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The Springfield prologue to the Obama-Biden show has the beat. I hear a particular note, a leitmotif. Obama: "overcome the adversity of the last eight years." Biden: "The next president of the United States is going to be delivered into [the world]...The reckoning is now...These times require more than a good soldier, they require a wise leader."
It's the Biblical note. When George Bush ...
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Adversity and Reckoning
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Adversity and Reckoning The Springfield prologue to the Obama-Biden show has the beat. I hear a particular note, a leitmotif. Obama: “overcome the adversity of the last eight years.” Biden: “The next president of the United States is going to be delivered into… This entry was posted on Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 at 4:36 am and is filed under ...
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