Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Subtext

Longest-Serving Senator Gives Obama a History Lesson - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com:

"Senator Robert C. Byrd, whose career in the Senate has spanned five decades, advised President Obama this week to keep in check the powers of members of the White House staff to prevent an erosion of the “Constitutional system of checks and balances.”"

The subtext to this is Byrd is saying, "I was in the Klan, and I don't want you and that Chief of Staff of yours to get to...uppity..." and after a cough, the Senator carefully added a "Mr. President".

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