Word: boner
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...handheld shots from people who are as confused as we are, but in significantly more danger than we are. “Whatever it is, it’s winning,” a soldier barks out. Well, whatever it is, it’s giving me a fear-boner. Which is a good thing. National Treasure: Book Of Secrets TRAILER TRASH Even though “National Treasure: Book of Secrets” sounds like the latest piece of flag-waving propaganda for the “Proud to be an American” crowd, the film actually...
...worse for years. Speaking about Gwen Ifill, the African-American PBS anchor who was then White House correspondent for the New York Times, he said, "Isn't the Times wonderful? It lets the cleaning lady cover the White House." He called a Washington Post writer a "boner-nosed, beanie-wearing Jewboy" and Arabs "towelheads...
...according to the trailer, two movies—one by Robert Rodriguez and one by Tarantino. Begrudgingly, I have to admit that the trailer has some great lines, and there’s a girl with a machine gun for a leg, which kind of gives me a boner. But I’m frustrated with myself for giving Tarantino my attention and devotion. He’s tricked me into enjoying this trailer, dammit. Anyway, other than the boner-inducing lady, you also get faux-grainy footage, zombies, and Kurt Russell. Now that...
...Biden. Announcing his run for President, he praised his Senate colleague and presidential rival Barack Obama as "articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy" and declared that this was a first for African-American presidential candidates. Generally, the first thing that happens when someone commits a boner like this is that everybody else--political rivals, journalists, news junkies, even his or her staff--has a good laugh. Then all the players declare how saddened they are or how angry they are and demand an apology...
...informed Biden, who called to apologize, that he takes a bath every day. Sharpton is good at moments like this. He manages to declare himself available for compensatory pandering, without pretending that he doesn't get the joke. But generally, the first thing that happens when someone commits a boner like this is that everybody else - political rivals, journalists, news junkies, even his or her own staff - has a good laugh. Then everybody declares how saddened they are or how angry they are, and demands an apology. Or, more commonly, an escalating series of apologies...