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Barack Obama's purpose-driven gamble

The Democrat wanted to show he could compete for evangelical votes, too. Will he succeed?
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  • Sunday, August 17, 2008 08:45 AM

    First wives

    Better to move on with a new, younger wife, and then ruminate about it all later, in front of a huge national audience (that included the new wife.)

    Don't forget $$$$$. As in over a hundred million of them.

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