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To: Congressman Billybob
And the French, "cheese-eating surrender monkeys" as Jonah Goldberg calls them

That's originally a line from one Homer J. Simpson.

22 posted on 12/12/2001 2:55:36 PM PST by Plummz
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To: Plummz
Good post - bmp.
23 posted on 12/12/2001 2:59:07 PM PST by Senator Pardek
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To: Plummz
Didn't Groundskeeper Willie say that first?
27 posted on 12/12/2001 3:04:57 PM PST by Skywalk
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Yep, I know the line comes from Homer. But Jonah has made it a mantra and put it on the map. It is true that quotes tend to migrate. Most people think "Why don't you come up and see me sometime" is a Mae West quote. Originally it was said not BY her but TO her, by W.C. Fields, in the closing scene of My Little Chickadee,

Billybob

31 posted on 12/12/2001 3:12:04 PM PST by Congressman Billybob
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