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Saturday, November 29, 2008 12:00 AM

In Barack we trust?

Obama campaigned on his personality and judgment and won. Now, like it or not, he isn't beholden to anyone.

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  • Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:30 PM

    It's essential to create controversy where there is none --

    So believe the insecure.

    There is impeachment. And there is racism. And there are Republicans and "conservatives" who will never support Obama, no matter what.

    And there is the far-right lunatic fringe which will attack with lies and smears anyone that doesn't hold their exact same views.

    And then there are dip-shit "pundits" who have to write something, anything, in effort to invent non-existent controversy -- melo/drama -- so as to maintain their pseudo-relevance. Most of which has no bearing on reality, or on political history except at its most theoretical and tangential.

    Obama isn't yet in office, but as he was elected, it is time to get our accusations in -- early as possible -- so later we can say, "I told you so!" even if the basis for that is then more made-up horseshit.

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