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    From the page: "Can the presidential candidates please stop obsessing about tedious issues like the broken economy and the creeping resurgence of the Taleban? Can we stop talking about the melting ice caps and hurricane highways, the conspicuously absent Kim Jong-il or the new permafrost... more

    Reviewed by wildamberhoney Sep 10 2008, 04:03pm ( 3 reviews ) bbc.co.uk

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  • Rated by wildamberhoney on Sep 10 2008, 4:03pm

    From the page: "Can the presidential candidates please stop obsessing about tedious issues like the broken economy and the creeping resurgence of the Taleban? Can we stop talking about the melting ice caps and hurricane highways, the conspicuously absent Kim Jong-il or the new permafrost between Russia and the West? Can we please ignore the two strategic Russian bombers which landed in Venezuela today, evoking unpleasant memories of the Cold War in America's backyard? Can we just stop fretting about the record number of foreclosures and the meltdown on Wall Street? Please - let us have a real eyeball-to-eyeball, toe-to-toe debate about lipstick and pigs. "
  • Rated by uriel1998 on Sep 10 2008, 3:58pm

    From the page: "The proud founding member of the "bad boys club" at the US Naval Academy, John "Wayne" McCain himself is hanging the noose of sexism around the feline Barack Obama, who is more in touch with his inner woman than any candidate since Hillary Clinton. And the Republicans are getting away with it. This is electioneering genius; it makes Karl Rove look like Bob the Builder."