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"tossed under the bus"? What does this mean? Could you please use some other hackneyed phrase that might, at least, have some meaning?
A President does not have friends; s/he has allies and underlings. To think otherwise, and to suggest that by getting rid of political liability or incompetence, a President is something "tossing people under the bus", whatever that might mean, is to miss the point of Governance.
"tossed under the bus"? What does this mean? Could you please use some other hackneyed phrase that might, at least, have some meaning?
A President does not have friends; s/he has allies and underlings. To think otherwise, and to suggest that by getting rid of political liability or incompetence, a President is something "tossing people under the bus", whatever that might mean, is to miss the point of Governance.
Yep, Obama fires people. Good for him.
Yep, Obama fires people. Good for him.
It's not a metaphor, fools! Obama literally throws people under buses! Run for your lives!!!
It's not a metaphor, fools! Obama literally throws people under buses! Run for your lives!!!
damn right ick.
ratty, per those pictures of Obama as the Joker, surely you know that these are just clown buses and no one actually ever gets hurt.
damn right ick.
ratty, per those pictures of Obama as the Joker, surely you know that these are just clown buses and no one actually ever gets hurt.