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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.
Joan Walsh

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  • Thursday, November 27, 2008 09:12 PM

    I'm grateful that the election is over

    And that I have friends in the real world who stayed sane enough that I could rationally discuss the election with them without wondering if the entire world had gone crazy. And that we could enjoy a Thanksgiving dinner and talk about the origins of Nascar and the Dalai Lama and ethnic moonshine and travel in Guatemala, and even politics, but not devolve into insults or disrespect.

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