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Obama's grandmother died.

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 04:42:00 PM EST

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That's really sad.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 04:44:49 PM EST
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That is really sad. At least he went to her. What a bittersweet win this may be.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 04:56:31 PM EST
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So that's why he recently took a couple of days off the campaign...

Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 04:50:53 PM EST
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Yes, he made it clear he had to go see his grandmother, who was very ill. I'm glad he did that.

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 04:55:56 PM EST
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