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Wednesday, February 15, 2006 12:00 AM

Exclusive: Alexander Hamilton commits suicide

Administration denies "scurrilous allegations" that Vice President Burr killed Hamilton in duel.
By Walter Shapiro

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  • Wednesday, February 15, 2006 09:42 AM

    Not very funny

    First of all, political satire has to make a good point. Cheney shot someone, Burr shot someone, there the relevance ends. And anything that equates George Bush with Thomas Jefferson is just plain wrong.

    Now a funnier article might compare Bush's right to do domestic wiretaps to Cheney's right to shoot people, including citing this historical example.

    —larrfirr Read larrfirr's other letters

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