I heard Gohmert on a satellite radio show last night. He said the phrase goes back to a famous prosecutor he admires. The guy would say it when the tension in the courtroom was too high and he needed people to relax a little. Gohmert said he used it many times while a judge or attorney. He said Holder thought it was a gaffe and was using it to embarrass and call attention to Gohmert's earlier mistake when it wasn't a mistake at all.
Snopes says this is false. Gohmert said 'experience'.
101 posted on 04/09/2014 9:36:01 AM PDT by Lazamataz
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