Scooter wrote:That "gravy train" line will have a short life if someone comes out with an ad saying that it originated with Rob Ford, and juxtaposing a picture of Trump with one of Ford smoking crack.
But I think Scooter was referring to the use of "Stop the Gravy Train" as a political slogan. However, this is probably a much bigger deal in Canada than it is in the U.S.; I doubt whether very many Trump supporters have ever even heard of Rob Ford. (Probably the only reason many of them have even heard of Toronto is because the city has a baseball team...)
People who are wrong are just as sure they're right as people who are right. The only difference is, they're wrong.
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Econoline wrote:Of course the expression "gravy train" has been around for a long time. ...
But I think Scooter was referring to the use of "Stop the Gravy Train" as a political slogan. However, this is probably a much bigger deal in Canada than it is in the U.S.; I doubt whether very many Trump supporters have ever even heard of Rob Ford. (Probably the only reason many of them have even heard of Toronto is because the city has a baseball team...)
No I meant "stop the gravy train". It is highly unlikely that it has not been used many times before in politics.
rubato wrote:No I meant "stop the gravy train". It is highly unlikely that it has not been used many times before in politics.
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Probably not. The term I generally heard for projects, whether necessary or not, that brought a steady supply of jobs and money into a specific area or district was "pork-barrel". But if your district got a pork-barrel project — say, like a contract to produce something, whether it was mess kits or machine guns, for the DoD — and you were able to get a job related to that project you were still riding the gravy train ... and trust me, derailing the gravy train to your district was as sure a way of committing political suicide as anything. -"BB"-
Yes, I suppose I could agree with you ... but then we'd both be wrong, wouldn't we?
Joe Guy wrote:Is there really a God? I mean, somebody had to have created this election year... or is it just a natural progression of an arbitrary universe?
Yes there is and he answered a prayer of mine.
Not to MY satisfaction, but answered none the less.
Joe Guy wrote:Is there really a God? I mean, somebody had to have created this election year... or is it just a natural progression of an arbitrary universe?
Yes there is and he answered a prayer of mine.
Not to MY satisfaction, but answered none the less.
I was taught that God always answers prayers.
It's just that sometimes the answer is "no". -"BB"-
Yes, I suppose I could agree with you ... but then we'd both be wrong, wouldn't we?
I think that the biggest problem trump will have, as president, is that the republican victory will be sweeping to the point where the GOP will have a veto proof majority in both houses....
