[A Strict Constructionist]

I hope his reply was in fun as he doesn’t make a very puissant argument.

WFB=William F. Buckley

[Savage Beast]

He was joking.

I made the same joke a few years ago here on FR, when Margaret Thatcher referred to the American people as puissant. Some people thought I didn't know the difference between puissant and pissant. I didn't bother to straighten them out.