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Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Hatch lays waste to Prof. McStrawman
Some things speak for themselves, so below is an excerpt from the senior Utah senator's interview today with Fox News:

I'll never forget, I was chatting with one of the top professors in the country, and he said, "I don't like Bush, I don't like the war."

And I said, "Oh." I said, "How long has it been since we've had a major terrorist incident in America?"

He thought it over and then he said, "Well, 9/11."

I said, "Well, why is that?"

And he thought it over again and he, frankly, had to say, "Well, I guess it's because we're taking it to them over there and all around the world and that we've stepped up our surveillance and all of the other things that we need to do to protect America."

Behold, the irresistible force of Sen. Hatch's awesome persuasive power, reducing one of the nation's top minds to a puddle of intellectual goo in just 18 words. By the end of their 20-minute conversation, the liberal egg-head was clucking like a chicken. Professor No-name McStrawman, was unavailable for comment. This just goes to show why a college education isn't worth what it used to be.

-- Robert Gehrke

2 Comments:

At 10:53 PM, Anonymous Professor No-name McStrawman said...

Orrin had me at "Oh."

 
At 6:13 AM, Blogger JM Bell said...

Ah, the power of the anonymous parable antagonist. We all know that Senator Hatch is just brilliant in front of anonymous antagonist crowds.

Funny stuff, Robert.

 

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