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DefenseLawyer

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1. A joke you have to explain is never funny

Reply to ashling (Original post)

Wed Feb 1, 2012, 02:03 PM

Feb 2012

A comment that sounds terrible is terrible, no matter how lucid your explanation of what you "really" meant. A perfect example is "I voted for it before I voted against it". Ask John Kerry how that all worked out.

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Mark Halperin is a dick [View all] ashling Feb 2012 OP

A joke you have to explain is never funny DefenseLawyer Feb 2012 #1

Agreed, karynnj Feb 2012 #8

Very true DefenseLawyer Feb 2012 #10

I completely agree with you on that karynnj Feb 2012 #13

Mark Halperin is a dick... CherokeeDem Feb 2012 #2

Just like Newt surfdog Feb 2012 #3

Mark Halperin is the quintessential "journalist" that fights for the 1% Cali_Democrat Feb 2012 #4

Water is wet... orwell Feb 2012 #5

Halperin is not a dick. A dick serves a purpose. provis99 Feb 2012 #6

"Useless tool" is an oxymoron ashling Feb 2012 #11

not so: here is a useless tool: provis99 Feb 2012 #14

You could throw it at the TV ashling Feb 2012 #15

Don't forget that he was one of two authors who said that Matt Drudge was karynnj Feb 2012 #7

Penises everywhere are no demanding an apology. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Feb 2012 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author libinnyandia Feb 2012 #12