But one of them jumped right out of the transcript of President Bush’s remarks at today’s ceremony with the Super Bowl champion New York Giants on the South Lawn:
Now, they’ve got a lot of experts in our society. Coach, you might know what
I’m talking about. And looking back, it’s hard to find many of the experts
who predicted a Giants victory.Most people were calling a cakewalk — you know, be prepared to turn off
your television sets early, because this isn’t much of a game you’re about
to watch — when in fact it turned out to be really one of the great
legendary football games in our country’s history.
Metaphor?