The Week contest: Conway clash
This week's question: Lawyer George Conway, husband of White House spokeswoman Kellyanne Conway, is locked in a Twitter feud with his wife's boss, whom he has called "nuts"; President Trump has in turn called George "a total loser." If Hollywood were to make a romantic comedy about George and Kellyanne's unusual home-work dynamic, what would it be called?
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THE WINNER: "Crazy Rich Partisans"
Laurel Rose, Pittsburgh
SECOND PLACE: "MAGAbout You"
Loren Woodson Noblitt, Zionsville, Indiana
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THIRD PLACE: "The War of the Rose Garden"
Scott Barlow, Pequannock, New Jersey
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Furious George"
Kathy El-Assal, Middleton, Wisconsin
"While You Were Tweeting"
Michael Rouse, Troy, Michigan
"10 Things I Hate About Your Boss"
Ken Kellam III, Dallas
"You've Got Hate Mail"
Bob Canning, Petaluma, California
"The At Odds Couple"
Terry Hollenbeck, Felton, California
"He's Just Not That into Your President"
Rich Greene, Novato, California
"Brawl in the Family"
Richard Grossman, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
"The Conway We Were"
Renée Rauch, New York City
"50 Shades of Shade"
Tom Courtney, Philadelphia
"Politics Makes Strange Bedfellows"
Suzanne Brooks, Quechee, Vermont
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