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...snappy line, the kind of zinger McCain loved. But as with so many of his attack lines during the campaign, this one didn't resonate with voters. The jab was based on an outdated caricature of Chicago, and more than anything, it further underscored McCain's age. What he and fellow Republicans didn't (and probably still don't) understand is that being from Chicago is now an asset for a presidential candidate, not a liability...
...opinions on the way things should be handled." Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, presumably piqued at the idea of his nation's tradition of bank secrecy being threatened by international finance regulation, pointedly noted that "those demanding far-reaching coordination of economic policies apply such rules themselves" - a jab at Sarkozy's own French budgets violating E.U. rules that limit deficits to 3% of GNP. (See pictures of France celebrating Bastille...
Terrorist fist jab...
After the original propositions were made (and some shot down), 10 contestants were left to battle it out in the second round—hit for hit, jab for jab, flow chart for flow chart. The audience became actively involved, voting on note cards for their favorite innovator...
...movie, An American Carol. Hollywood's first brazenly right-wing comedy, it borrows Dickens' A Christmas Carol narrative to tell the story of left-wing activist and documentarian Michael Malone, whose disdain for his country runs so deep, he's campaigning to abolish the Fourth of July. An obvious jab at lefty filmmaker Michael Moore, Malone's character is played by Kevin Farley, brother of the late comic Chris Farley. The actor shares Moore's blocky build but not his politics: in real life, Farley is a Republican. So are the actors who play three ghosts who visit Malone...