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Examples
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Every hallmark of the Screw-Up Son theory is at play here.
New stands at PGE Park will be uncomfortable (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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Now we're drifting into my theory of the Screw-Up Son.
New stands at PGE Park will be uncomfortable (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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That's one hallmark of the Screw-Up Son theory: The youngster looks at situations that have worked for generations and decides he can do it better.
New stands at PGE Park will be uncomfortable (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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Dumb plans that don't go well but still cost a fortune - that's always the end result in the theory of the Screw-Up Son.
New stands at PGE Park will be uncomfortable (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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Campaigning Down to the Wire In Case of 'Screw-Up,' Tweet or Call Metropolis: Connecticut Senate Race Tightens Metropolis: Follow the latest news on Election Day | N.Y. Email Alert "The attention in the media on the economy has focused people on the need to support political leaders who support them," said Mike Fisher, the president of local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union, which represents building workers.
Campaigns Turn to Getting Out Voters Andrew Grossman 2010
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The Screw-Up Son is more likely to be pushed around because at the heart of it he has no idea what he is doing and knows he didn't really earn this chance - it was all given to him by Dad.
New stands at PGE Park will be uncomfortable (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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Promoted to Headline (H3) on 2/4/09: Yes, It WAS A Screw-Up and the Lesson Has Not Yet Been Learned yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Yes, It WAS A Screw-Up and the Lesson Has Not Yet Been Learned'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: The demise of the Daschle nomination is not only good news, but the opportunity for a good lesson in politics and responsibility.
Yes, It WAS A Screw-Up and the Lesson Has Not Yet Been Learned 2009
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In the last couple of weeks, even in the minds of the lawmakers tasked with oversight, the administration's scandals and screw-ups have started to blur together into one Meta Screw-Up -- a situation in which every procedural safeguard, institutional norm, and carefully designed plan seems to have "just melted into oblivion with this sloppy administration," as Senator Dianne Feinstein put it at the Mueller hearing.
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~ The Meta Screw-Up -- Eve Fairbanks writes today about the problem of keeping track of Bush administration scandals:In the last couple of weeks, even in the minds of the lawmakers tasked with oversight, the administration's scandals and screw-ups have started to blur...
Speedlinking 3/29/07 William Harryman 2007
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Maybe it should have been Screw-Up or, you know, A Lying Sack of Manure, something like that.
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