What percentage of commentators who refer to political "litmus tests" know what an actual litmus test is, and what it tests?
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nowhun
2005-11-08 09:37 pm UTC
clearly it reference to an older tradition of examining a candidate's literary musings. That is why Democrats keep asking for documents (aka lit-mus papers).
schrodingersgnu
2005-11-09 02:08 am UTC
Heh
We can only wait for "Intelligent Design" to become a Litmus test...