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Friday, September 12, 2008 12:00 AM

What small-town America is saying about Obama

In diners and mobile homes from New Mexico to North Carolina, I listened to working-class people try to make sense of a black president named Barack.
By Dan Hoyle

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    Sarah Palin and World War 3.

    The Thursday night interview with Sarah Palin included a brief discussion of the Republics of Georgia. She made the point that Georgia should be in NATO. That way, the next time Russia crosses the border, we will join the fight. I was stunned, but then I realized that for people Palin's age or less, fear of nuclear war belongs with fear of monsters under the bed. Being from Alaska, she should know that a wounded bear is among the most dangerous animals on Earth. If that wounded bear has nuclear teeth, civilization itself is at risk.

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