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File this under stupid yet shrewd...
Stupid: Only the delusional dolts of ignorance and intolerance who brought you "Freedom Fries" could dream up W. Ketchup or Bush Country Ketchup.
Yet Shrewd: Give the dolts credit for knowing the maxim, timing is everything. With the media looking for time to fill in this highest-stakes political season, and not wanting to fill it with -- egad, in-depth examinations of the candidates or the issues -- the TV stations love this craptacular kind of crap. At least the St. Petersburg Times covered all the angles earlier this month. Although one question remains unanswered: Is Hunt's Ketchup really that piss-poor that the Bushies couldn't simply embrace that brand as the Heinz alternative?
Stupid: Only the delusional dolts of ignorance and intolerance who brought you "Freedom Fries" could dream up W. Ketchup or Bush Country Ketchup.
Yet Shrewd: Give the dolts credit for knowing the maxim, timing is everything. With the media looking for time to fill in this highest-stakes political season, and not wanting to fill it with -- egad, in-depth examinations of the candidates or the issues -- the TV stations love this craptacular kind of crap. At least the St. Petersburg Times covered all the angles earlier this month. Although one question remains unanswered: Is Hunt's Ketchup really that piss-poor that the Bushies couldn't simply embrace that brand as the Heinz alternative?
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