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05/08/2003 Archived Entry: "As Miller sees it, patriotism gets the last laugh"

EVEN WHEN HE WAS A LIBERAL I THOUGHT HE WAS COOL: The Washington Times has a little profile on Dennis Miller in today's edition.

"I am portrayed as the big anomaly in the community. But if you can't get behind your country at a time like this, what are you thinking? War in Iraq has only increased my patriotism," Mr. Miller said in an interview yesterday.

Mr. Miller was not in stand-up mode at the time, though his one-liners and rants had proved effective weapons in recent months.

"I would call the French scumbags, but that, of course, would be a disservice to bags filled with scum," he told Jay Leno on NBC's "Tonight Show" in February, after France refused to give its blessings to the war in Iraq.

"If you're in a peace march and the guy next to you has a sign that says Bush is Hitler, forget the peace thing for a second and beat his [posterior], because he is not Hitler," he added some time later.