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Obama, Biden Congratulate Palin
At Pennsylvania Biodiesel Inc. in Monaca, Penn., this afternoon, Sens. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, and Joe Biden, D-Del., congratulated Gov. Sarah Palin, the new running mate of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. "I haven't met her before," Obama said. "She seems like...
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Per usual, Obama takes two tries to release a statement he *really* means
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... Perhaps realizing after a few hours of thought (you know, like all executives are given before responding to anything important) how sour-grapes and sexist his initial statement sounded, Obama revised and extended his remarks (what? You can't still do that as wannabe President?) to include a backhanded congratulations to the Governor and mother of five, saying "the fact that she will soon be nominated is one more indicator of this country moving forward" (funny, I thought this country had been moving farther and farther backward; didn't Obama recently give a ...

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