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@ Sysprog re strutting while sitting
Many Canadians think Diefenbaker coined that insult, but he didn't.
In "Inherit The Wind" (1955), Hornbeck (the Mencken character) says of Brady (the Bryan character), "He's the only man I know who can strut sitting down."
The phrase was popularized in 1948, when it was one of many insults thrown at Dewey, but the insult has been kicking around for at least the past 90 years, probably far longer.
-- sysprog
Thanks! (And, needless to say, I feel very dumb, but I'm used to that, so it's no problem!)