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Friday, August 10, 2007 12:00 AM

Chris Matthews skewers Mitt Romney

The "Hardball" host was unimpressed by Romney's claim that while his five sons avoided the military, they're serving the country by getting him elected instead.

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  • Friday, August 10, 2007 06:22 AM

    Joan, I was disappointed, but not surprised...

    ...in your answer/response to the white WPost writer's analogy that Dems in NH, when asked about whether they send their kids to public or private schools, have the same kind of problem that Romney/Repubs have, when asked about whether their kids are in the service.

    But I shouldn't have been disappointed, because your answer is indicative of the tone-deafness possessed by liberals that seem to congregate on both coasts, in terms of what matters to many old-school traditional Dems, old school Dems that in some ways can still be referred to as 'Reagen Democrats'.

    I could go on and on...

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