pig-in-a-poke

I get the sense from Brian Williams 'quote above that NBC bought a, "pig-in-a-poke" from well financed corporations, and politicians and really didn't realize that the education debate is not as simple as the Billionaire Boys Club would have them believe.

Brian Crosby: NBC's Education Nation and the 'In-Depth Education Discussion' Brian Crosby 2010

Now, once again, President Obama is traveling the country to sell his pig-in-a-poke healthcare "reform" bill in the face of talk of a 9% increase in insurance costs for next year, with some plans rising as much as 20% - a California insurer originally sought a 38% increase, but pulled it back after finding they made an "error" in calculating the needed rise.

Pearl Korn: Mixed Messages From The White House 2010

I urge a series of trial-and-error bills on a smaller scale, rather than a massive pig-in-a-poke bill.

Stimulus Plan Illustrates 'Haste Makes Waste' 2009

Once every 5 year chance to hope to tip the balance in a false dichotomy of Tyrannical pig-in-a-poke, unenforceable, all-or-nothing one way deals.

Jury Team - The verdict IanPJ 2009

Trust for the media is at its nadir in recent memory, and the wide-spread perception that they are in the tank for "The One" simply serves to increase suspicions that Obama is a pig-in-a-poke.

UNCoRRELATED 2008

I applaud the congressmen, Democrat and Republican who believe this plan is a pig-in-a-poke and not thoroughly thought through.

Should Congress pass a bail-out plan? 2008

"We have been sold a pig-in-a-poke and a bait-and-switch has occurred," said Rep. Virginia Brown-Waite, a Florida Rep.blican.

Treasury Criticized on Hill Over TARP 2008

Few of these people will elect to abandon the certainties of Canadian citizenship for the pig-in-a-poke of an untested "Republic of Alberta", particularly one quietly based on conservative, quasi-Christian precepts they won't necessarily share.

observation 2005

Yet despite the enthusiasm for the ProTour team from iShares Chief Executive Lee Kranefuss, this savvy investor may have bought a pig-in-a-poke.

Phonak, We Barely Knew You 2006

When they'd first planned to get the pig, put it in a burlap sack and deliver it to one of the local pig-in-a-poke politicians.

A Ranger's Wife Ellis, Lyn 1999