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Saturday, October 4, 2008 12:00 AM

Quote of the day: Palin on Obama

Governor accuses Senator of "palling around with terrorists."
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  • Saturday, October 4, 2008 04:21 PM

    This American idealism is a big problem

    Many Americans start off with the assumption that the USA is wonderfully good, best-ever. They taught this to us in school. Many (most?) Americans do no even get it if you take any other approach.

    Voters may say, "Well, good! Sarah's tellin' it right!" We will see in a month.

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