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...cannot brush off McCain's "small varmint gun" quip as entirely lacking substance. If anything, it's a model of political economy: There's the obvious reference to Romney's now-notorious "evolving" opinions (on gay rights, on abortion, on immigration), there's the more obscure dig at Romney's comic explanation for his spotty hunting record (the "lifelong hunter" has been on two hunts - "for small varmints, if you will"). And there's the for-junkies-only joke, resurrecting a six-month-old charge that Romney's landscaping company employed illegal immigrants from Guatemala. As an added bonus...
...Which Brit winner's quip is real...
...Ferrera, winner for Ugly Betty, gave the most poised speech by a 22-year-old, thanking a couple dozen cohorts without sounding as though she was reading from a phone book. Meryl Streep, winning in the Supporting Actress category for The Devil Wears Prada, got off a nice opening quip: "I think I've worked with everybody in the room." And if Streep didn't take the trouble to memorize her speech, she did at least read a decent one. "Oh, shut up," she seemingly ad-libbed when a few people groaned, "it's not that long...
...makes one wonder if Winston Churchill's famous quip about democracy -the worst form of government except all the all others - is a bit less applicable to the running of a worldwide religion. Critics say that by trying to placate all constituencies, Williams has actually deepened the fault lines in the feud that erupted after the American branch of the faith - the Episcopalians - approved the ordination of gay bishops and chose a woman as its primate. There have in fact been moments when the tall and bearded Williams has been dwarfed by others in his own church, including Nigerian Anglican...
...diamond who has not yet acquired his savoir faire or taste for the double entendre. The Craig Bond might know no French at all; he's not the suave, Oxbridgian 007 of legend but the strong, silent type, almost a thug for hire, and no smoother with a sardonic quip than John Kerry. Still, he fits one description Fleming gave of his hero: "[His face was] a taciturn mask, ironical, brutal and cold...