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A few thoughts and observations on the debate
southernappeal.org - 9/27/2008
A few thoughts and observations on the debate
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First of all, it's pretty sweet that my alum mater hosted the first Presidential debate of the campaign. Hotty Toddy! If you were watching C-SPAN before the debate got started, you heard moderator Jim Lehrer essentially say he wasn't going to take any nonsense from the audience and would have ...
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