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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    08/20/09

    In reply to Hero Mayor Is (Pretending to Be?) Humblest Man In the World
    Okay, I'm kind of in love with this guy. From [www.cnn.com] "Barrett described reports that the suspect's family blames Barrett for the arrest as 'pretty bizarre.' But he added, 'Maybe it's important that a mother's love is blind, and maybe a mother's love should be blind.'" The guy got beaten with a pipe and he stops to care how his assailant's mother feels. Wow.
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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    08/20/09

    In reply to Hero Mayor Is (Pretending to Be?) Humblest Man In the World
    In the state of Wisconsin, if you encounter an unruly individual, there's a 93% that the individual is drunk. As mayor of Milwaukee, Barrett should have known this.
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    Image of nonce nonce
    08/20/09

    @morninggloria: I live in Wisconsin. In Wisconsin, there's a 93% chance that any individual you encounter will be drunk.
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    Image of bytememehard bytememehard
    08/20/09

    In reply to Hero Mayor Is (Pretending to Be?) Humblest Man In the World
    When I first saw the photo, thought GWB had finally gotten his cumuppance.
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    Image of maddoxhair maddoxhair
    08/20/09

    In reply to Hero Mayor Is (Pretending to Be?) Humblest Man In the World
    seems pretty clear he's a stand-up guy, taking a beating for a stranger and all. and being humble and shifting praise onto others is what stand-up guys do. it's refreshing to see.
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    Image of Trai_Dep Trai_Dep
    08/20/09

    In reply to Hero Mayor Is (Pretending to Be?) Humblest Man In the World
    Shoot. I thought that only Canadians were so lethal & polite.
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    Image of jackvinyl jackvinyl
    08/20/09

    In reply to Hero Mayor Is (Pretending to Be?) Humblest Man In the World
    And Ohio's gubernatorial race has officially begun.
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    Image of resipsaloquacious resipsaloquacious
    08/20/09

    In reply to Hero Mayor Is (Pretending to Be?) Humblest Man In the World
    Mr. Mayor, so very polite. I wonder what he was saying during the beating, "I dare say, sir, they way you handle that baton: so adept -- it's like you are an evil baton twirling savant!"
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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    08/20/09

    @resipsaloquacious: "My stars, you are certainly giving me a sound thrashing!"
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    08/20/09

    In reply to Hero Mayor Is (Pretending to Be?) Humblest Man In the World
    Let's just hope this isn't one of those stories that ends with a shit-erupting bag of mistresses, bribery, or international money-laundering.

    I'm looking at you New Jersey.
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    Image of scroll_lock scroll_lock
    08/20/09

    @Spirit Fingers: No, no, no. The only thing he's laundering is his cape billowing in the winds of justice behind him.
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    08/20/09

    @scroll_lock: Yes, yes, he's the good mayor while all the bizarro mayors loot the town and strap babies to speeding trains. I'm thinking he's missing tights and a power activity belt. "Go, Go, Mayor-Man! KAPOW!"
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    08/20/09

    @Spirit Fingers: Support hose socks will have to do until Danskin finishes whipping up his tights with a modesty panel.
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    Image of TubOfTaft TubOfTaft
    08/20/09

    In reply to Hero Mayor Is (Pretending to Be?) Humblest Man In the World
    Was he beaten in the face with a Snickers bar?
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    Image of RheaPollstry RheaPollstry
    08/20/09

    In reply to Hero Mayor Is (Pretending to Be?) Humblest Man In the World
    Wow, things sure have changed. Baton twirling hardly ever resulted in violence back when I was in high school.
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    Image of Lymed Lymed
    08/20/09

    @RheaPollstry: I guess you never heard of the Majorette Massacre of 1987. The cheerleaders never had a chance defending themselves with pompoms.
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    Image of Trai_Dep Trai_Dep
    08/20/09

    @Lymed: While in middle school locker rooms, we'd twirl batons and some of us would imagine cheerleaders. Does that count?
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    Image of TruthBeTold TruthBeTold
    08/20/09

    @Lymed: Ok, that was just flat out funny. Bravo
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    Image of Lymed Lymed
    08/20/09

    @TruthBeTold: I try. I often fail, but at least I try.
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    Image of scroll_lock scroll_lock
    08/20/09

    In reply to Hero Mayor Is (Pretending to Be?) Humblest Man In the World
    When he runs for re-election put Sully on the ticket as vice-mayor. It'll be the Comforting Middle-aged Don't Worry, We're Here Now ticket.
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    Image of hilikusopus hilikusopus
    08/20/09

    @scroll_lock: I'd never leave the voting booth. *Like a warm cocoon.*
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    Image of scroll_lock scroll_lock
    08/20/09

    @hilikusopus: It's the political equivalent of a Slanket.
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    Image of Lymed Lymed
    08/20/09

    In reply to Hero Mayor Is (Pretending to Be?) Humblest Man In the World
    Barrett 2016?
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    Image of scroll_lock scroll_lock
    08/20/09

    In reply to Hero Mayor Is (Pretending to Be?) Humblest Man In the World
    Aww, he's kind of cute in a brave older Dad way. He could moonlight in Viagra ads.
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    Image of foofybunny foofybunny
    06/23/09

    In reply to Anchorman Sequel, Real Life Version
    Amy DuPont is a smelly pirate hooker.
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    Image of Wrapitup Wrapitup
    06/23/09

    @foofybunny: Wassup Jon?
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    Image of smartster smartster
    06/23/09

    In reply to Anchorman Sequel, Real Life Version
    I am from Wisconsin, I am. This is such a good example of the well known Midwestern passive aggressiveness. People in the Midwest are really seething deep down inside, yet for some reason there is this incredibly strong cultural taboo against expressing any sort of emotion directly at the object of the emotion. People are terrified of other people finding out how they really feel - it's true!


    It is a horrible place where you cannot trust anyone because you never ever know who secretly hates you. People seem nice but beneath the veneer of niceness is boiling rage - at what? Who the fuck knows - mostly it's at everyone else for being so goddamn passive aggressive.


    Europeans and New Yorkers who visit the Midwest routinely send middle-aged women into cardiac arrest by asking the obvious and common in NY and Europe but un-mentionable in the Midwest: "How can you be so (slow, stupid, retarded, insane)!?!?!" In NY this question is more of a figure of speech, you can say this to someone one minute and buy them a beer the next. But in the Midwest this line is not in the script.


    Anyway, this whole weird scenario (and millions like them that happen at work places all over this godforsaken region) could be avoided with a little New York you don't like me fuck you attitude.

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    Image of Moff Moff
    06/23/09

    @smartster: There's some truth to what you're saying, for sure. But "you can't trust anyone" may be taking it a little too far.
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    Image of CaptainFantastic CaptainFantastic
    06/23/09

    @smartster: I'm from the midwest and you need to insert the word 'some' into your comment about 12 times, mostly in front of 'people.' You suck. Wanna get a beer later?
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    Image of bjonston bjonston
    06/23/09

    @CaptainFantastic: @smartster: Go Packersss. You guys wanna get some beersss?
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