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Robert Schlesinger

When Art Predicts Reality

August 12, 2008 03:49 PM ET | Robert Schlesinger | Permanent Link | Print

Recent events in New Europe have called to mind a 10-year old cartoon spot that pretty well captures at least the perception of what's happening over there. Follow the jump for a chuckle.

"We thought you guys broke up."

 

 

Must crush capitalism indeed. Not bad for 1998.

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Robert Schlesinger is a deputy editor at U.S. News and World Report and oversees all opinion editorial content. He is the author of White House Ghosts: Presidents and Their Speechwriters.

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