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...series--in which telling Satan "Go to hell!" passes for a punch line--that a merciful deity would have let expire silently by April. Which raises a now familiar situation for a critic. You'd like to stand up for GD&B. Because that's your job, right? To defend viewers' free choice? To save misunderstood works of genius from the philistines? Except GD&B isn't a work of genius. It's just an inept sitcom that lucked into some free media...
...move to federal court is "the best way to defend ourselves," he added...
Before I go any further, let me attempt to defend myself against the catcalls of hypocrisy that are sure to follow this piece. Yes, to procure this very column I had to submit a ten-page application that involved a good deal of high-falutin babble. This was, of course, on top of the editorial "comp" process that took me two semesters to complete because I wasn't hardcore enough to get it done...
Bottom line: one dominant period of hockey won't bring home a conference championship. A fast start is great, but the Crimson must sustain a high level of play for the entire game to defend its title...
Though Gore has had to defend his liberal credentials in recent months, partially to stave off an attack by a progressive Bill Bradley, his policy proposals stress centrist themes...