Lincoln's euphemism

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Lincoln's euphemism

FrankC — 4/8/2004 5:10:46 PM (archived)

"God must have loved the common people, he made so many of them."

It is a fake quote (Lincoln never said it) but it has been used for over a hundred years without any stigma implied on the common man.

You can run but you can't hide.

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The Move-On commercial I'd like to see . . . - Odin - 4/8/2004 6:05:36 AM
- So let me get this straight... - Tom Brosz - 4/8/2004 4:19:31 PM
  - If you learned that George Bush fathered a black child out of wedlock, would you be more or less likely to vote for him? - Odin - 4/8/2004 5:41:13 PM
    - re: If you learned that George Bush fathered a black child out of wedlock, would you be more or less likely to vote for him? - Publius - 4/9/2004 1:35:44 PM
- yeah, I would too. . . - Justin Kelly - 4/8/2004 7:01:07 AM
  - On the commons - Odin - 4/8/2004 7:49:23 AM
    - Lincoln's euphemism - FrankC - 4/8/2004 5:10:46 PM
      - re: Your fake Lincoln's euphemism - Odin - 4/8/2004 6:15:05 PM
        
        I'll let that lie here - FrankC - 4/8/2004 7:07:28 PM
        
        As I suspected, poor social skills - Odin - 4/8/2004 8:22:38 PM
        
        Potty mouth? - FrankC - 4/8/2004 11:38:44 PM
        
        Figuratively, and probably literally - Odin - 4/9/2004 7:19:01 AM
        
        Did you both regress to age 6? (n/t) - Tony - 4/9/2004 2:38:44 PM
        
        Communicating with children, or village idiots, or Koko, necessitates certain adjustments. (n/t) - Odin - 4/9/2004 5:34:03 PM
        
        It seems so - FrankC - 4/9/2004 3:37:54 PM

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