Posted on 01/02/2006 4:25:02 PM PST by NZerFromHK
This has several ramifications for us. Australia, take your sister dominion as a negative example, America, know thy enemy, and everyone living from Victoria to Winnipeg, time to organize independence movements.
I'm sure it makes more sense to Canadians, but it's still funny with half the jokes unintelligible!
A like the part where he indicates that global warming caused it to be always winter but never Christmas the way a good leftist would.
Clearly an arms smuggler from the U.S. Book 'em.
That was good!
Makes you wish you really knew all the players he's alluding
to. Steyn what a writer.
BTW, did you notice that I was posting that at the exact time that you were posting to me on a different thread? Spooky.
Maybe it's just a slow evening!
Enjoy!
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I'm a long-time Steyn fan, but there's always something I've missed. Some of the Canadian and European topics go right over my head, too.
One for the Steyn ping list: Another Steyn classic!
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Thanks for the link - hysterical!
Nice! Can I get on the early Steyn distro?
Concerning the column I recommend you read, I actually went to the bookstore, read enough of Living History to realize that it was just as Mark said, and then turned to page 523 for the refund policy.
I was quite disappointed that he just made that part up :-).
In my opinion, Hillary Clinton is just plain too wooden, stiff and boring to become President. The only chance she has is if Bill campaigns for her. Sorry, Hillary, just the truth.
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I hope you're right about that! Certainly nobody seems to like her.
I think people bought her book (and Bill's) thinking they were actually going to dish all the dirt. Not a chance!
I wish some of us could have that sense of humor and feel such a droll affection for a member of the enemy. Granted, lefties are even worse than we are.
There is a segment of the population that likes her and feels that she has a shot at being the first women President. That's a large enough number of people to create a best-selling book. Problem for Hillary is that I think it's about 20% of the population. The remaining 80% can't stand her.
Of that 80%, 30% (Democrats) think she's a right-winger and 50% (Republicans) think she's a left winger. I don't think she has any solid beliefs other than a desire to be elected, and a feeling that use of government largesse is the best way to do it.
I think that in the end, the mushy middle that actually decides elections is going to decide based on her scratchy and abrasive public speaking mode. I heard her in the Democratic conventions last year, and thought she was truly a horrid public speaker.
The 20% who made Hillary's book a bestseller wanted to learn more about her as a person. That seems like a pretty tall order from what I can see. I think most people realized there wouldn't be too much dirt in there. It was, after all, written by a lawyer.
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I'll never forget Steyn's take on Harry Potter using Hillary and Bill. I'm going to see if I can find it for you. To this day I just think of it and I giggle.
Another good column.
Regarding Hillary Clinton, I think she's worse than the ordinary "anything to get elected" politician. She's the kind who would have everyone who disagrees in concentration camps, if she had the power. Fortunately, the average voter - even the average Democrat-leaning voter - is likely to subliminally sense this, and vote for somebody else.
Must be the one "daviddennis" linked in Post #9. I haven't read the Harry Potter books, but my husband and kids have watched the movies at home, so I'm just familiar enough with the stories to get most of the humor from the column.
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