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Friday, August 29, 2008 12:00 AM

American revolutionary

In his acceptance speech, Barack Obama stood up for Democratic values, took the fight to McCain -- and proved that the United States is still capable of reinventing itself.

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  • Friday, August 29, 2008 07:53 AM

    History is made

    Looks like the revolutionary has been trumped by McCain's brilliant choice of Sarah Palin. Obama wasn't secure enough in his message of messianic change to pick Hillary, and went with someone to try and compensate for his total lack of credentials. McCain has the credentials and is now reaching out to the women left out in the cold by the dems. It was Nixon who said the first woman in the white house would be a conservative as a VP on the republican ticket. It shows McCain's confidence, and respect for the fighting spirit of Palin, and we can't wait to watch her show up Biden.

    To be judged on character was the dream shared 45 years ago last night. Who's the embodiment of this dream? The man now being exposed for the shady squandering of educational funds and lying about his relations with radical terrorist Ayers?(http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MTgwZTVmN2QyNzk2MmUxMzA5OTg0ODZlM2Y2OGI0NDM=)

    Or the woman who took on corrupt politics in her state and chose not to allow genetic testing to affect her decision to have her downs baby?

    To forget that Obama has a complete lack of experience.. and claim he doesn't really need it to be president... and vote for him because "we never thought we'd see the day" an African American ran for president, is to forget the call to judge by charachter and not by color.

    And Sarah Palin is truly the historical choice who deserves to be there because of her character and experience.

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