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July 22, 2006

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Who's Carl This Time?

Quote 1

Carl: "The irony is what they really need to do is to get Syria to get Hezbollah to stop doing this s--- and it's over."

That was someone giving his simple prescription in front of an open mike at the G-8 summit. Who used a naughty word in his approach to the Middle East crisis?

• Answer 1

Quote 2

Carl: "We certainly would not want to have the same kind of democracy that they have in Iraq, quite honestly."

That was someone reacting to a suggestion from President Bush that he try to model his country after the democratic paradise that is modern Iraq. Who said, uh, no thanks?

Hint: We figure little digs like that are a host's prerogative.

• Answer 2

Quote 3

Carl: "There are those who say the president should be more Clintonesque ... maybe he misunderstood what they meant."

That was Bill Whalen of the Hoover Institution, one of the many commentators this week chattering about something surprising President Bush did to German Chancellor Angela Merkel. What did he to do her?

Hint: Well, to be fair, she did look very tense.

• Answer 3

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