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The NYT mentions the Orioles' losing record last season, leading the reader to wonder why they, rather than the World Series-winning Yankees, were tapped for this bit of diplomacy.
Dear Wired, Tapped, and Amused,
As one source involved in Democratic fund raising explains: "Asking contributors for money in August 1995 raised a question of whether they would be tapped out in 1996.
Finally he walked up and almost half-heartedly tapped at the putt, which missed, and he lost, and when it was over he cried.
Chatterbox doesn't much care whether Social Security funds are tapped for current spending, but he knows the Republicans are making a big show of caring about that and therefore are being somewhat dishonest in pretending that they won't.