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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-18-07 01:57 PM
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5. Boxer said:
My kids are too old and my grandchild is too young. You're not going to pay a particular price, as I understand it, with an immediate family.

She should have said:

My kids are too old and my grandchild is too young. You're not going to pay a particular price either.

This was a case where you don't say it but let the listener or reader mentally fill in the blanks. She gets the point across yet there are no words to parse here from the opposition.

Barbara is usually on her toes with these exchanges but this time that little bit of too much information gave the RW pundits a wedge to open the debate with.

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