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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 12:00 AM

Criticisms, political pressure and Barack Obama

The president-elect's advisors respond to the firestorm created by Sunday's remarks on Guantanamo, illustrating the value of criticizing Obama when he deserves it.

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  • Tuesday, January 13, 2009 04:53 PM

    @Chris Sinnard

    Or write it for that matter. That is what google is for!

    J'aime l'odeur de ma propre farts

    No one here is writing about liking the smell of their own flatulence. And moreover, Google and other translation sites online, are often full of mistakes. If we have a commenter who only can write in language X, that's one thing. But otherwise I keep mine to English as all should (we are, after all, reading Glenn on American policy), and I do not post grafs that will make no sense to many without taking the effort to resort to one of those iffy online translators.

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