Andrea Mitchell ("journalist") comments on Ted Cruz's comment.
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@loki said in Andrea Mitchell ("journalist") comments on Ted Cruz's comment.:
@bachophile said in Andrea Mitchell ("journalist") comments on Ted Cruz's comment.:
Well Faulkner did write the sound and the fury. But she was honest enough to apologize.
True, but speed kills and the glee and sarcasm got smoked. Itโs called being out over your skills and it was a yard sale ending.
Over your skis?
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What I found illuminating was how many of her followers jumped right in with her.
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@horace said in Andrea Mitchell ("journalist") comments on Ted Cruz's comment.:
@loki said in Andrea Mitchell ("journalist") comments on Ted Cruz's comment.:
@bachophile said in Andrea Mitchell ("journalist") comments on Ted Cruz's comment.:
Well Faulkner did write the sound and the fury. But she was honest enough to apologize.
True, but speed kills and the glee and sarcasm got smoked. Itโs called being out over your skills and it was a yard sale ending.
Over your skis?
Thanks. Missed that.
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@lufins-dad said in Andrea Mitchell ("journalist") comments on Ted Cruz's comment.:
What I found illuminating was how many of her followers jumped right in with her.
That's the story.
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That's one of my favourite Shakespearean quotes.
It's ironic how many people piled on with her, and also how many people who are now piling on against her probably had no freaking idea where the quote came from, either.
I can't speak for the rest of the country, but my kids have been far too busy learning about America to do much Shakespeare.
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@doctor-phibes said in Andrea Mitchell ("journalist") comments on Ted Cruz's comment.:
I can't speak for the rest of the country, but my kids have been far too busy learning about America to do much Shakespeare.
Which was, ironically (or not), her own excuse.
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@george-k said in Andrea Mitchell ("journalist") comments on Ted Cruz's comment.:
@doctor-phibes said in Andrea Mitchell ("journalist") comments on Ted Cruz's comment.:
I can't speak for the rest of the country, but my kids have been far too busy learning about America to do much Shakespeare.
Which was, ironically (or not), her own excuse.
"Don't Quote What You Don't Understand."
โDiogenes, speaking to a crowd at Slugfest '89 -
Bottom line - Faulkner ripped off a Shakespearean line, and now the yanks are trying to pretend they invented it.
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@doctor-phibes said in Andrea Mitchell ("journalist") comments on Ted Cruz's comment.:
Bottom line - Faulkner ripped off a Shakespearean line, and now the yanks are trying to pretend they invented it.
I guess it's ok, since Shakespeare didn't write Shakespeare.
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@jolly said in Andrea Mitchell ("journalist") comments on Ted Cruz's comment.:
@doctor-phibes said in Andrea Mitchell ("journalist") comments on Ted Cruz's comment.:
Bottom line - Faulkner ripped off a Shakespearean line, and now the yanks are trying to pretend they invented it.
I guess it's ok, since Shakespeare didn't write Shakespeare.
The Bard was actually The Brad?
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True story - my dad worked with a guy named Bill Shakespeare. He had a hell of a time booking hotel rooms.
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@jolly said in Andrea Mitchell ("journalist") comments on Ted Cruz's comment.:
I guess it's ok, since Shakespeare didn't write Shakespeare.
They say it was actually another guy with the same name.
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@klaus said in Andrea Mitchell ("journalist") comments on Ted Cruz's comment.:
???
Who is Faulkner?
The guy that Harper Lee completely ripped off.
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@aqua-letifer said in Andrea Mitchell ("journalist") comments on Ted Cruz's comment.:
@klaus said in Andrea Mitchell ("journalist") comments on Ted Cruz's comment.:
???
Who is Faulkner?
The guy that Harper Lee completely ripped off.
Don't you mean Truman Capote?