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In reply to the discussion: Megyn Kelly Confronts Dick Cheney,' You Got It Wrong on Iraq,' Talking Points Memo: [View all]Ed Suspicious
(8,879 posts)8. apropos of nothing, I adore your choice of the phrase "stalking horse." I've never before heard it.
Had to look it up.
The term stalking horse originally derived from the practice of hunting,[1] particularly of wildfowl.[2] Hunters noticed that many birds would flee immediately on the approach of humans, but would tolerate the close presence of animals such as horses and cattle.
Hunters would therefore slowly approach their quarry by walking alongside their horses, keeping their upper bodies out of sight until the flock was within firing range. Animals trained for this purpose were called stalking horses. Sometimes mobile hides are used for a similar purpose.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalking_horse
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Megyn Kelly Confronts Dick Cheney,' You Got It Wrong on Iraq,' Talking Points Memo: [View all]
Stuart G
Jun 2014
OP
So when the Fox jumps on the bandwagon, you know something foul is roaming the land.
Skidmore
Jun 2014
#1
and as the voting middle is starting to figure that out, the establishment knows that means likely
Volaris
Jun 2014
#15
If Ailes approved that question then, perhaps, he is sending out a trial baloon.
Stuart G
Jun 2014
#6
apropos of nothing, I adore your choice of the phrase "stalking horse." I've never before heard it.
Ed Suspicious
Jun 2014
#8
I am wondering if the old style Republicans of the pre Goldwater are starting to make a comeback
LiberalArkie
Jun 2014
#10
He doesn't care, Megyn, he's on your show to pimp his new anti-obama political group-I.E. grifting
Johonny
Jun 2014
#13
First Glenn Beck, now Megyn Kelly? Have we been transported to an alternate universe?
George II
Jun 2014
#32
Why doesn't she just come out and say he didn't get it wrong - HE LIED!!!
DesertDiamond
Jun 2014
#37