Smart Republicans know that, all kidding aside, this is a fraught moment for the Bush campaign.

Kidding aside, one idea that should probably be ruled out from the get-go is a drugstore.

Kidding aside, he's got a tough job on his hands.

Kidding aside, what was it about the Catskills that still fires the literary imagination?

Kidding aside, why put yourself in the middle of a controversy in the country's most widely covered sports event?

More to the point, and all kidding aside, doesn't anyone around here have Oprah's e-mail address?

But all kidding aside, if your client won't talk, I am going to turn up the heat.

And this time we're really on our way, all kidding aside.

Kidding aside, I don t have an answer for you.

Kidding aside, there is a serious issue behind the State Department's move.