Thought You Were Voting for Peace?

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Sorry, but the joke's on you.

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  1. Wabulon6:44 PM

    Obama (I actually forgot his first name for a few hours this morning) will go down in history in a fantastically positive way for one great thing: being born black. I am beginning to wonder if he will go down in history for any other reason.

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  2. Bob Murphy1:55 AM

    I am truly not gloating: Is Woody around? How do you feel about this?

    (I know it sounds like I'm gloating. I'm not. I actually want to know what you are thinking about this. I'm curious if you're doing a "it's still better than McCain" approach, or if you're thinking, "This is not the qualitative change I was running the phone bank for").

    Remember I didn't even donate one thin dime to Ron Paul. So I want to know how an enthusiastic political supporter responds to stuff like this.

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  3. gcallah8:18 AM

    I, by the way, still do think we are better off than if we got McCain.

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