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Monday
Aug012005

If Bill Had Great Interns, Then Hillary...

hilary clinton.jpgQuote:  “Britain, where there remains far more overt sexism in public life, made Margaret Thatcher prime minister more than two decades ago.” Article in Slate, "But Why Can't Hillary Win?"

Term:  a fortiori (ah for tee AR ee), the Mikey-likes-it! argument

Remember the commercial for Life Cereal, the one where the brothers experiment on picky little Mikey?  If Mikey liked it, the boys figured, anyone would.  That's an argument a fortiori:  If something less likely is true, then something more likely will probably be true as well.

Margaret Thatcher plays Mikey in Jacob Weisberg’s assertion in Slate that Hillary Clinton has a good shot at the White House.  Hey, Weisberg argues, if those soccer hooligans across the pond can elect a woman, surely our more advanced civilization can. 

    Snappy Answers:  

    1. "Who says those Limey fruits are more sexist than we are?"
    2. "Are you sure Maggie Thatcher was a woman?"

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