The DEMS will start a global war in Syria before they let the Italian Stallion be put out to pasture.
"Wag the Dog Part Deux" coming to a theater near you.
And for you youngsters - New Meanings from Film A 1997 film, directed by Barry Levinson, brought about a shortened version of the idiom, and added a new meaning. In the film, titled Wag the Dog, fictional political fixers orchestrate the invasion of a country in order to distract from a presidential sex scandal. As the movie was released shortly before President Clinton was embroiled in a real-life sex scandal, the title began being used in an attributive fashion, applied to military actions.
The DEMS will start a global war in Syria before they let the Italian Stallion be put out to pasture.
"Wag the Dog Part Deux" coming to a theater near you.
And for you youngsters -
New Meanings from Film
A 1997 film, directed by Barry Levinson, brought about a shortened version of the idiom, and added a new meaning. In the film, titled Wag the Dog, fictional political fixers orchestrate the invasion of a country in order to distract from a presidential sex scandal. As the movie was released shortly before President Clinton was embroiled in a real-life sex scandal, the title began being used in an attributive fashion, applied to military actions.
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