On Paladino and Taking People Out

The thing that most disturbed me about the altercation between NY gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino and NY Post reporter Fred Dicker was Paladino’s threat to “take out” Dicker. (For more see this story.)

The only person I remember using that diction was George W. Bush, who pledged he would “take out” Saddam.

Then he gave us a demonstration of what the phrase means.