Tracy Flick in Election

Vote for the Prettiest

[8 May 2008]

by Bill Reagan

US presidential elections are suspiciously like high school popularity contests, er, elections -- it's not who you know, it's who knows you.

fun article.

But by the way it’s ‘Coup de grace’, not ‘coup de gras’, which translates to Hit of Fat.

Comment by arnaud from Montreal — May 11, 2008 @ 2:06 am

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