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Posted: Sat 13:47, 27 Jul 2013 Post subject: it was a most civil hour.Yes |
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was opining on God, foreign interventions, waterboarding, Saul Bellow, Henry James,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], or,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], yes, Rod Blagojevich, he was irresistibly engaging and a source of intellectual, even physical, awe.The intellectual prowess melded with a willingness to be politically incorrect and say almost anything, anywhere. Long after I had returned to Chicago, my friends at C-Span called in a few IOUs by asking me to debate Christopher for an hour on the war in Iraq, which he famously supported. They couldn't find anybody in Washington willing to go on air with him.I didn't prepare for any of my Advanced Placement exams in high school as seriously as I did for confronting him. I felt that I was an 18-handicapper up against Tiger Woods, with the caveat that this Tiger might be in a blatantly ornery mood and slice me to ribbons. In fact, it was a most civil hour.Yes, there were a fair number of bourbons shared during my eight-year tour of Washington, though he generally had started many hours earlier and with scant loss of lucidity. It
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