[azhenfud]

"A visibly upset Rather then came out with one of his famous Danisms--just because a chicken has wings, doesn’t mean it can fly."

Ol' Dan's rathered that sayin' too. I've heard that saying for 'bout as long as dirt was created - although it was wrong. I saw chickens fly into a 20ft high Mimosa to roost - and they used their wings to do it....

[epow]

When I was a kid my uncle raised white leghorn broilers on his farm. They were what are now called "free range" chickens, although back then they were just ordinary barnyard chickens. Every evening a few of the more adventurous ones would fly up to roost in the tops of the tall pines behind the chicken house. If they couldn't fly they sure gave a good impression of flying.

I think ole farmer Dan needed to refine his "aw shucks" hayseed act a bit before going public with it on election night. He still came across as an elitist left-wing snob talking down to the unwashed masses just as he always has.