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It's 10 AM. A Phone Is Ringing. And Obama Has to Apologize for 'Hair Trigger' Response
newsbusters.org - 8/30/2008
It's 10 AM. A Phone Is Ringing. And Obama Has to Apologize for 'Hair Trigger' Response
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It was more like 10 AM than 3 AM. Somewhere, a phone was ringing, to announce the news that John McCain had selected Sarah Palin as his running mate. And the immediate response of Barack Obama's operation was intemperate and inappropriate. Obama found himself apologizing, calling the reaction ...

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Pirate's Cove — ... Forget the 3am call. How would Barry handle the 10am call? Not too well, says Newsbusters, if Barry’s comments about Palin are any indication. ...

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