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althouse.blogspot.com - 9/2/2008
Republicans "have a tradition of nominating fun, bantamweight cheerleaders from the West, like the previous Miss Congeniality types Dan Quayle and W."
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Writes Maureen Dowd . Dan Quayle was a Senator from Indiana . I guess that looks like "the West" when you're looking from New York City . (You already know what's at that link, don't you?) If Quayle was a "fun, bantamweight cheerleader from the West," then Obama must be too. Illinois -- for ...

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Wizbang — ... in the US is the Mississippi river. Dan Quayle was from Indiana, clearly east of the Mississippi. Also since when have there been weight classifications for cheerleading? If there were the same for columnists, the insufferable Maureen Dowd based on her intellect(not weight) would come in no better than a lightweight. I read liberal columnists regularly, Dowd has never impressed me. Actually I find it almost impossible to finish a column of hers without my eyes glazing over. Hat tip- Ann Althouse

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