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Saturday, November 3, 2007 12:00 AM

How Oprah ruined the marathon

America's competitive spirit has been wrecked by feel-good amateurs like Oprah whose only goal is to stagger across the finish line.
By Edward McClelland

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  • Saturday, November 3, 2007 08:39 AM

    Middle age crisis much?

    How is this piece any different than any pathetic nostalgia piece where some White guy who doesn't like geting old whines about how things used to be better? Gosh, remember, record players? Remember muscle cars? Remember the Brooklyn Dodgers? Weren't they great? Things suck now, don't they? I blame cassette tapes/Ford Pintos/the Yankees for ruining EVERYTHING. Boohoohoo.

    And Oprah ruined the marathon. LOL.

    Also the writing is bad. It reads like a cranky blog post someone dashed off during their lunch break. Only, yanno, without any of the amateur charm.

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