I used my Trump to co-opt him to put a message out that actually undermined him," he explained.
An Ulster-born Catholic who in the 1970s moved south to Wicklow and later Dublin (and who also spent many years teaching at Harvard), he resisted attempts to co-opt him, preferring to "tell all the truth but tell it slant", to borrow a line from Emily Dickinson.
Rather than buy off Dirksen with pork, Johnson sought to co-opt him, instructing Hubert Humphrey to "let him have a piece of the action," and be sure to let him "look good all the time".
Mike Hussey has admitted he will miss Australia's opening two matches of the World Cup, if the selectors opt to take him to the subcontinent.
If they opt against readmitting him to the firmament, of course, Mally will not be the first animal to find itself failing to "take" as a concept in Bieberworld.
"It will be interesting to see if the system is able to co-opt him as it has so many other black ministers in this town," he said.
Rivera's confrontation with Ramírez had all the makings of high drama, as long as the Yankees opted to pitch to him.
Kidney had the option of moving Fergus McFadden to 12 against France but instead opted to relegate him to the bench.
They managed to get a hold of him and opted to blindfold him in order to help calm the deer.
"There are some compelling reasons for him to opt for Codey".
He refused, citing the Magna Carta - which he said allowed him to opt out of all subsequent statute law.
