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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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  • Sunday, November 2, 2008 01:13 AM

    Wait!! Palin already is a socialist!

    In Alaska they redistribute the oil company profits by giving every Alaskan a rebate of a few thousand dollars. Sounds like socialism to me!!

    Hey isn't that what Obama wants to do? Tax the big oil companies and redistribute the wealth to the rest of Americans, via new bridges, better schools, etc. OOOOH but a Democrat wants to do the exact same thing that Palin does in Alaska, the Democrats must be bad bogeyman socialists. Guess what? No one with half a brain buys into the Republican distortion of redistribution of wealth. Wake up America! Social Security is socialism. Medicare is socialism. Subsidising farmers and Tobacco( GASP COUGH) is socialism. Get over it!! Ever since we began with an income tax decades ago, the wealth has been redistributed!!!

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