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Speaking of weather reporters, Dr. George Fischbeck died the other day, a guy so enthusiastic about meteorology and so wound up in the previous day's events that he forgot to announce the next day's weather in LA. Ave atque vale, Dr. G.

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I wonder what the appropriate dosage would be to induce a coma that would last until Nov 9, 2016.

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I can. But I don't think much of the electorate would have survived to make elections matter.

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Kindly leave our favourite snack food out of this, eh?

- actual Canadians

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Do you suppose she actually was thinking 'wiener' and got confused?

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What an atavistic grease ball. And Cruz too.

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And this despite the GOP using every trick in the book to keep this demographic from voting.

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Well done, Captain, well done.

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The first time Cruz comes up against an interviewer who presses him to explain "Exactly how would that work?" when Cruz says we should eliminate the IRS, or dissolve the EPA or (my personal favorite) , abolish the Department of Education, he will fold. Cruz has 15 good lines that appeal to the ignorant right, but can't flesh any of it out. But then, neither can any other GOP candidate.

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I'm reminded of Pete Campbell's mother running off with presumptively gay Manolo on Mad Men, S6.

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& chronic.

Oh, we fucked up, now.

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I don't think that the Creflo Dollar is legal tender.

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And avoid being a one-trick phony.

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Winning...

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ever since that ninny carter established the D of Ed... standards and scores have been in free fall. We could do with less D of Ed interference way less.

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The needed nexus - politics and acting. No need to change the script, just the delivery. Alas, that wiley, pant-suited trickster from Arkansas has been rehearsing her subterfuge so much longer!. Alas, the unthinking, impulsive hoards will probably line up around the block to pull the lever for her! Alas, probably not a single acting coach in Mr. Cruz' team! Manuel, don't I have Clint Eastwood in my Rolodex? I know I sent him a little thank you note for that amusing chair routine!

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