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HUMAN EVENTS’ 2008 ‘Ins and Outs’
This year wasn’t entirely a disaster, but close enough for our taste. And next year promises to be worse.
Every year brings change we can believe in, mostly in the form of disasters both natural and political. This year wasn’t entirely a disaster, but close enough for our taste. And next year promises to be worse. On that cheery note, here’s HUMAN EVENTS’ “Ins and Outs of 2008.”
| IN | OUT |
| Vaclav Klaus | Al Gore |
| RINO Hunting | RINOs |
| Rhambo | Rambo |
| Proposition 8 | Gay marriage |
| Bailouts | Free Market Capitalism |
| Keith Olbermann | Ritalin |
| Rick Warren | Jeremiah Wright |
| Newt Gingrich | John McCain |
| Dick Morris | Eliot Spitzer |
| Jonas Brothers | Lehman Brothers |
| Sarah Palin | Ron Paul |
| Jury Verdicts | O.J. |
| Smith & Wesson | DC Handgun Ban |
| Illinois senators connected to Tony Rezko | Illinois governors connected to Tony Rezko |
| Kevin Farley | Michael Moore |
| Megyn Kelly | Alan Colmes |
| Constitutional rights for terrorists | Gitmo |
| Robert Rubin | Bernard Madhoff |
| Republican Study Committee | Republican National Committee |
| Palin glasses | Pants suits |
| Biden hair-plugs | Edwards hair-dos |
| Michael Phelps | French relay team |
| Rush Limbaugh | Colin Powell |
| Usain Bolt | Plaxico Burress |
| Raelians | Dennis Kucinich |
| Hillary | Bill |
| Sarko | Blago |
| “Green jobs” | Real jobs |
| Eric Cantor | Roy Blunt |
| Somali pirates | Johnny Depp |
| Harvey Milk | Barney Frank |
| Gen. Jim Jones | Dow Jones |
| Whining | Phil Gramm |
| Home Forclosures | Mortgage refinancing |
| Corrupt, big spending Democrats | Corrupt, big-spending Republicans |
| Vladimir Putin | Vladimir Putin |
| Sonar | Whales |
| “Drill, baby, drill” | “Si, si puede” |
| “I’ve abandoned free-market principles to save the free-market system.” | “It became necessary to destroy the village in order to save it.” |
| David Gregory | Meet the Press |
