[Colonel_Flagg]

"He's a coward," Thomas said afterward. "He's supposed to be this macho guy. He'll take on Osama bin Laden, but he won't take me on."

How dare that dried-up old hag. Maybe he won't call on her because she has lost her manners.

[ladyjane]

Maybe she's just a bad reporter.

"He'll take on Osama bin Laden, but he won't take me on."

She's a moron. Never end a sentence with a preposition! And she calls herself a reporter! sheesh