Mr. SEDARIS: (As Crumpet the Elf) This morning, I worked as an exit elf telling people in a loud voice this way out of Santaland.

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So let us go in tonight and say to America in a loud, clear voice: Send John Kerry.

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Democrats, trade unionists, anti-war protesters and the left-wing media in general had far too loud a voice, in his opinion.

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But they have a very small voice in a very loud room.

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But the uncomfortable fact is that Mr Helms, as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has a voice in foreign policy almost as loud as that of the president himself, and sometimes louder.

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By complaining in his loud, military voice, Sir David has caused some improvements and a lot of embarrassment.

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