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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 08:30 PM

    Dear Ethics Professor

    I hate it when I'm a disappointment, particularly since "I" seem to have been loved :) But, alas, I am not the gpjones, SAS guru. But I am a really nice person and I think you might miss me if I wasn't here.

    —gpjones Read gpjones's other letters

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