For instance: If you didn't watch C-SPAN, you were spared the spectacle, but someone convinced the Dems it would be all telegenic and Elizabeth Dole-y to conduct "American Dialogues" -- little faux talk shows in between speeches.

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And that wasn't on C-SPAN.

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And when you stood up before the American people multiple times and said you would broadcast the health care debates on C-SPAN, you didn't.

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It's important, she notes, that these tomes "speak to the four-minute attention span" so guests don't end up staying too long in the powder room.

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If they don't meet there this year, they couldn't face each other until at least Madrid, a 14-month span.

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The MTA didn't lose money in 2011 on the Hudson span, even after it removed gates from the existing E-ZPass lanes, which allowed motorists to move through the tolls without stopping.

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