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To: X-Servative
Is this a dignified piece for a man of Rummsfeld's stature? If this were about Clinton, you'd all be saying it's pathetic.

What's really being satirized here is sexual advice columnists. What's really being implicitly praised is Rumsfeld's style of no-nonsense straight talk and how it would apply to the wishy-washy world of sexual advice.

Rumsfeld isn't being mocked in this piece at all, which is why nobody here is complaining.

A similar piece with questions for Clinton wouldn't work because Clinton speaks in the same mushy way that most advice columnists write (not to mention all the ironies given Clinton's deviancy). You might get a chuckle out of "it all depends on what the meaning of 'orgasm' is", but not much of a laugh.

29 posted on 09/26/2002 1:52:27 PM PDT by Numbers Guy
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To: Numbers Guy
Exactly right! I think the author's admiration for Rummy's style shines through.
32 posted on 09/26/2002 1:54:23 PM PDT by LisaFab
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To: Numbers Guy
This is not appropriate. What if it were Reagan...Lincoln or Washington. Satire can be very funny, but this is cheap, sexxual humor that belongs on the playground.
39 posted on 09/26/2002 2:09:53 PM PDT by X-Servative
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