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Bitter is Back

by David Kurtz
10.22.08 | 4:33 pm

Latest McCain robocall raises Obama’s “bitter” remark in criticizing “elitist Democrats.”

Late Update: And there’s yet more of this stuff. A veritable blizzard of robocalls recapping the last 35 years of culture wars.

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