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Alleen Pace Nilsen
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February 27, 2008
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Humor in the news
Even before the complications of counting hanging chads, dimples, and pregnants on the Florida ballots, the United States' 2000 Presidential election was chalked up as a situation in which people were laughing more at the candidates than with them. The one bright spot was Joseph I. Lieberman, who “became the first vice-presidential candidate in American history to begin his convention speech with a mother-in-law joke.” After he was introduced by his wife, Hadassah, he said.
There's an old saying that behind every successful man, there is a surprised mother-in-law, and I am here to tell you, it's true.
Published Online: 2008-02-27
Published in Print: 2001-06-05
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