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Ohio without a helmet. Conventional Yeats. Godless in Tampa. Po-mo Manchuria. Teresa on the loose. Plus more.
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I stood in Ames, Iowa, in the fall of 1975 as a student at Iowa State University, among a crowd eagerly awaiting a visit from Gerald Ford who was stumping in Iowa.
He arrived with the usual fanfare, took to the podium, and began speaking — “I’m very glad to be here at Ohio State today….”..
Many boos and ohhhs and he instantly realized his error.
“Pardon, me…Iowa State. We Michiganders have the Buckeyes on our minds a lot during the football season.”
From the crowd’s reaction, it appeared that he was generally forgiven by most and continued on with his speech.
Kerry’s response, on the other hand, wasn’t so much an honest explanation to a misspoken word, but rather a shallow statement tantamount to saying, “Well, while I’m here, I’m all for you, but when I’m there, I’m all for them.”
p>What a two-faced human being. br> — Jeffrey A. Ehler
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