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Time to give it up, I guess, like "cellular" phones.

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They haven't yet hit bottom -- so as far as I'm concerned, the more momentum the better.

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There is nothing he could conceivably do, to redeem himself for that.

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"Even a broken clock is right twice a day" -- far better than McGrumpy...

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Sadly, having three parties is not working out quite how I thought it would when I wasted votes on Perot and Nader.

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His safe word is Maverick.

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I suspect that it has less to do with people getting dumber than with dumb people avoiding natural selection, and passing on their dumb genes.

Call it the Palin Rule.

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Today's GOP: We have standards. We have dignity.

Stop laughing.

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Sounds like <i>somebody</i>'s thinking about his legacy. Let's see:

1. Crashed five major end items during a patronage-enhanced military career. 2. Shot down over North Vietnam, captured and held prisoner for FIVE AND A HALF YEARS, ALAN.. 3. Dumped loyal POW-era wife for a beer baroness/plastic-surgery enthusiast/drug addict. 4. Elected to senate, lifted the distance restriction on National Airport so America West could fly him home in one hop. 5. Failed presidential candidate in 2000 and 2008. 6. Senior senator from the State of Sun-Addled Insanity, and sometimes makes Kyl look smart.

Yes, definitely time for something on the plus side of the ledger.

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