Shorter William Safire
Dean's 'Urban Legend'

Howard Dean's assertion that a statement of his was taken out of context is lame and Nixonian, provided that certain words are extracted from the statement.

Or, sub-shorter William Safire, high-tech version:

Howard Dean's complaint about the effects of LexisNexis is easily disproven . . . by using LexisNexis.

I'm sure Elton Beard will do a better job with this than I have.