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The kids don’t have to be rocket surgeons

Posted: February 2, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: PEOPLE, rockets, surgeons, THINGS | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |5 Comments

This beauty was said by Tennessee State Senator Stacey Campfield on CNN last week.  In response to Martin Bashir‘s question of why tying welfare benefits to children’s grades wouldn’t hurt the family overall, Sen. Campfield said, “the kids don’t have to be rocket surgeons.”  This is a nice mash up of “brain surgeon” and “rocket scientist”.  Thanks to Sam for finding this one replayed on the Jay Leno show!  The exchange is in the link below:

rocket surgeon

5 Comments on “The kids don’t have to be rocket surgeons”

  1. John Costello's avatar John Costello says:
    February 2, 2013 at 8:10 pm

    Dave, this is a classic. one of my favorites. I guess politicians don’t need to be brain scientists either.

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  2. davemalaphor's avatar davemalaphor says:
    February 8, 2013 at 10:39 pm

    Thanks Ted!

    Reply
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    May 11, 2015 at 7:42 am

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