May 01, 2008
Election 2008

"Thrown under the bus": the 23/6 buzzterm of the day

After Barack Obama's denunciation of Rev. Jeremiah Wright this week, the TV pundits' most favorite terms has been "thrown under the bus," as in "Rev. Wright has been thrown under the bus by Obama." Clearly, "thrown under the bus" won't be thrown under the bus anytime soon.

Although Wednesday evening's "The O'Reilly Factor" featured numerous utterance of the phrase, the term has spread over all of cable news. Take a look:



So just what does it mean to be "thrown under the bus"? Only one way to find out. Look it up.

Posted by: David Bourgeois and Kevin Allocca
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