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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.

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  • Sunday, November 4, 2007 01:40 PM

    No, it's Bill Clinton's fault, jogging around the White House...

    No - it was that damn JFK if he didn't start that communist President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports oh no I mean Eisenhower, that good for nothing cut and runner is his fault we lost the war in Korea too. We should have nuked them when we had the chance.

    Self pity doesn't become you Edward McClelland. Are you that insecure in your own ability that you must begrudge Oprah, or anyone else for that matter, their pursuit of happiness?

    Reading this article I reminded of what Charles Schultz articulated through his timeless comic strip Peanuts and something all humorless, self-absorbed liberals and progressives would do well to avoid. "I love mankind; it's people I can't stand."

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