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I listened to Sarah Palin’s breathless Farewell Address set off by tweeting birds and cooing babies. I wish the speech had been set off by commas; I was exhausted by the pace.

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Ryan Cooper Teaches Us About "Corrupt Politicians"

Submitted by The Rod Squad on June 10, 2008 - 11:06pm

From a column by Ryan Cooper (whose writings the Springfield News-Leader publishes, inexplicably) come bons mots like this one:

"Corrupt politicians eventually lose."

Yes, Ryan. Or they get shuffled off to the federal penitentiary before they get the chance to lose.

Readers may remember that Ryan Cooper is the brother of disgraced GOP Representative Nathan Cooper, also known as prisoner #34350-044.