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Christopher Hitchens on John Edwards' endorsement of Barack Obama
The Mirror ^ | May 15, 2008 | Christopher Hitchens

Posted on 05/15/2008 7:32:33 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: T.L.Sink
"It’s just a common figure of speech, as in “political plumb."

I think the word you're looking for is plum not plumb.

plum 1 (plm) n 1. a. Any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Prunus, bearing smooth-skinned, fleshy, edible fruit with a single hard-shelled stone that encloses the seed. b. The fruit of any of these trees. 2. a. Any of several trees bearing plumlike fruit The fruit of such a tree 3. A raisin, when added to a pudding or cake 4. A sugarplum 5. A dark purple to deep reddish purple

6. An especially desirable position, assignment, or reward: an ambassadorship granted as a political plum.

21 posted on 05/16/2008 3:42:39 AM PDT by Mila
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To: cubreporter; Alia

Elizabeth is the man of the Edwards family.


22 posted on 05/16/2008 5:16:55 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Yes, but how does that help?)
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To: toddlintown

...”I also like how the rich cracker Edwards plays the class divide.”...”These 2 morons were made for each other.”

What are the chances that part of their eventual agenda would be to secure cash-money slave reparations?


23 posted on 05/16/2008 6:15:34 AM PDT by equaviator ("There's a plane on the horizon coming in...see it?")
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To: Tax-chick

I don’t know about that and I certainly pray for her with her cancer and hope she will overcome that. However, she is NOT a superdelegate that I know of anyway and so why would her endorsement of hilllereee mean anything anyway????


24 posted on 05/16/2008 9:30:44 AM PDT by cubreporter
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To: T.L.Sink

I thought it was a “political plum” as in the fruit. “Political plumb” would be like a lead balloon.


25 posted on 05/17/2008 7:01:29 AM PDT by reg45
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