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Why don’t Democrats return the GOP’s swipe by referring to the Republic Party?

Is it my imagination or is the Republic Party’s threat to filibuster most every bill it opposes a dramatic change in the way the Senate has done its business? And why not permit Republic senators to really filibuster a popular bill, perhaps the current recession stimulus package? That would be fun for the nation to watch on C-Span and cable news as the economic indicators continue to plummet.

Who would be dumber in November, Republics who refuse to vote for McCain or Democrats who refuse to vote for Clinton? And what about super delegates who might push Clinton over the top knowing that Obama had the better chance of beating McCain?

Would Obama take one for the team and accept the vice presidency if he fails to gain the nomination, knowing that any influence he might have would be eclipsed by that of the apparent co-president, Bill Clinton?

Where did Hillary get the $5 million to loan her campaign? I thought she and her husband left the White House deeply in debt because of legal expenses.

If I were Osama Bin Laden, I would plan a major attack against the West for early November to assist McCain and thus guarantee that American forces would remain in Iraq for one hundred years.

Was Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., accurate in his recently published diaries when he reported that McCain joked at a dinner in 1998 that Chelsea Clinton was ugly because she was the illegitimate child of Hillary and Janet Reno? What a sweet guy! And didn’t his mortal enemy Rush make a comparable comment on his defunct tv show?

How can Hillary with a straight face ask the DNC to register her votes in the Michigan primary when neither Obama nor Edwards were on the ballot because they, and not Hillary, adhered to the DNC edict? And Hillary is breaking ranks again by agreeing to appear on a debate sponsored by Fox.

Romney won’t become president this election cycle, but he sure could play one on tv.

Everyone suggests that Huckabee looks and talks like Jim Nabors but I think he is a dead ringer for Kevin Spacey.

When the price of oil fell the other day I assumed it was a good thing for our economy but then the stock market nosedived because, according to the experts, it was an indicator of future declining demand and thus of recession. Does that mean the value of equities will rise when oil hits $100 a barrel?

How can a banana that made its way from a tree in Central America to my supermarket in Michigan cost only 20 cents?