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rzemanfl

(29,556 posts) Tue Mar 13, 2018, 01:53 PM Mar 2018

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Winner is the first one who can provide the source for this quote-

"A potato-like President, limp with murder, turns to his piquant attorney general and says, "I'd give America for a thirteen-year-old nympho."

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Winner is the first one who can provide the source for this quote- (Original Post) rzemanfl Mar 2018 OP

John Oliver? Danmel Mar 2018 #1

Nope. n/t rzemanfl Mar 2018 #14

Sounds like Charles Pierce. Whoever said it, I like it a lot. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2018 #2

Nope. n/t rzemanfl Mar 2018 #4

Ninety-two in the Shade dalton99a Mar 2018 #3

Did you google it? n/t rzemanfl Mar 2018 #6

Yep dalton99a Mar 2018 #11

1972, but he describes Drumpf perfectly. n/t rzemanfl Mar 2018 #12

Tim Dorsey mentions it via Serge Storms in his latest book- rzemanfl Mar 2018 #13

We have a photo finish. rzemanfl Mar 2018 #7

Ninety-two in the Shade GeorgeGist Mar 2018 #5

Photo finish. See above. n/t rzemanfl Mar 2018 #8

Thomas McGuane zipplewrath Mar 2018 #9

If you did this from memory I am impressed. The quotes are in the text. rzemanfl Mar 2018 #10

How prescient. Danmel Mar 2018 #15

I can imagine Nixon as potato-like, but Mitchell piquant? That's a stretch. n/t rzemanfl Mar 2018 #16

Danmel

(4,913 posts)

1. John Oliver?

Reply to rzemanfl (Original post)

Tue Mar 13, 2018, 01:53 PM

Mar 2018

rzemanfl

(29,556 posts)

14. Nope. n/t

Reply to Danmel (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 13, 2018, 02:10 PM

Mar 2018

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,674 posts)

2. Sounds like Charles Pierce. Whoever said it, I like it a lot.

Reply to rzemanfl (Original post)

Tue Mar 13, 2018, 01:54 PM

Mar 2018

rzemanfl

(29,556 posts)

4. Nope. n/t

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #2)

Tue Mar 13, 2018, 01:54 PM

Mar 2018

dalton99a

(81,451 posts)

3. Ninety-two in the Shade

Reply to rzemanfl (Original post)

Tue Mar 13, 2018, 01:54 PM

Mar 2018

easy

rzemanfl

(29,556 posts)

6. Did you google it? n/t

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #3)

Tue Mar 13, 2018, 01:55 PM

Mar 2018

dalton99a

(81,451 posts)

11. Yep

Reply to rzemanfl (Reply #6)

Tue Mar 13, 2018, 02:03 PM

Mar 2018

I actually read one of his books (not that one, of course - sounds interesting tho)

rzemanfl

(29,556 posts)

12. 1972, but he describes Drumpf perfectly. n/t

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #11)

Tue Mar 13, 2018, 02:04 PM

Mar 2018

rzemanfl

(29,556 posts)

13. Tim Dorsey mentions it via Serge Storms in his latest book-

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #11)

Tue Mar 13, 2018, 02:09 PM

Mar 2018

The Pope of Palm Beach which is why I ordered it from the library. The story is set in Key West in the early '70s.

Judging by usernames, there are some Dorsey fans here.

rzemanfl

(29,556 posts)

7. We have a photo finish.

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #3)

Tue Mar 13, 2018, 01:58 PM

Mar 2018

I ran the text through Bing, but not Google.

GeorgeGist

(25,319 posts)

5. Ninety-two in the Shade

Reply to rzemanfl (Original post)

Tue Mar 13, 2018, 01:54 PM

Mar 2018

rzemanfl

(29,556 posts)

8. Photo finish. See above. n/t

Reply to GeorgeGist (Reply #5)

Tue Mar 13, 2018, 01:58 PM

Mar 2018

zipplewrath

(16,646 posts)

9. Thomas McGuane

Reply to rzemanfl (Original post)

Tue Mar 13, 2018, 02:00 PM

Mar 2018

I believe the Skelton character is actually being quoted.

rzemanfl

(29,556 posts)

10. If you did this from memory I am impressed. The quotes are in the text.

Reply to zipplewrath (Reply #9)

Tue Mar 13, 2018, 02:03 PM

Mar 2018

Bad form on my part not to "'....

Danmel

(4,913 posts)

15. How prescient.

Reply to rzemanfl (Original post)

Tue Mar 13, 2018, 02:44 PM

Mar 2018

Scary.

rzemanfl

(29,556 posts)

16. I can imagine Nixon as potato-like, but Mitchell piquant? That's a stretch. n/t

Reply to Danmel (Reply #15)

Tue Mar 13, 2018, 02:45 PM

Mar 2018

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