Saturday, August 8, 2009

Raising (or lowering) the bar on asshole scale

The word must be reserved for those to whom it must apply so as to reserve the epithet's value with an actual person and their deeds--in this case, Al Franken:

"Franken feuds with T. Boone Pickens":

"According to a source, the wealthy oil and gas magnate and author of “The First Billion Is the Hardest” stepped up to introduce himself to Franken in a room just off the Senate Floor after the lunch ended

"Franken, who was seated talking to someone else, did not stand when Pickens said hello. Instead, Franken began to berate him about the billionaire’s financing of the Swift Boat ads in 2004. Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/25667.html#ixzz0Mx7KNdXD

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