Kerry Campaign Riffs on Pearl Jam?

[NewHampshireDem]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13475-2004Jun3.html?referrer=email

Kerry campaign spokesman David Wade responded: "Boneheaded attacks from this bunch are as insulting as they are ironic. It's downright hypocritical coming from the campaign of a president whose connections got him into a 'Champagne Unit' of the National Guard during Vietnam and whose path was paved with privilege from Andover to Arbusto oil to the Texas Rangers…This guy who was born on third base and thought he hit a triple is going to engage in a sad game of class warfare? . . . I don't think a lot of Americans remember Franklin Roosevelt and John Kennedy because of where they came from, they remember them for what they did to make America stronger. Good luck finding Americans who think that way about George Bush."

Did that expression not originate in Pearl Jam's song "Bushleaguer"? Coolness points for Kerry! :toast:

[Guaranteed]

1. I don't think it originated with Pearl Jam

I think it's a fairly old expression. I've heard folks say it that have never listened to Pearl Jam, that I'm aware of.

[wyldwolf]

2. No

Jim Hightower said it back in 1988 about the first Bush.

Barry Switzer once said, "Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple."

[NewHampshireDem]

3. Shuckie darn ...

Not being from Texas (or Oklahoma) I'd never heard it until the Pearl Jam song. :shrug: Oh well.

[mhr]

4. Old Slang Expression - www.dictionary.com

bush-league (bshlg)
adj.

1. Baseball. Of or belonging to a minor league.
2. Slang. Of inferior or unprofessional quality; second-rate: a bush-league advertising campaign.

[NewHampshireDem]

5. "bushleague" wasn't the expression at issue ...

but "born on third" was.