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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 05:43 PM

    Hortense

    You must be one of those pwoper pwogwessives guilty of fwee spweech. And, your turban had nothing to do with any of it.

    Sorry, All. Sometimes reading this thread is what I imagine the world would be like on some really good weed. Child of the 60s that I am, the only thing I ever inhaled was a Marlboro red - other than what wafted through the heating ducts in the dorm. I'm feeling deprived for having missed out.

    The link to which Hortense, er, Cocktailhag might be referring:

    http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/10/embarracuda.html

    also, at sig

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