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GeorgiaAvenger
12-24-2011, 03:17 PM
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6) Most likely to lead a rebellion of the nerds:

Justin Amash — In a town where nerds come to rule the day, you might still be forgiven for thinking Amash might fit in better as an intern at Reason magazine than a sitting member of the U.S. Congress. The freshman lawmaker has pictures of Austrian School economists Friedrich Hayek, Ludwig von Mises, Frederic Bastiat, and Murray Rothbard on his office wall, and always manages to find reasons to vote against everything— while taking the conservative high ground — later posting his explanations on his Facebook wall to the delight of his conservative base. He’s well positioned to take up Ron Paul’s mantle when the lawmaker-cum-presidential gadfly retires next year.

torchbearer
12-24-2011, 10:41 PM
cum?

BrendenR
12-25-2011, 08:24 PM
when the lawmaker-cum-presidential gadfly retires next year.

Not if we have anything to say about it.

phill4paul
12-25-2011, 08:28 PM
cum?

cum [kʌm]. prep. used between two nouns to designate an object of a combined nature a kitchen-cum-dining room.