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All politics is local. And a lot of local politics is ridden with scandal. Read my lips: this quiz is a hard one. A graduate-level test of your knowledge of corruption.
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All politics is local?
I might not be very knowledgeable about politics, but I know a thing or two about grammar. :)
posted by Kate on 5-9-2007 at 9:39 am
Grammar, maybe. But you’re not so hot with famous Tip O’Neill sayings.
posted by Jason on 5-9-2007 at 9:50 am
“politics”: (noun plural but singular or plural in construction)
A noun that is singular in construction takes a singular verb when it is used as a subject.
posted by Betsy on 5-9-2007 at 10:08 am
This is my first time here, so I’m pretty clueless here, but that image sho looks like the clip of DC Mayor Marion Berry getting his crack on.
posted by ChadJ on 5-9-2007 at 10:23 am
My favorite political quote (I don’t know who said it originally) is along the lines of “Politics is derived from two words: poly, which means many, and ticks, which are blood sucking parasites.
posted by Jason! on 5-9-2007 at 10:25 am
Good eyes, ChadJ!
posted by Jason on 5-9-2007 at 10:30 am
He must be right about politics being local. I remember reading some of those stories in the newspapers, but years later the locations are fuzzy, since they are not MY location.
posted by Miss Cellania on 5-9-2007 at 10:21 pm
“My favorite political quote (I don’t know who said it originally) is along the lines of “Politics is derived from two words: poly, which means many, and ticks, which are blood sucking parasites.”
That’s from Dave Barry.
posted by Jennifer on 5-10-2007 at 8:16 am
Thanks, Jennifer!
posted by Jason! on 5-10-2007 at 8:51 am