Arlen Specter's SBT Notebook

[Lance Payette]

Dear Fancy Pants Lance,

You're quite the hoot!

-- Tom

Thank you, I try. It's nice to be appreciated. Had you never heard the word "hoot" before - you seem to have become obsessed with it? I believe I originally said I found The Donald to be a hoot, which I do, so perhaps this explains why it has resonated so strongly with you.

[Tom Graves]

Thank you, I try. It's nice to be appreciated. Had you never heard the word "hoot" before - you seem to have become obsessed with it? I believe I originally said I found The Donald to be a hoot, which I do, so perhaps this explains why it has resonated so strongly with you.

No, because it rhymes with "coot," as in zombified by sixty-six years of KGB* disinformation, "active measures," and mole-based strategic deception counterintelligence operations waged against us and our NATO allies "old coot."

*Today's SVR and FSB