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Best Political Put Down

Joe Lieberman Compares George W. to Barney Rubble

With the spin machines working full-tilt boogie, political rhetoric often gets duller than dishwater. But on occasion, a few memorable zingers shine through the muck. Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Lieberman let fly a memorable one on August 29 when he hit George W. Bush with a cartoon analogy. "It's just this simple," Lieberman told a crowd in Anaheim, Calif. "We as a nation cannot afford to make Barney Rubble investments in a George Jetson world."