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Since we've brought up Sam Brownback's name recently, I thought you would find this entertaining:

Brownback asserts Manning, not Favre, is greatest QB
Associated Press

LAKE GENEVA, Wis. -- Note to Sen. Sam Brownback: In Packerland, it's not cool to diss Brett Favre.

The GOP presidential hopeful drew boos and groans Friday at the Wisconsin Republican Party convention when he used a football analogy to talk about the need to focus on families.

"This is fundamental blocking and tackling," he said. "This is your line in football. If you don't have a line, how many passes can Peyton Manning complete? Greatest quarterback, maybe, in NFL history."

Oops, wrong team to mention in Wisconsin, once described by Gov. Tommy Thompson as the place "where eagles soar, Harleys roar and Packers score."

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He's also right. Maybe not greatest ever but closer.

That's what in English composition class we call "knowing" or "considering" your AUDIENCE.

When I was going to Ole Miss, I recall that a West Coast or Northern comedian came into Memphis and starting cracking jokes about Elvis, and suddenly the audience got deathly quiet and then rather angry. Afterwards, one of the locals warned the comedian: "When you play here, NEVER joke about the king!"