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Nirthers on Television

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Occasional Reader9/26/2009 12:00:18 pm PDT

re: #239 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Quayle as a feather was classic political satire, picturing him as a “lightweight”.

/even though I didn’t like its use

I always had the impression that it was meant to be a symbol of cowardice, a reference to his having escaped having to serve in Vietnam. Might be wrong.