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Thursday, November 27, 2008 12:00 AM

I'm grateful for Barack Obama

My sappy Thanksgiving post got more serious as I watched the Mumbai tragedy unfold.

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  • Thursday, November 27, 2008 08:37 AM

    Too late

    Too late, Joan. You hated Obama, you picked on him, chided him, rode him simply because he wasn't Her. Not because he was intelligent or a gifted orator or just plain a nice guy. No. Because he wasn't Her.

    If you've really, really changed your mind, say so. Tell us you were wrong for the constant attack attack attack while his adversaries on the goon side of politics painted him a terrorist Amurka-hater with designs on turning duh good ol'US into some kind of personal gulag.

    Apologize, Joan, then maybe I'll be able to read this kind of heartfelt rant without feeling exactly the hate you obviously felt for Obama, back before he changed it all. Dot the I. Cross the T. Then you'll be an honest journalist.

    Until then, you're just another blogger.

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