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Friday, August 22, 2008 12:00 AM

How Obama can be the un-Kerry in Denver

Three veteran Democrats game out the Democratic and Republican conventions. Beware of PUMAs!
By Thomas Schaller

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  • Friday, August 22, 2008 01:31 PM

    mjn3457, you sound suspiciously like somebody I know

    Funny-I've got a buddy with two of the three same initials. Fellow from Chicago-shares your apocalyptic vision.

    I'm going to take issue with one point, and very strong issue. It's not RUSSIA that's going to fuck us, but HAWKS. I basically agree the shit is spinning out of control across the board--and I saw that HPV shit coming a mile away and can't believe the MSM reacted like this was completely out of the blue--but the most troublesome thing is that everybody wants to ESCALATE. It reminds me of the run-up to the first world war. (Yup, back in the day when I was stoop-chillin with a cold '40 and listening to Coolidge on the radio.)

    I've written a sanctimonious and needlessly verbose blog about it here...

    http://open.salon.com/content.php?cid=10964

    Anyway, happy trails...

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