PROBABLY CAN'T EVEN LIE, COME TO THINK OF IT.
I ALSO REMEMBER THAT CONGRESS OUTLAWED RATS AT SLAUGHTERHOUSES AFTER UPTON SINCLAIR'S THE JUNGLE, SO THIS COULDN'T BE ACCURATE.
Great line, btw!