Perhaps the only accusation Rove didn't--and couldn't--deny regarded his role as a public punching bag.
Mr. Bush was also able to turn to his usual punching bag the press.
's broadcast network, which has become a replacement punching bag for the late-night comedian.
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Netsuite has been a bit of a punching bag in Silicon Valley software circles.
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The winner in this prediction sweepstakes was clearly the Republican punching bag, Nate Silver, of the FiveThirtyEight blog.
It seems like that she's become a punching bag for every presidential or would-be presidential candidate around right now.
Letting himself be a punching bag is bad politics and has been one of the biggest limits on his power.
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Do not set me up as a convenient punching bag or strawman.
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He also said this was clearly a way to try to get to Reno, who Leahy claims has long been a punching bag for Republicans.
Those allowances aside, every so often a stockbroker needs to counterpunch and not be content to be a mere punching bag for a disgruntled customer.
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Even the lowly Detroit Lions are a favorite punching bag.
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Is the Obama administration treating Israel like a punching bag?
The revelations over steroid use may have sent a lot of moralizing sports columnists into hysterics, while turning Commissioner Bud Selig into a punching bag who's now straining for damage control.
The star, who is seriously ill and beginning a bitter withdrawal from life, takes one of the young men (Rogen) into his house as a gag writer, punching bag, flunky, and nurse.
Support for Waxman-Markey is tepid in large measure because it's loaded with so much special-interest giveaways for environmental programs and favored companies--which helps explain why the Chamber has emerged as today's punching bag.
It is already a favorite punching bag for some politicians and the clamor for punitive government action would likely grow if BP gave billions in cash to investors as its oil wreaks havoc on the livelihoods of Gulf Coast residents.
Well into his sixties, Gilbert followed a strict regimen to maintain his vigor, running a mile every morning, then working out in a basement gym with Indian clubs and a punching bag before arriving at his factory no later than 7:30.
The problem started that first day of high school when I was transformed from a skinny kid who nonetheless enjoyed all kinds of sports into a punching bag for 250 pound football players assured that the locker room was a no-penalty zone.
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Well into his 60s the senior Gilbert followed a strict regimen to maintain his vigor, running a mile every morning, then working out in a basement gym with Indian clubs and a punching bag before arriving at his factory no later than 7:30 a.m.
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