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Noam Scheiber/
August 11, 2009

Lay Off Zeke

This right-wing smear campaign against Zeke Emanuel is complete and utter bulls**t. Please read this excellent Salon debunking to see why. (Via Yglesias.)

Reading it, you can't help thinking Betsy McCaughey was in some ways Sarah Palin 15 years before Sarah Palin. (And I'm honestly not sure who loses in that comparison...)

Read More:
The Stash, Reading, Betsy McCaughey, Sarah Palin
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