Thursday, September 04, 2008

 

McCain's "My Friends" Tic

On Slate, Paul Collins has explored why John McCain keeps referring to crowds as "my friends," saying that in American political discourse the phrase hearkens back to William Jennings Bryan.

Personally, I wonder if Senator McCain didn't pick up the habit from another source: Criswell.

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