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Monday, October 6, 2008 12:00 AM

John McCain's unprecedentedly ugly speech today

The increasingly petty and ugly attacks on Barack Obama by a desperate, dying movement are a microcosm of the last eight years.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Monday, October 6, 2008 11:43 PM

    Exceptionalism

    "the usual rules don't apply" - I don't know why that should bother McCain. On Sunday Palin said America is "a force for exceptionalism."

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