Date:  Fri, 10 Nov 1995 14:01:14 -0500

From:  "Suzanne Legault: English" <E7E4LEG[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]TOE.TOWSON.EDU>

Subject: Re: Political Blunder



Brian:



 I'm curious: Could the Senator really have misunderstood the caller?





    >The caller said, "I ain't near rich as you." The Senator

    > angrily replied, "I ain't nigger rich either."



The only way I can imagine a "legitimate" mis-hearing (as opposed to some very

swift back-pedaling) is for both speakers to be r-less. Even then I have to

wonder, since you say that the Senator is not a native son, but hails from

Detroit.