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  Dept. of Nonexistent Euphemisms

  Posted Monday, January 07, 2008 10:17 PM | By Chadwick Matlin

  A Q+A with Barack Obama, per the New York Times.
  

  Q. How's the throat?

  A: "It's a little better." After he ordered his tea, he added: "We sprinkled some magic powder in it." (emphasis added)
  

  Not what you want to say when you have a history of cocaine use.
  

  Filed under: Barack Obama

About Chadwick Matlin

• Chadwick Matlin is the staff reporter for Slate's The Big Money, a new business site launching in the fall. He can be reached at Chadwick.Matlin+TH@gmail.com

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