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The right's two-pronged religion of rage and self-pity

The group with the most power persuades itself that it is weak, oppressed and treated with great unfairness.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Friday, October 3, 2008 09:14 AM

    "Their current candidate chose as his Vice President someone who can barely string together a complete sentence or opine on the simplest of matters..."

    Glenn, As much as we all acknowledge the great deficit of knowledge and experience that Palin enjoys as evidenced by too-few recent interviews and well-demonstrated as mayor and governor- she did "string together a complete sentence or opine on the simplest of matters...", much to every one's surprise. That's not to say that successfully cramming for a debate performance and pulling it off without major gaffe is any indicator of future, prerequisite skill for leading the world nor portrays a model of integrity. Notwithstanding the invocation of America's hockey moms, 6-pack Joes and "say it ain't so's", she ain't ready for primetime for to any demographic.

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