The Fredösphere

Frequently wrong; never boring:  Camille strikes again, and this time, her topic is Presidential politics (hat tip to 2Blowhards):

Obama has seemed tentative in countering the Clintons' trademark mudslinging, but perhaps coolness and poise are what the nation needs after eight years of George W. Bush's lurching braggadocio. Obama hasn't figured out how to stay classy while delivering wicked stiletto thrusts -- a talent mastered in spades by British politicians produced by the Oxbridge debate culture.

I wonder if she had this particular example in mind:  the cool brutality of William Hague as he mocks Tony Blair and Gordon Brown while even the Labor MPs laugh along ruefully and admiringly.  My fellow Americans, can you imagine--can you dream in your wildest fantasies--our political culture producing this kind of wit and intelligence?  I can't.

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