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Arkansas

Seinan Sensei

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1. So, is this Cronyism?

Reply to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Mon Mar 23, 2026, 03:31 AM

18 hrs ago

Or is it Nepotism?

Or should we say, “and Bob’s your uncle”?
The Brits use this idiom, which means “and there you have it “
One (unsupported) theory of idiom-origin is that British statesman Arthur Balfour got promoted via the influence of his Prime Minister uncle, Robert (Bob) Gascoyne-Cecil

And there ya have it

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So, is this Cronyism? Seinan Sensei 18 hrs ago #1

Yea normal Republican deals but the take away is agsin LiberalArkie 16 hrs ago #2