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Sunday, November 30, 2008 06:12 AM
Original article: In Barack we trust?

What Did You Expect?

All of the complaining from the American Left is curious. Obama QUITE CLEARLY campaigned as a post-partisan (which I found very attractive), and now the Left is upset and surprised that he is ACTING like one.

There can only be two possible explanations for this.

Either (a) the "progressives" assumed Obama was lying to the American public and would govern from the extreme left once he suckered them into voting for him, or (b) they weren't paying attention to what he was saying, and they just assumed the "D" after his name made him as ideologically paralyzed as they are.

Which one is it?

Wednesday, February 11, 2009 04:58 AM
Original article: A rocky first few weeks

A Rocky First Few Weeks

Gawd, I love this woman.

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