What normal person would put up with the inane indignities of the electoral process?
By Christopher Hitchens
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What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof.
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Christopher Hitchens (1949 - 2011) was an Anglo-American author and journalist. His books made him a prominent public intellectual and a staple of talk shows and lecture circuits. He was a columnist and literary critic at Vanity Fair, Slate, The Atlantic, World Affairs, The Nation, Free Inquiry and a variety of other media outlets. He was named one of the world's "Top 100 Public Intellectuals" by Foreign Policy and Britain's Prospect.
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October 11, 2010Posted by Tom at 18:39
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A very well written and enjoyable piece of exasperation. Just for his ability to routinely churn out well-wrought copy, he will be much missed.
paraphrasing Monty Python, "he's not dead yet"
Might have been nice if Hitch had taken five minutes to read up on the CT race before writing that column. What the Cappleman!
"Might have been nice if Hitch had taken five minutes to read up on the CT race before writing that column [sic]."
I'm surprised that Hitchens didn't attack Chris Coon's "appalling religiosity" in favor of that nice Christine O'Donnell.
With O’Donnell as Foil, Democrat Plays It Safe
A devout Presbyterian, [Coons] flirted with the idea of becoming a minister....
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