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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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  • Sunday, November 30, 2008 06:33 PM

    @ Readerreader

    I agree with you that Mr. Obama is intelligent enough to be president. Like him, I finished near the top of a first tier law school (not quite Harvard, but not bad). Also did well in a challenging undergraduate program. It would be fun, for me, to match up my GPA's to Mr. Obama's in both programs, along with SAT/LSAT scores.

    I take it that you are arranging a brain transplant for Sarah Palin. The exchange should work out well. She needs a brain and you are just dying to get inside that body.

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