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Dan Ratherisms: The Wit and Wisdom of Dan Rather
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Posted on 11/04/2004 1:26:41 PM PST by presidio9

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To: weegee
We should have a contest for the best FReeper "Ratherism".

I have a Ratherism:
"Getting advice from Bob Shrum on how to win an election is like trying to get directions to Weightwatchers from Michael Moore.

41 posted on 11/04/2004 3:30:44 PM PST by feedback doctor (Fundamentalist Liberals, Fundamentalist Muslims, the only difference is the clothes)
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To: presidio9
"In southern states they beat him like a rented mule."

My stars and garters! First there was Reverend Al slappin' the donkey, and now it's come to THIS!!!

42 posted on 11/04/2004 3:45:53 PM PST by Lauren BaRecall (Gloating is a healthy thing! :oD)
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"This race is humming along like Ray Charles."

Ahhh, Dan, Ray died. Did you miss the news on that?

43 posted on 11/04/2004 4:11:46 PM PST by Michael.SF. (Well, Kerry did win the exit polls.)
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To: presidio9
Your list is amazing!

Reading through them, I realize Dan could come off so folksy that he wouldn't seem nearly so much like a old, dog-eared apologist for condescending Northeastern elitism!

Hey.....you know what?!

I'll bet that if he said those on a pretty regular basis, he could come off like he actually had been a US Marine for a period of over 1 month, or like he was never rejected by the US Army for poor physical fitness!

This material really pumps him up!

44 posted on 11/04/2004 4:40:19 PM PST by gaijin
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To: presidio9

Used to be amusing.... now, just pathetically sad.


45 posted on 11/04/2004 5:17:10 PM PST by NewJerseyJoe (Rat mantra: "Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!")
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I'd rather put on a wooden bill and go out and peck sand with a chicken, that listen to that guy

Excellent, most excellent.

46 posted on 11/04/2004 7:38:11 PM PST by Bedford Forrest (Roger, Contact, Judy, Out. Fox One. Splash one.<I>)
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To: presidio9

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47 posted on 11/04/2004 10:01:27 PM PST by ml1954
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When did Rather turn into Jethro Bodine? This is truly a pathetic attempt to hang onto his position by overtly and shamelessly pandering to the Red States. The only stereotypical colloquial words I couldn't find were possum and grits. And this from a supposed 'enemy' of stereotypes. Does Uncle Walty have a one bed or two bedroom suite at the institute? Danny Boy may be looking for a big brother when he moves in there. And these guys were movers and shakers for decades...two of the major players in bringing down Nixon. Maybe what goes around really does come around. History will be much kinder to Mr. Nixon than to these two egomaniacs. Off with his head.


48 posted on 11/04/2004 10:13:21 PM PST by ml1954
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49 posted on 11/05/2004 4:18:46 PM PST by IPWGOP (I'm Linda Eddy, and I approved this message... 'tooning the truth!)
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50 posted on 11/05/2004 10:49:28 PM PST by Remember Ruby Ridge (SOLUTION: TURN IRAQ INTO GLASS, TAKE THEIR OIL, AND KICK THEIR ASS!)
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51 posted on 11/05/2004 10:58:55 PM PST by Remember Ruby Ridge (SOLUTION: TURN IRAQ INTO GLASS, TAKE THEIR OIL, AND KICK THEIR ASS!)
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To: presidio9

This is the one thing I will miss about Rather is the Ratherisms, they were fairly funny


52 posted on 03/06/2005 2:50:40 PM PST by graceland
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