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A lot of politicians are hemming around it

Posted: June 10, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |Leave a comment

On the Rachel Maddow show, Leo Shane of the Military Times was commenting on the idea of doing away with the VA medical system.  He said: “A lot of a politicians are hemming around it.”  This is a nice congruent conflation of “hemming and hawing” and “dancing around (an issue)”, both meaning to avoid or skirt an issue or question.  I am sure we will be seeing and hearing a lot of hemming around this political season.  Kudos to Frank King for hearing this one and passing it on!

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