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2006-12-30 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Fred 2006-12-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Oh, New Hamster, big f'ng deal

Posted by Captain America 2006-12-30 00:35|| 2006-12-30 00:35|| Front Page Top

#2 Steyn had this douchebag figured out four years ago:

...John Edwards had a dirt-poor hard-scrabble childhood but managed to sue his way out of poverty. He's made 25 million bucks just from suing tobacco companies. His is an inspirational message: If I can do it, the rest of you haven't a hope in hell. But fortunately I've got a thousand new government programmes and micro-initiatives that will partially ameliorate your hopeless mediocrity. (I paraphrase.)

My favourite line in the Edwards spiel comes about two-thirds in, when, after outlining the regulatory hell in which he's going to ensnare banks, the pharmaceutical industry, the garment industry, etc, he confides: "But I'll be honest with you. I don't think I can change this country by myself." It's good to know the other 280 million Americans aren't entirely redundant. His basic pitch is that the entire electorate are victims, and his candidacy is the all-time biggest class-action suit on your behalf.

Posted by Classical_Liberal 2006-12-30 02:09|| 2006-12-30 02:09|| Front Page Top

#3 Sure he's cute, but he's not my type...

Posted by Hyper 2006-12-30 11:24|| 2006-12-30 11:24|| Front Page Top

#4 Sure he's cute, but he's not my type...

But you've got to admit, he is a tearjerker.

Posted by tipper 2006-12-30 16:13|| 2006-12-30 16:13|| Front Page Top

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