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>I love that Paul Keating quote. But then, I just kind of love Paul
>Keating. He literally wandered in out of a sketch and it's brilliant.
>If you can, check out "Among The Barbarians". It's about Australian
>politics, and the bon mots of Mr. Keating feature heavily.

His gift for invective reminds me of my favorite of many great lines in Good Morning, Vietnam (paraphrased from memory):

"'Hauck sucks the sweat from a dead man's balls.' Now, I don't even know what that means, sir, but it seems very negative to me."

Politics in general has too few Captain Haddock figures. Governor LePage of Maine tries, bless his tiny, coal-wizened heart, but he's too stupid to do it properly, so it always ends up coming across all grade-school-bully. "Oh yeah, well so's your mom."

--G.
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