On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, Dennis Perrin/Nancy Bauer wrote:
> ... the image of people like Jonathan Alter, Eric Alterman, Joe
> Conason, Cokie Roberts, Chris Matthews, the entire FOX News prime time
> line-up, et al., stooped over steaming piles of swine dung does bring
> a smile to my lips...
You're merely concretizing a metaphor.
--C. G. Estabrook