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| ". . . a glass of whisky and a loaded revolver" |
| 2008-04-09 |
| Jim Geraghty, "Campaign Spot" @ National Review Wow. I know things in the Democratic Party are tense, but this metaphor from the guys at The Economist seems a bit over-the-top: The Democrats are all too aware that their civil war could spell disaster. A cavalcade of senior Democrats, including senators Patrick Leahy and Chris Dodd, have advised Mrs Clinton to retire to her room with a glass of whisky and a loaded revolver. Come on, guys. Besides the awful implied suicide metaphor, there's no way anyone would phrase it this way, as I'm pretty sure all of those guys support gun control. UPDATE: I'm told "Here in Britain, the expression 'going into the library with a whiskey and a loaded revolver' is so commonly used, especially in a political context, that it has no shock value at all." Wow. I guess it's more or less their version of "taking out behind the woodshed", but it still sounds bloody to my ears on this side of the pond. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #8 a Whiskey Lullaby? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2008-04-09 16:58 |
| #7 Sort of sounds like it might be a line out of a country song--at least the whiskey part. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2008-04-09 16:15 |
| #6 The lady senator in her office between her massive and powerful thighs... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-04-09 14:47 |
| #5 ...'going into the library with a whiskey and a loaded revolver'... Into the library?? And ruin the books??? Barbarians! |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2008-04-09 14:43 |
| #4 The Brits (from my dealings with them) are a lot more easy-going with their phrasings, assuming (correctly) that no one really is suggesting any such thing. I believe Churchill said that bad or ineffective prime ministers must be pole-axed. |
| Posted by: Free Radical 2008-04-09 14:31 |
| #3 I will...ahhhhhmmmm...provide the...ahhhhmmmm...whiskey. Oh, wait. Ahhhhhhhmmmmm...nevermind. Perhaps I can offer her a...ahhhhhmmmm...ride? |
| Posted by: Senator Edward M. Kennnedy 2008-04-09 11:55 |
| #2 She should just go hunting for a day with Mr.Cheney :) |
| Posted by: Spash Lumumba2608 2008-04-09 11:19 |
| #1 I suggest that if someone gave Hillary a glass of whiskey and a loaded revolver, she would go hunting for Obama, the drink the whiskey to celebrate. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-04-09 10:38 |