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Like Father, Like Son
Like Father, Like Son
Aug
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12th
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2010
05:46 pm
filkertom
Ben Quayle
(yes, the son of Dan) gives his carefully-thought-out opinion on Barack Obama.
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2010-08-13 02:43 pm (UTC)
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This has got to be the best analogy of privilege I've ever heard. I'm totally using it instead of "invisible knapsack" the next time I have to explain privilege.
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Date:
2010-08-13 04:29 pm (UTC)
From:
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I believe the phrase originated with the late, great Ann richards, who said it about George Bush, the other guy on the Bush-Quayle ticket.
About Quayle, she said "He was born with a silver foot in his mouth."
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Date: 2010-08-13 02:43 pm (UTC)This has got to be the best analogy of privilege I've ever heard. I'm totally using it instead of "invisible knapsack" the next time I have to explain privilege.
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Date: 2010-08-13 04:29 pm (UTC)I believe the phrase originated with the late, great Ann richards, who said it about George Bush, the other guy on the Bush-Quayle ticket.
About Quayle, she said "He was born with a silver foot in his mouth."