ML>> oh? seems to me that it is "who ya know and who ya blow"
 ML>> that get's one around in political circles... i won't even
 ML>> mention that every single one of those in the trivia quiz
 ML>> are/were politicians and that, in itself, makes it
 ML>> political.

 BK>>  If Abraham Lincoln performed oral sex on his wife that would
 BK>> qualify by you standards. Not by mine.

 ML> not, it would not qualify by my standards... please stop
 ML> trying to think that you know me by the extremely few
 ML> messages that i've written in here that you may have read...

 According to your own words, at the top of this reply, it would
 qualify.

 ML>> the quiz and its subject matter make it even moreso right
 ML>> dead on on the topic of _this_ echo which is "Politically
 ML>> Incorrect" and is/was based on the ABC network's TV show
 ML>> "Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher"...

 BK>>  I am familiar with it. Still doesn't make it anything more than
 BK>> smear jobs.

 ML> whatever, cap'n...

 ML>> FWIW: the following is definitely politically incorrect ;)

 BK>>  Politically incorrect is a term used by right wingers to divert
 BK>> from discussion of valid issues.

 ML> bullshit...

 Where in the real world do you see it used for any other
 purpose.

 ML>> The FBI is warning that Al-Qaeda operatives may try to rent
 ML>> U.S. apartments and rig them with explosives. The Bush
 ML>> administration has warned that anyone perpetuating such a
 ML>> conscienceless act would be hunted down and punished. Plus,
 ML>> they could forget about getting back their security deposit.
 ML>> - Bill Maher

 BK>>  Which is funny. And not a smear.

 ML> and is also politically incorrect ;)

 Not really. There is nothing there racial, ethnic, or about
 anyone else who could claim any sort of discrimination. There
 is nothing there actually offensive to any group I can think of.
 Ok, to terrorists, yes, but that's stretching the definition.



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