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Saturday, November 1, 2008 12:00 AM

A scary Halloween with Sarah Palin

In central Pennsylvania, the Republican base is afraid of Obama, and lost in fever dreams of a neo-Soviet nightmare. But it's all in God's hands.

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  • Saturday, November 1, 2008 12:36 PM

    How is it possible for people to be so incredibly stupid and self deluded?

    I guess that's what happens when you live in a fantasy world of your own making, believing in ghosts, goblins, imaginary people, places and things. These people just make it up as they go, and the crazier the better to prove the strength of their faith and their ability to accept the absurd as truth, while the realities of the world are slapping them directly in the face, trying to wake them from their walking sleep. It's an unfortunate turn of the screw when these are the people deciding the fate of our country, and the world.

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