. " who's the lucky father ? and ...future husband ?'
"his name is eric . eric leffler ?" she paused , waiting for me to nod or , even better , raise an eyebrow .
merideth had expected me to recognize her fiance's name . she hesitated when it was apparent that eric leffler was unfamiliar to me .
based on history , i thought she would try to find some way to offer more clues . she did ." he made his name during the '04 election . he was one of the ypungest consultants in the party , but he called the outcome of the house races better in '06 . we know how that turned out ."
i shrugged . i knew how the election turned out , and how little had changed because of it . i didn't know much more ." i don't folllow that kind of thing . sorry ."
"his early work was on the myth of democratization . now everybody wants to know what he's thinkong about the midddle east ."
i shrugged again . i still didn't think i knew who he was , but i was weighing the wisdom of pretending that i did .
"he's on leave from columbia . he's a fellow at the freedom trust endowment ? a cousultant ? he's a regular on cable . that 's how we met ."
i tried not to suject myself to the kinds of shows on which my ex's fiance was lkely to appear . for me , watching partisans argue had become a form of torture that should have been banned under the at geneva conventions . when the water-boarding sessions proved futile at guantanamo . i assumed the most hardened prisoners were sujected to nonstop cable news .
the man had an impression CV . although i knew where columbia was i didn't think i'd heard of the freedom trust endowment given the context , i assumed it was a think tank of some kind .given the siZe of the diamond the man was able to afford to adore my ex-wife's finger , the man either made a pretty good living or came from money .
"his name is eric . eric leffler ?" she paused , waiting for me to nod or , even better , raise an eyebrow .
merideth had expected me to recognize her fiance's name . she hesitated when it was apparent that eric leffler was unfamiliar to me .
based on history , i thought she would try to find some way to offer more clues . she did ." he made his name during the '04 election . he was one of the ypungest consultants in the party , but he called the outcome of the house races better in '06 . we know how that turned out ."
i shrugged . i knew how the election turned out , and how little had changed because of it . i didn't know much more ." i don't folllow that kind of thing . sorry ."
"his early work was on the myth of democratization . now everybody wants to know what he's thinkong about the midddle east ."
i shrugged again . i still didn't think i knew who he was , but i was weighing the wisdom of pretending that i did .
"he's on leave from columbia . he's a fellow at the freedom trust endowment ? a cousultant ? he's a regular on cable . that 's how we met ."
i tried not to suject myself to the kinds of shows on which my ex's fiance was lkely to appear . for me , watching partisans argue had become a form of torture that should have been banned under the at geneva conventions . when the water-boarding sessions proved futile at guantanamo . i assumed the most hardened prisoners were sujected to nonstop cable news .
the man had an impression CV . although i knew where columbia was i didn't think i'd heard of the freedom trust endowment given the context , i assumed it was a think tank of some kind .given the siZe of the diamond the man was able to afford to adore my ex-wife's finger , the man either made a pretty good living or came from money .
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