Jurriaan Bendien wrote:
> ... the "chew gum" reference by Juan Cole seems to be
> to Bob Dylan's "Subterranean homesick blues" ("Don't want to be a bum/ you
> better chew gum/The pump don't work/because the vandals took the handles").
This is an important political issue! ;-) The whole phrase ("to chew
gum and walk at the same time") is instead a reference to a criticism
by Lyndon Johnson against Gerald Ford, alleging that the latter
couldn't do pull off that trick.
"[Gerald Ford] is so dumb he can't walk and chew gum at the same
time.... He's a nice fellow, but he spent too much time playing
football without a helmet." See http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0425696/bio
--
Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own
way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
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