Prickly City by Scott Stantis for January 22, 2009
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Transcript:
Carmen: You guys control the House, Senate and White House! You! The nattering nabobs of negativism!! Winslow: Weren't you guys in the same position eight years ago? Carmen: And look at us now!!! Winslow: What the heck is a "nabob"?!?!
pschearer Premium Member almost 16 years ago
na·bob (nā′′bŏb′) n.
A governor in India under the Mogul Empire. Also called nawab. A person of wealth and prominence.[Hindi nawāb, nabāb, from Arabic nuwwāb, pl. of nā’ib, deputy active participle of nāba, to represent.]
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McGehee almost 16 years ago
I thought it was a nickname for a Navy guy named Bob.
TheFurnace almost 16 years ago
Yup, let the great cleansing begin - Republicans had nothing to do at all the last 8 years.
And no Stantis, the Democrats didn’t control the House, Senate, and White House in 2000. The Republicans had majorities in the House and the Senate starting in 1995 through the 2006 elections.
Not that facts matter to Stantis…
TheFurnace almost 16 years ago
My bad - I thought he had Carmen saying the line about controlling the the government. Sorry.
mrprongs almost 16 years ago
I thought Nabob’s were citizens of Naboo.