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That rather sad, muffled noise you hear behind the whoops and cheers of Democrat America is not the sound of defeated neocons mourning the passing of trickle-down economics; it is the sound of sobbing in the Élysée Palace. For Carla Bruni, reigning queen of First Ladies, the game is finally up.

When in doubt, bash something (mostly) French. Un - friggin-believable.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Wed Nov 5th, 2008 at 04:42:24 PM EST
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Well, the press has been billing Bruni as the next Jackie Kennedy...

Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Nov 5th, 2008 at 04:46:12 PM EST
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They have?  The press here has been billing Michelle Obama as 21st Century Jackie for quite some time.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Thu Nov 6th, 2008 at 08:08:53 AM EST
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Not to mention the "Democrat America" and the "Democrat convention". What, they couldn't have worked in a couple of madrasa references, while they were at it?

"The basis of optimism is sheer terror" - Oscar Wilde
by NordicStorm (michael<-at->sturmbaum.net) on Wed Nov 5th, 2008 at 05:13:05 PM EST
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Bruni meets Michelle Obama?

That could be interesting.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Wed Nov 5th, 2008 at 05:35:31 PM EST
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Is that Michelle with or without her secret afro and AK47?

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Thu Nov 6th, 2008 at 08:10:54 AM EST
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Aw, come on, Jerome.  They're just having a little fun, as far as I can tell.  I highly doubt that either Carla Bruni or Michelle Obama gives a damn.

And "(mostly) French"?  Don't go all Caribou Barbie on us.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Thu Nov 6th, 2008 at 08:07:19 AM EST
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(mostly) because Carla Bruni is Italian, originally.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Thu Nov 6th, 2008 at 08:35:36 AM EST
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I know.  Just kidding you.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Thu Nov 6th, 2008 at 08:46:55 AM EST
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... to Gov. Palin going on about "real" Americans and, by implication, the majority of us "phony" Americans.

I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.
by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Thu Nov 6th, 2008 at 10:51:13 AM EST
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