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Orwell Sniggers [UPDATE] | 36 comments (36 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Orwell Sniggers [UPDATE] (4.00 / 3)

I have heard iit said that once the public starts to laugh at a politician it's all over for him or her.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Tue Nov 10th, 2009 at 04:48:40 AM EST

Re: Orwell Sniggers [UPDATE] (4.00 / 3)

But if you think of Dubya, you realize it depends which public, or how much of the public...

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue Nov 10th, 2009 at 05:31:37 AM EST
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Re: Orwell Sniggers [UPDATE] (4.00 / 2)

I'm not sure we were laughing at Bush, at least during his first term; many of us were frightened.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Tue Nov 10th, 2009 at 06:08:41 AM EST
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Re: Orwell Sniggers [UPDATE] (none / 1)

I was definitely not laughing after his reelection either...

In 2008 he was tryly pathetic, though.

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Nov 10th, 2009 at 06:26:17 AM EST
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Re: Orwell Sniggers [UPDATE] (4.00 / 3)

You can laugh and be frightened at once. He was ridiculous too, with his multiple misspeaking incidents, falling off his bike, choking on pretzels, etc. He was easy to make fun of. Unlike Darth Cheney.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue Nov 10th, 2009 at 07:01:16 AM EST
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Re: Orwell Sniggers [UPDATE] (none / 1)

Unlike Dubya, Sarkozy is laughed at in the mainstream media, and probably by a majority of French people.

"Ce qui vient au monde pour ne rien troubler ne mérite ni égards ni patience." René Char

by Melanchthon on Tue Nov 10th, 2009 at 08:51:20 AM EST
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