Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Different standards

Schlonged? Was Donald Trump the first to use that expression in a political context? Here is Neil Conan of NPR in 2011:

Thomas Lifson points out that, as with cartoons mocking children,
liberals are held to an entirely different standard than conservatives.

But as even liberal Jeff Greenfield noted in a tweet:

On further review, Trump is right on this. "I got schlonged" is a commonplace NY way of saying: "I lost big time," w/out genital reference.
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