Bush adds to "lexicon of marital relations": "the decider"

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NYT: Never Mind Mars and Venus: Who Is 'the Decider'?
By JENNIFER STEINHAUER
Published: April 26, 2006


(Michael Falco for The New York Times)
Anita Willoughby and Jeffrey Naiditch were at a dinner party in Lower Manhattan recently when Mr. Naiditch decided it was time to go home. Ms. Willoughby was not quite ready. He claimed "decider" status.

When President George W. Bush referred to himself as "the decider" last week, there was the ensuing list of dinner party queries: Is "decider" an actual word? (It is.) Is it applicable in the world of presidential politics? (Sure, whatever.) Doesn't everyone, politics aside, secretly believe that in interpersonal dealings, he or she wears the "decider" badge?

It seems the president, who thought he was simply fending off pressure to dismiss Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld — "I'm the decider, and I decide what's best," he said, adding that he had no intention of letting Mr. Rumsfeld go — has unwittingly added to the lexicon of marital relations.

Anita Willoughby and Jeffrey Naiditch were just polishing off their papaya mousse cake at a dinner party in Lower Manhattan last Sunday night when Mr. Naiditch decided it was time to go home. His wife was not quite ready to leave.

"He said, 'I am the decider, I get to say,' " Ms. Willoughby said. The small group dissolved into laughter, and a bit of nervous chatter.

Sure, "The Daily Show" has featured "the Decider" as a comic book character. But while spouses are often quick to say they jointly consider where to vacation, how many children to have, what car to buy and where to live, each is often quick to lay claim to some, if not all, of the domestic terrain....

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/26/washington/26decide.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

[Notoverit]

1. W - providing comedy material for centuries...

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2. You are not the decider of me

[Divernan]

3. Good one! Welcome to DU

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[tenshi816]

4. I've been telling my kids for years that

"yes, actually, I am the boss of you." Now I'm thinking of changing it to the "decider for you." }(