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• The dumbing down of the GOP

  Why aren't more conservatives disgusted that their party nominated a person devoid of qualifications for the vice presidency (again)?

  By Joe Conason

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• How Sarah Palin blew it

  She asked for more vice-presidential power on the heels of Dick Cheney's abuse, and she failed to show simple decency when Biden referenced his family tragedy.

  Joan Walsh

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• A country in shambles, under GOP rule

  Efforts to blame Democrats for the country's deep woes assume deep stupidity on the part of the glorified Regular Voter.

  Glenn Greenwald

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• Sarah Palin exceeds expectations -- and still loses

  Debating Joe Biden, Palin avoids another train wreck, delivering Republican talking points with robotic determination. But she also fails to convince undecided voters to stop their movement toward Obama.

  By Mike Madden

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• Porn producer invokes the Bush/Yoo defense -- unsuccessfully

  Citizens who produce fictitious films depicting "humiliation" and "degradation" will be sent to prison. Government officials who do that in reality will be immunized.

  Glenn Greenwald

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