Reply #49: Does it matter? I think the point is that he has become

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such a well-deserved target of ridicule (given his and his wife's past and very public words) that folks think that it could be plausable. With the exception of the truley protected in the Bushadmin (bush included) generally when a public figure becomes a point of ridicule (esp so quickly) the public life tenure becomes very short. Think senator Allen, who had presidential aspirations, just after his Macaca comment first flickered across the internet.