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President Chavez is cultivating Hollywood celebrities.

The Republicans look like suffering big losses in Congress: the conviction of an incumbent Senator on corruption charges is not helping their cause.

The “Joe the Plumber” fracas has not shown liberal America at its best, but some of the incidents have been downright creepy. Suggesting that

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[somercet]

From the blog The New Currency Lad, American Dénouement, Final Commentary From A Presumptuous Outsider:IS there a more generous nation in the world than the United States? Every four years, the world takes a proprietorial interest in the race for the American presidency. The natives who actually have the right to vote in these epic contests are remarkably tolerant of the outsiders (like me) who think their yankophilia and vicarious causes give them a stake and say in the outcome.
Wishful thinking at hillbuzz.com, or is it?
Not a single person dressed as Obama and Biden… The ticket that is best represented in Halloween costumes in an election year is the ticket that has won the White House since people first started paying attention to this anecdotal barometer.

Pay special attention to comment #4, please.

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Regarding comment #4, not sure what one can infer from a single Cindy McCain ...

[somercet]

Damn, also forgot Palin Deserves Our Respect from a Philly paper and OMFG THIS IS TOO ADORABLE!!

Sorry, every now and then you can tell I have a small daughter. ;-)

Do you realise

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My last link on the above post is the first link in your comment?

[fizzyland]

"I also happen to believe Sarah Palin supports women's rights, deeply and passionately."

That comes from the Ms Magazine editor-person. I'd like to know how?

You would have to ask her

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Gov. Palin clearly supports a woman's right to aspire to political office :) Beyond that, you would have to ask the writer.

Re: You would have to ask her

[fizzyland]

Fair enough, I was just curious why you found the piece compelling enough to post.

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[erudito]

Because it said something different from someone a bit unexpected.