The six-foot Governor did complain that the dummy was shorter than he was — presumably to make O'Rourke look more governorly by comparison.

Segregationalism, as opposed to an integrationist view of communication and the linguistic sign, separates or hypostasizes as a separable entity a linguistic sign, which leads an independent existence, has an ontic place independent of the actual and contextual circumstances of the particular act of communication, where context is understood as the relevant and salient perceptions of the communicants at a given moment in an act of communication.

Our jealousy is only put to sleep by the unlimited confidence we all repose in the person to whom we all look as our president.

Colbert asked him about his three failed attempts to climb Mount Everest. Colbert: Don't take this the wrong way, but doesn't that make you a quitter?