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He may not have been the first person to stand up against the right wing noise machine, but I bought Lies and the Lying Liars.... when it was still in hardcover and wanted to run out and read passages to everyone I knew. I don't think I was the only one who was inspired by that book, at that time, when it felt like members of the reality based community were few and far between. He did a great thing with that book, and his subsequent radio show, and I expect him to be a truly worthy successor to Paul Wellstone. I'm just baffled as to why the election was so close in the first place. It shouldn't have been so hard to defeat an empty suit.