The Debate Looms Ever Closer

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THE DEBATE LOOMS EVER CLOSER….Today is the big debate! Exciting, no? Will Sarah Palin burble amusingly? Will Joe Biden be a mean ol’ bully? Will conservatives blame Gwen Ifill if Palin claims that that she can see Pakistan from the window of her house? Will the media declare Palin the “winner” if she manages to speak in complete sentences 80% of the time? Will prepackaged small town zingers defeat Amtrak-riding liberal gravitas? Tune in and find out!

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