BREAKING: Jeb! campaign chose " * " before " ! " without realizing " * " was shorthand for "anus"

[Miles Archer]

Just now on CNN. No link yet.

[LiberalArkie]

1. It is?

[Miles Archer]

3. It is indeed

Which is why I think he should have used it.

[irisblue]

2. snerk

we used that as a marker for problem clients in a very past job.

[KamaAina]

4. And all this time I thought the * in Bush*

was an asterisk used to denote his illegitimacy, like Barry Bonds' 73*-home run record.

[Miles Archer]

5. The use of " * " to denote "asshole" in reference to George W. Bush...

was rampant on DU during Junior's second term. It was DU secret code, like the secret menu at In 'n' Out Burger.

[Cal Carpenter]

8. I suggest reading Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions

It goes back a lot further than DU during the GWB* years. Not so secret of a code.

[Squinch]

6. They just wanted to avoid redundancy.

Jeb* translates as "I'm an asshole asshole"

Jeb! translates as "I'm an asshole, dammit!"

It's a much better choice.

[Cal Carpenter]

7. Someone needs to read some Vonnegut