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Obama: the beginning of the end or the end of the beginning?

And how will Republicans pick on Obama? Hillary did a lot of the work for them
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Acting Like a Rectal Polyp Does not a Feminist Statement Make

Any good idea can get hijacked for the sake of advancing asininity, and feminism is no exception. Back in college, flyers tacked up on the walls of computer labs read that “feminism is the radical notion that women are people.” I agree. I’ve always felt human (except for that one year when the immortal genius [...]
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Election 2008, from the mouths of babes

I reminded him that if I couldn’t respect people of differing viewpoints, I couldn't stay married to his mother. He said he figured it was because I was cheap, and didn’t want to give up half of what I own.
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Today, the Washington Post made me gnash my teeth

Just because nobody was wearing Chanel does not mean that there was no beauty.
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