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Rude in Public

2.3.03 @ 12:01AM

MAJOR BUSH LEAGUE
Re: R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.'s Searching for Jacques Shirk:

When you spoke of Jessie Jackson's (a.k.a. Jester Jackass) children's rhymes you overlooked his classic "Stay out da Bushes!"

I was sorry to see such a choice piece of idiocy overlooked!
-- Robert Einarsson

CLASS DISMISSED
Re: The Washington Prowler's State of the Union Strikers:

RUDE, RUDE, RUDE, The Dems have NO CLASS, dissing the President in that manner displays their lack of maturity. And approved by leader Pelosi? Child's play.
-- Dee Ohanian
Bloomfield, MI

Isn't "Liberal House Democrat" redundant? Like "The Department of
Redundancy Department"?

I want to know who they were, who they represent, that almost 5% of the House members and nearly 10% of the Democrats in the house were so rude, so crude that they would walk away from a President addressing the nation during a time of war, or near war and when we really do need to attempt to do something for the economy.

I find it just unbelievable. GWB is a kind and decent man who would never consider something like that. He has time and again been civil in the face of in-civility, diplomatic in the face of rude disagreement, and I want people to know just what the far left looks like. I am stunned that 20 congressman would walk out.
-- Roger Ross
Tomahawk WI

I'd like to know the names of the 20 House members who walked out on the President's speech. Thanks.
-- Jennifer Lashley

THE RISKS OF DOING BUSINESS
Re: The Washington Prowler's A Head Start:

"A Connecticut entrepreneur is selling white leather yarmulkes with a red, white and blue logo that, with clever positioning, reads 'Lieberman 4 President 2004."

That's fine, but does he give a money back guarantee or a correctly worded replacement for when Gore decides to run and publicly holds Lieberman to his noncompete vow?
-- unsigned

ENEMY CORN
Re: Enemy Central's When All Is Sarandon (Again):

The American Prowler is indeed one of my very favorite pages. You always have a perspective that is a delightful surprise. I saw something on TV that might be of interest to the Enemy of the Week that has another of Hollywood's so-called professional pretenders / experts on foreign affairs actually practicing what he preaches.

The movie Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? has a scene with George Clooneybird sitting around eating an ear of corn while talking to his so-called friends. His one friend breaks off a nice-sized dead tree limb and smacks his partner across the head while Mr. Clooneybird looks on. With very little reaction to his friend getting his melon belted out of the park by Babe Ruth, The Clooneybird simply shrugs it off and goes back to eating his corn while Mr. Ruth simply walks over and whacks him into the bleachers with his friend. There is an interesting correlation with this scene an his brilliant standard of foreign policy that Enemy Central could do wonders with -- although I seriously doubt that anyone could make a bigger fool out of Mr. Clooney than Mr. Clooney himself every time he opens his mouth.

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