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...aren't over, the war has been lost. It also raises the question, What will Clinton's terms of surrender turn out to be? Her husband, for one, seems to have a pretty clear idea what he thinks she should get as a consolation prize. In Bill Clinton's view, she has earned nothing short of an offer to be Obama's running mate, according to some who are close to the former President. Bill "is pushing real hard for this to happen," says a friend. Hillary is more opaque about what she might want, divulging little even to those...
...McCain, for instance, insisted that he could and would get the hemisphere and the world on board with our failed Cuba policy. But after half a century it's fairly clear by now that while our allies may strongly disapprove of Cuba's politics and human rights record, they view their economic and diplomatic engagement with Cuba as no more out of line than our economic and diplomatic engagement with iron-fisted regimes like China and Saudi Arabia. In fact, if McCain were as serious as he declared about improving U.S. relations with Latin America, he would realize that...
...hardly news that late-night comedy shows provide the ironic lens through which we view everything that happens in the public arena. And that no candidate for high office can hope to be taken seriously unless they're willing to stop being serious and take part in the japery. But now that the most gag-filled primary season in history is lumbering to an end, I have a modest proposal: Cut it out! The comedy campaign has gone from novelty to inanity, damaging not just the great tradition of renegade political satire, but whatever shaky credibility is left...
...other Nixon-era outrages, Klein didn't depend on cool, Carson-style one-liners. He re-created the offending scenes and characters and skewered them with parody, sarcasm and ironic hyperbole. It was a more subversive and conspiratorial form of satire, luring the audience into the comedian's world view, carried along by attitude, not jokes...
...Created in 1802 by Napoleon, the Legion's original mission of recognizing "outstanding services rendered to France or a feat befitting humanity" was intended to replace inherited aristocratic titles with an award earned for distinguished conduct. But many in France share Porte's view that a gush of entertainers has crowded out the monumental artists, philanthropists, humanitarians, and makers of history for which the award was originally intended...