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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.
By Rebecca Traister

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  • Saturday, November 1, 2008 09:25 AM

    Are these people morons or do they just choose to be ignorant?

    This is what happens when people cannot or do not think for themselves and prefer to trust people just like them rather than educated, smart, informed people. They are completely manipulated and just do not have a clue.

    And with Palin's lack of understanding of even the basic principles of democracy (come on, it doesn't take long to read the constitution and if you want to work in politics you should make the effort to understand policy enough that other people are not manipulating you) it truly is the blind leading the blind.

    I'm sorry, but these are people I have no respect for.

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