Johnny Jihad
n.— «Tucker, you are clueless when it comes to the security of America. When Johnny Jihad rents a private charter jet and flies it into a nuclear power plant, are you going to pay the $20 billion to clean it up and pay the victims’ families?» —“Can Congress Uncover Reasons for Inadequate Intelligence?” by Tucker Carlson, Paul Begala CNN: Crossfire June 4, 2002. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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