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Vote: | A new poll shows that Senator Kerry's support in the South is strongest amongst blacks. Kerry's appeal to Southern blacks is obvious. He is a white man who lives far, far away. |
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Vote: | A recent conversation: Dubya: Look at the clock, time is racing! Cheney: That's the second hand, George. |
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Vote: | A recent police study found that you're much more likely to get shot by a fat cop if you run. |
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Vote: | Born again?! No, I'm not. Excuse me for getting it right the first time. |
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Vote: | Economists predict that this year's federal surplus will be $120 billion less than predicted in January. The missing $120 billion was reportedly last seen on a date with Congressman Gary Condit. |
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Vote: | Here in Hollywood you can actually get a marriage license printed on an Etch-A-Sketch. |
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Vote: | I rant, therefore I am. |
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Vote: | I still feel pangs of remorse over an insidious habit I've had since I was a teenager. About three times a week, I attend estate auctions and make insulting, low-ball bids for prized heirlooms until I'm asked to leave. |
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Vote: | I'm like Bush, I see the world more like checkers than chess. |
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Vote: | If Clinton had only attacked terrorism as much as he attacks George Bush we wouldn't be in this problem. |
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Vote: | If some unemployed punk in New Jersey, can get a cassette to make love to Elle McPherson for $19.95, this virtual reality stuff is going to make crack look like Sanka. |
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Vote: | In the elaborate wardrobe of human emotions, guilt is the itchy wool turtleneck that's three sized too small. Guilt may be difficult to articulate, but when it surfaces, it's as unwelcome and distinct as Jethro Bodine in the lobby of an Ian Shraeger hotel. |
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Vote: | Just put down 9/11... I think, on most things I'm liberal, except on defending ourselves and keeping half the money. Those things I'm kind of conservative on. |
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Vote: | Liberals should not overplay this weapons of mass destruction card, because you want me to tell you the truth? Most of us are not going to care if they don't find these weapons of mass destruction. It's enough for a lot of us to see those kids smiling on that street again. |
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Vote: | Never ever discount the idea of marriage. Sure, someone might tell you that marriage is just a piece of paper. Well, so is money, and what's more life-affirming than cold, hard cash? |
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Vote: | Now, I don't want to get off on a rant here, but guilt is simply God's way of letting you know that you're having too good a time. |
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Vote: | Police in Washington D.C. are now using cameras to catch drivers who go through red lights. Many congressmen this week opposed the use of the red light cameras incorrectly assuming they were being used for surveillance at local brothels. |
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Vote: | President Bush gave his first-ever presidential radio address in both English and Spanish. Reaction was mixed, however, as people were trying to figure out which one was which. |
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Vote: | The average American's day planner has fewer holes in it than Ray Charles's dart board. |
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Vote: | The death penalty is becoming a way of life in this country. |
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Vote: | The radical right is so homophobic that they're blaming global warming on the AIDS quilt. |
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Vote: | The Soviet Union, which has complained recently about alleged anti-Soviet themes in American advertising, lodged an official protest this week against the Ford Motor Company's new campaign: 'Hey you stinking fat Russian, get off my Ford Escort.' |
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Vote: | The White House looked into a plan that would allow illegal immigrants to stay in the United States. The plan called for a million Mexicans to marry a million of our ugliest citizens. |
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Vote: | There's no doubt about it, show business lures the people who didn't get enough love, attention, or approval early in life and have grown up to become bottomless, gaping vessels of terrifying, abject need. Please laugh. |
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Vote: | There's nothing wrong with being shallow as long as you're insightful about it. |
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Vote: | Washington, DC is to lying what Wisconsin is to cheese. |
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Vote: | What is guilt? Guilt is the pledge drive constantly hammering in our heads that keeps us from fully enjoying the show. Guilt is the reason they put the articles in Playboy. |
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Vote: | What's so touching is the way we fight the war right until the moment our business is taken care of and then we turn on a dime and we immediately start taking care of people. It's like a shock and aw shucks campaign. |
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Dennis Miller (born November 3, 1953) is an American comedian and television personality.
Miller studied journalism and graduated from Pittsburgh's Point Park College. In the early 1980s he would host The Trolley Show, a Saturday-afternoon newsmagazine for teenagers, on Pittsburgh's KDKA-TV.
Miller rose to fame from 1985 to 1991 as a regular on Saturday Night Live, where he served as a "Weekend Update" anchor, the longest any one performer has held that position in the history of the show.
From 1994 to 2002, he was the host of Dennis Miller Live, a half-hour talk show on HBO characterized by its stark simplicity. The show had no set, band, or even much lighting. It mainly consisted of Miller speaking to the largely unseen studio audience on a darkened stage. There would be one guest per show, whom Miller would quiz on the topic of the day. At one time the show also featured callers, but this was phased out in later seasons. Miller won five Emmy Awards while hosting the show, which aired 215 episodes during its nine-year run.
The highlight of the show were Miller's "rants" on various political issues. The rants always began with the catch phrase "Now I don't want to get off on a rant here..." and ended with the phrase "Of course, that's just my opinion, I could be wrong."
Miller has a reputation for being very scholarly and intelligent, and his distinct style of humor reflects this. His rants and stand-up routines often feature elaborate metaphors and references to obscure historical and political events. This has prompted some accusations of intellectual snobbery, especially from those who don't "get" the jokes.
In 2000, Miller became a commentator on Monday Night Football. Some feared his style of humor was a little too highbrow for football fans. His style was probably more suitable for those fans who watched Monday Night Football more for its entertainment value than primarily as a sporting event, but he demonstrated considerable knowledge of the game and its personalities, although at times he tended to lapse into sometimes obscure analogy-riddled streams of consciousness similar to his "rants". After two seasons, Miller was replaced in 2002 by a figure more firmly associated in the public mind with football, former Oakland Raiders coach John Madden.
Miller has noted that the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks changed him. He became more partisan, and turned to political commentary. In 2003, he provided regular commentary for the FOX News show Hannity & Colmes, and began a prime-time political show on CNBC in early 2004 called Dennis Miller. The show contained a daily news segment called "The Daily Rorschach", which was reminiscent of his "Weekend Update" segments. The Nielsen ratings for his new program remained quite low, and claims have been made that people have been paid by the producers to be in the show's studio audience. CNBC cancelled his show in May of 2005. (http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050512/ap_en_tv/tv_cnbc_miller_2)
Today Miller is a registered Republican and is now known largely for his neoconservative and libertarian beliefs. This, in addition to his being one of only a few mainstream comedians to support the GOP, has earned Miller a ride on Air Force One and catapulted him to the top of the GOP's "celebrity" A-list. Many in the GOP even called for him to run for U.S. Senator from California against Barbara Boxer.
External links
*Daily Ror-shocked: Is CNBC's Dennis Miller funny?
*Dennis Miller: '9-11 changed me'
...(more on Wikipedia)
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