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Botany

(70,490 posts) Mon Jan 30, 2012, 10:41 AM Jan 2012

Bob Dole in 1996 to Newt people don't like you, "Because it saves time."

http://jds-midknightreview.blogspot.com/2012/01/quote-of-primary-campaign-bob-dole-to.html

This prompted an apocryphal Washington exchange between a perplexed Gingrich and Dole.
"Why do people take such an instant dislike to me?" asked a perplexed Gingrich, to whom
Dole bluntly explained: "Because it saves them time."

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Bob Dole in 1996 to Newt people don't like you, "Because it saves time." (Original Post) Botany Jan 2012 OP

The earliest use I can find is from M*A*S*H (TV), 1974 muriel_volestrangler Jan 2012 #1

muriel_volestrangler

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1. The earliest use I can find is from M*A*S*H (TV), 1974

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Mon Jan 30, 2012, 11:34 AM

Jan 2012

Frank Burns: What I don't understand is why do people take an instant dislike to me?
Captain John McIntyre: It saves time, Frank.

http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0009451/quotes

Though it could be older than that, of course. It's been apparently used about various people; if anyone is foolish enough to ask "why do people take such an instant dislike to me?", it's a suitable reply.

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