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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 11:05 PM

    Wow

    Old Poor Richard, apparently a Palin supporter, is defending Stalin? Lenin, I could maybe see. But Old Joe? That's just weird.

    Look, I don't know what Obama will manage to accomplish, and how much of it I'll like. But I'm pretty damn sure that I won't like another four years of neocon/fundamentalist craziness.

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