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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRemember the TV series "Get Smart"?
The character Maxwell Smart had a running gag where he'd say something like "You may think you have us but would you believe the entire U. S. Marine Corps has this place surrounded?"
The bad guy would say no, then Max would say "Would you believe a couple security guards?"
The bad guy would say no again and then Max would say "A boy scout?"
Google News and Business Insider just did the same thing. The Google News page said "GOP leaders are urging Republican voters to back Democrats in 2022". Great news! I definitely wanted to read more.
I clicked the link to the Business Insider page and saw that the headline is actually "Some GOP officials are urging Republican voters to back Democrats in 2022 to save the party from 'pro-Trump extremists".
Then I scrolled down to the article and saw "Two Republicans are urging voters..."
They're Trump official turned critic Miles Taylor and former Gov. Christine Todd Whitman. As far as I can tell, neither is a GOP leader.
marybourg
(12,634 posts)royable
(1,265 posts)brewens
(13,617 posts)lame54
(35,315 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)doc03
(35,363 posts)their Maxwell Smart imitations. Would you believe!
MyOwnPeace
(16,937 posts)I had that car - a Sunbeam Alpine with a Ford V-8 in it. They were working with the idea that had originally worked for Carroll Shelby and his Ford V-8 Cobra.
You'd be 'quite comfortable' (meaning $$$$$!) had you bought any of those and kept them.
doc03
(35,363 posts)in Gatlinburg.
COL Mustard
(5,918 posts)James48
(4,438 posts)(Holding his finger and thumb a tiny smidgeon apart) from our country ending in a fascist distant or ship and a Third World War.
48656c6c6f20
(7,638 posts)¦ ¦ that much.
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C Moon
(12,221 posts)At this very minute seven coastguard cutters are converging on this boat. Would you believe it? Seven.
- I find that pretty hard to believe.
Would you believe six?
- I don't think so.
How about two cops in a rowboat?
TexasTowelie
(112,370 posts)UTUSN
(70,725 posts)TheRickles
(2,077 posts)and shuts them up. Except for the ones who are testifying before Congress, of course.
wnylib
(21,573 posts)"Sorry about that."