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Can't Anybody Here Play This Game? (Or: Obamandias)
reason.com - 8/27/2008
Can't Anybody Here Play This Game? (Or: Obamandias)
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"Hey, guys, here's what you should be doing with your meticulously planned convention" is the lowest form of commentary. Nonetheless: Jesus tapdancing Christ. Greek columns? Behind your presidential nominee as he accepts the nomination? Not flags? Not, I don't know, tractors or something? I know Obama has looked grand before capitols and monuments before (Springfield, Berlin, San ...

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The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — Weigel, who has been stellar this week, addresses the fooferaw over Obama accepting the nomination in front of Greek columns: I have to wonder which campaign Obama is watching: the one where he's as popular as he was in early 2008, or the one where Republicans are taunting him like a caged animal for stuff-just-like-this, and where his lead isn't just gone in the (mostly meaningless) national polls but fading in the (meaningful as all hell) state polls. Or as Dave more accurately puts it: Jesus Tapdancing Christ. I know the Democrats enjoy ...

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