So much so that after 20 years close up reporting on the original I can't resist the temptation to paraphrase Lloyd Bentsen's comment when Dan Quayle unwisely compared himself to John F.

CNN: Europe mocks 'half-baked Alaskan' Palin

The fact that even as he faced a Jewish audience, Jones couldn't resist the temptation to repeat the central fallacy at the root of the administration's failed policies in the Middle East makes clear that the Obama administration fundamentally does not care that the American people as a whole and the American Jewish community specifically oppose its policies.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Barreling on, regardless

Apparently Fitzgerald couldn't resist the temptation to use taxpayer money to investigate and harass prominent people in the hope of turning something up, thus bagging high-profile scalps.

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