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2008-03-31 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Mike 2008-03-31 09:47|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Ceausescu, Groucho Marx and the stained blue dress all in the same article. The man is a genius.

Posted by Iblis 2008-03-31 13:21|| 2008-03-31 13:21|| Front Page Top

#2 I had to look it up, but the Margaret Dumont analogy was brutal.

Posted by Woodrow Slusorong7967 2008-03-31 15:22|| 2008-03-31 15:22|| Front Page Top

#3 More appropriate then you think. Groucho always said that Margaret never had a clue...

Decades later, in his one man show at New York's Carnegie Hall, Groucho mentioned Dumont's name and got a burst of applause. He informed the audience that she rarely understood the humor of their scenes together and would ask him, "Why are they laughing, Groucho?"

Posted by tu3031 2008-03-31 15:26|| 2008-03-31 15:26|| Front Page Top

#4 ...Groucho is the go to guy on this subject in more ways than one. Consider:

"The last guy who had hold of this place
He didn't know what to do with it -
If you think this country's bad off now, just wait till I get through with it!

The country's taxes must be fixed
And I know what to do with 'em -
If you think you're paying too much now,
Just wait till I get through with 'em!

I will not stand for anything that's crooked or unfair
I'm strictly on the up and up, so everyone beware
If anyone gets caught taking graft
And I don't get my share
We'll stand 'em up against the wall, and pop! goes the weasel!"

- Duck Soup, 1933

And if that doesn't describe Hilary!, I don't know what does.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2008-03-31 18:36|| 2008-03-31 18:36|| Front Page Top

#5 "Bills Groucho Marx. He goes around leering at cocktail waitresses, waggling his eyebrows and his famously unlit cigar."

Bill is was waggling a helluva lot more than his eyebrows....

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