English: "Barack Bombers"French translation: "les casseurs de baraques"/baraqués d'Obama 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | English term or phrase: | "Barack Bombers" | | French translation: | "les casseurs de baraques"/baraqués d'Obama | | Entered by: | JulieM |
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General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / Popular culture? | | English term or phrase: "Barack Bombers" | The shouting-match tensions within the Clinton high command have been underscored by the ouster of campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle and the defrocking of mega-strategist Mark Penn.
But the Obama campaign -- like any winning political operation -- is depicted as a veritable Mount Olympus, populated by geniuses and giants who never make a false step. In truth, the ***Barack Bombers***, like their counterparts in Hillaryland, may be closer to mere mortals than political demigods.
Je ne trouve pas la référence qui se cache derrière ce surnom. Merci de votre aide |
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| Clarification request(s) and responseColin Rowe: 2:46pm Apr 29, 2008: Presumably just a worldplay for Obama's "big guns" made to sound as much like the name "Barack Obama" itself as possible.
schevallier: 4:12pm Apr 29, 2008: very good point, which makes it even tougher to express...
Christiane Allen: 5:43pm Apr 29, 2008: Julie, votre jeu de mots est encore meilleur que le mien !
JulieM: 5:44pm Apr 29, 2008: merci, mais c'est à vous que je le dois Christiane :-D
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Christiane Allen
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| Note from asker to answererMerci à tous pour vos suggestions et éclaircissements.
La vôtre, Christiane, m'a donné l'idée des "baraqués d'Obama", qui me plaît bien.
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| "barack bombers" "les casseurs de baraques" du parti d'Obama
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Pourquoi ne pas essayer aussi en français de jouer sur les mots ! C'est trop tentant !
| Christiane Allen
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| Note from asker to answererMerci à tous pour vos suggestions et éclaircissements.
La vôtre, Christiane, m'a donné l'idée des "baraqués d'Obama", qui me plaît bien. |
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