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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-23-11 07:39 AM
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"They are playing Coburn like a Stradivarius..."
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"They are playing Coburn like a Stradivarius. Durbin is walking him down into an alley where he is going to get mugged."

–Americans for Tax Reform’s Grover Norquist, arguing that Republican Sen. Tom Coburn should drop out of deficit reduction talks with Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin et al.
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patrice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-23-11 07:50 AM
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1. Kind of a mixed metaphor isn't it. One doesn't mug a Stradivarius, so what's REALLY going on?
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Buzz Clik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-23-11 07:55 AM
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2. He went for the double metaphor, ...
... just in case the knuckledraggers think a Stradivarius is a European sports car.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-23-11 08:01 AM
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4. lol! Good one. nt
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