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Bear in mind that I'm talking about lampooning, not outright "joking" or satire. The headline competition was just that - no truth expected. The blowjob joke (the way I heard it) was about a Catholic priest, not the Pope. Doesn't work for me under those circumstances, at least not as well.
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Then there's the New Hampshire story about the man in a hot air balloon who yells down to a farmer in his field :
"Where am I?"
To which the farmer replies :
"You're in a balloon, ya durn fool!"
It's all in the perspective!
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I still wonder if anyone has seen Cheney.
Isn't it possible that people are just a little hyper-sensitive about the whereabouts of Cheney because they think that he should be a central figure in the administration? I'm sure he's doing his part, but he's mentioned that he doesn't care to be much of a public figure because he has no further aspirations. Also, I don't exactly recall Gore being that visible until later in the administration when he was trying to distract attention from Clinton's fiasco and knew he was going to run for president.
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Well, without LIU, I'd have to say that Gore was pretty visible from Day One. He always seemed to have some agenda or another - the information superhighway (remember that?  ) or the environment. Good, safe, fairly apolitical things which enabled him to be visible without being seen to be trying to steal Clinton's thunder. And I wouldn't characterise Clinton's presidency as a fiasco. He was certainly well-regarded as a president in Zild. And he did keep us all entertained as a human, didn't he? I'm sure that many men watched monicagate with a "there but for the grace of god go I" attitude!  When he visited New Zealand he impressed everyone he met, apparently. Pretty much unreservedly. And he liked New Zealand, and that showed. All kind of self-perpetuating. I seem to remember some comment from Cheney about his health, but I can't remember if he said that that was why he was keeping his head down. I can think of any number of reasons why he might be doing that. 
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speaking of lampoons, did any of the state side contributers see last nights SNL?
they suggested that it was a domestic dispute--cheney played the part of the bully husband, dubya, the abuse wife.. alcohol was involved.. the secret service were reduced to "cops".
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