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King of Snark
Jun. 22, 2009 10:53 am
Politico leads its assessment of the rising tide of beltway snark with this anecdote:
When Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) mocked the relocation of Uighur ex-detainees to Bermuda, saying on the House floor Tuesday that the former Guantanamo prisoners would now waste away “in MargaUighurville,” it was only a matter of time.
Ugh. I think snark just jumped the shark.
Sure enough, a clip of the quip soon made its way around the Web, ending up late that night with a curtain call on “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.”
Snark sells - and Washington is trading in it heavily these days.
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