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Go Home W's Unlikely Ally in Smack Talk

THE PLANK SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

W's Unlikely Ally in Smack Talk

BY JASON ZENGERLE

Yglesias, commenting on the Bush quotes in Matt Lattimer's GQ article, writes:

I thought it was funny that George W. Bush referred to Barack Obama as “this cat” since that’s slang people haven’t used for decades.

He really needs to better acquaint himself with the wit and wisdom of one Rasheed Wallace, who's been waging a brave battle to keep "cat" in the contemporary slang canon. (My favorite Rasheed usage--complaining, as usual, about the refs: "A lot of them cats are felonious, man.")

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Zengerle - are you referring to Rasheed Wallace of the Boston Celtics???

- benberger

September 16, 2009 at 12:10pm

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