Word: retorting
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Gore supporters. "How Many Times, How Many Times," replied the Bushies. Another cry erupted from the Bush camp: "Concede Again, Concede Again." Gore backers sang back, "Don't Get Snippy, Don't Get Snippy." From the Gore side: "Read My Lips, No More Bushes." Bush supporters had a quick retort: "No More Thieves. We Want Bush...
...This was supposed to be a joke, in reference to Bush's retort to Gore during the debate to "forget the journalists" and what they say about his facts and figures. But the joke fell flat, so Bush pressed on. "For all journalists on board, please raise your hand," he said. "For those of you missing, will you please raise your hands." Again, his timing off, he was met with a puzzled silence. "At any rate," Bush continued, "[there is] less than three weeks to go. I'm looking forward to it. I hope you are, too. May your stories...
...course, some people who know us have suggested that in our case the underlying problem may be pure laziness. To them I retort: That wouldn't explain the swag situation, would...
...that the government had absolutely nothing to do with it." Lieberman: "I can tell my wife is out there, she wants me to go out in the private sector." Cheney: "I'm going to try to help you do that, Joe." Score it for Cheney - Lieberman's retort was lost in real live applause - but the thing was, everybody laughed. Real laughter...
...defensive answer leaves Gore another retort - "Well, they don't" - that leaves Bush looking like he hasn't been reading the papers. The Russians have in fact gone with a fuzzy "it's up to the Serbs" approach," which is arguably somewhere in between. But the lasting impression is of Bush taking the hit in silence because he's not quite sure of the details...