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Thursday, September 4, 2008 12:00 AM

McCain's big running-mate rollout

Romney and Giuliani helped supply Wednesday night's "paranoid" conservative politics, while Sarah Palin showed she's no Dick Cheney.
By Walter Shapiro

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  • Thursday, September 4, 2008 08:05 AM

    She Fires The Rifle

    but only wounds the moose. Doesn't kill it. The moose doesn't run away but turns and charges the shooter. Trying to reload and fire in time to avoid the angry moose the shooter is too slow. 2000 pound of moosemeat slams into the panicked hunter.

    The moral of the story is that when you shoot, shoot to kill.

    Palin failed at this last night.

    The moose turned towards the shooter ....

    —Trainman Read Trainman's other letters

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