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the local corporate rag reports on tonight's visit by gov palin and tomorrow's -- i mean today's -- visit by president clinton:

http://www.centredaily.com/news/local/story/929401.html
http://www.centredaily.com/news/local/story/929425.html

is it me, or does gov palin seem to be soaked in astroglide?
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what are we fighting for?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keating_Five

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Things could be worse. More on the Canadian election here.

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As Andrew Sullivan just pointed out, is it any surprise he's a Leo? My bipolar evaluation of this year's election continues--McCain's gone negative, it seems to be working, and Obama's going all Adlai Stevenson on us.

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Right wing blogger, Dr. Melissa Clouthier (former chiropractor turned blogger) saw this poster for Obama's speech in Berlin:

and it reminded her of this image:

So she put the two images next to each other on her blog. She added what I'll call a "just sayin" disclaimer:

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For those readers who are English dept. rhetoricians and want a good example of Comm public address scholarship, I highly recommend Karlyn Kohrs Campbell's essay in the first issue of Rhetoric & Public Affairs: "The Discursive Performance of Femininity: Hating Hillary." Rhetoric & Public Affairs 1 (1998): 1-20. Campbell's essay obviously has renewed significance in this campaign year, especially after Clinton's (apparent) 3rd-place finish in Iowa.

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