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Sunday, June 1, 2008 12:00 AM

Big weekend news

Democrats find their Florida-Michigan compromise, but Barack Obama is looking for a new church.

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  • Sunday, June 1, 2008 12:45 PM

    Neoliberalism For Concerned Anglos (with excellent film critics!)

    "Either he attended the church for 20 years and knew that gratuitous anti-white rhetoric was accepted there, and didn't care until he was running for president, or his church affiliation was mainly a political one and he wasn't paying much attention."

    "Either she systematically excluded minority voices at Salon for ten years and knew that the near complete absence of minority writers and viewpoints was accepted there, or she was so committed to her careerism and cloaked aspirations to serve as Hillary Clinton's press secretary that she wasn't paying much attention."

    Which one is it, Joan?

    Not that I'd ever engage in demagoguery or anything. I'm just concerned.

    Granted, you're not running for president. Maybe you should. Don't be coy! You're a strong woman. Who would you bomb first?

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