Re: the language watch continues

["Dan Strassberg" <Dan.Strassberg@worldnet.att.net>]

The spelling may be different (Fredonia?) but it's also a town in far
western New York state (not too far from Erie PA, I think). Erie--that's the
city "in New York State" where Hillary's aides aggressively pushed for a TV
or radio interview. The show's host couldn't figure out why he was getting
so much attention but I guess he played it straight and did the interview.
Of course, the station (be it radio or TV) must have some reach in western
NY. However, there were rumors (not at all sure they're true), that HRC
opened with some line like "Gee it's great to be here with you here in
western New York this morning, Jack <or whatever the first name of the
show's host was>."

"_I_ love New York (or any other large state from which I can run for an
office that will serve as a launching pad for my presidential bid in 2004
(or 2008 if Al Gore makes it in 2000)." What a country!

If I lived in New York, I guess I'd vote for her because the Republicans
scare me so much (the thought of W in the White House with a
Republican-controlled congress on Capitol Hill really _is_ frightening), but
I _can_ say "opportunist," I _can_ say "carpetbagger," and I'm just a tad
concerned that I might also have to learn "antisemite."

--

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Date: Thursday, September 07, 2000 12:59 AM
Subject: Re: the language watch continues


Somehow this reminds me of a news story a few years ago in which someone,
I think Rolling Stone magazine, got in touch with various Congressmen or
their offices and asked them a question about U.S. policy towards
Freedonia.  They got various different sorts of fudge answers, but no one
admitted that they didn't know where Freedonia was.  And none of them
actually knew that Freedonia was the fictitious country headed by Groucho
in the Marx Brothers movie "Duck Soup."