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Fired Up, Ready to Go

January 3rd, 2008 by Chris Snethen · No Comments · Politics

So many thoughts tonight as I let the Obama victory sink in.
- Edwards, the great white male Boomer Democratic hope, is done. He spent the last four years pounding every corner of Iowa, shaking every hand, kissing every baby, hoping to use a victory as a springboard to greater things. It didn’t [...]

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Is Edge Out in the Desert?

January 3rd, 2008 by Chris Snethen · No Comments · Arizona Cardinals

This story has popped up in a few different places the last day or two.  There’s definitely something to it.
James came to the Cards right as I dove headfirst into my fandom.  The whole time he’s been down there, he’s seemed to be more of a sideshow than anything else.  Like Emmitt Smith before him.  [...]

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Chris Rock on Hillary’s Experience

January 3rd, 2008 by Chris Snethen · No Comments · Politics

Bingo.
One of his best bits involved a sideways reference to his personal life. While discussing Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign, he mocked the notion that she had presidential experience, explaining that marriage doesn’t confer professional expertise. By way of example, he mentioned his own marriage.
“I’ve been with my wife for 10 years now,” he [...]

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