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Bipartisan Hope

Bob Hope was a Republican, but, above all, he was a comedian, and he never let politics stand in the way of a good punch line.  A death bed Catholic convert like John Wayne, he will be the subject of a future post here on AC.

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Foxfier
Monday, September 7, AD 2009 11:26pm

I don’t get the second one… is it an age joke? (Serious, here– the zombie one is easy, but I think I lack the background for the reincarnation one.)

(FWIW, my favorite political zinger is the “I’m not part of any organized political party, I’m a Democrat!” from Will Rogers, although it seems to have flipped around a bit these days.)

TomSVDP
TomSVDP
Thursday, September 24, AD 2009 6:01am

Not to be doing, what people in our church sometimes do, playing the “hero” but

“….but, above all, he was a comedian,”

And perhaps above all in this vein, he was an American.

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