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    In Treatment

    I saw HBO's therapy series In Treatment last night, and felt it could be helped by adding a long-married couple to the lineup of patients:

    Therapist: Why don't we start by--

    Hillary: Have you seen his finger? It's out of control. He's wagging it at everyone. Every time his finger comes out I lose 5 percent of voters.

    Bill: I should be in the presidential suite at Davos getting a massage from those Swedish gals they have there. But because I agreed to help my wife, I have to listen to lectures on behavior from Ted Kennedy

    Therapist: How do you feel when --

    Hillary: Could you tell him to try to remember to mention my name occasionally when he gives one of his "I'm the greatest" speeches?

    Bill: You wanted me to rough up Obama for you!

    Hillary: I didn't say you should sound like the ghost of Lester Maddox!

    Therapist: Could we --

    [cut to: lamp being thrown at Bill's head]

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