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alcibiades_mystery

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4. I think you're probably quite right in your assessment of what happened

Reply to Samantha (Original post)

Thu Oct 4, 2012, 09:34 PM

Oct 2012

Either Obama's team had a plan or Obama on the spot decided to ignore the lies rather than engage in tit-for-tat.

Whether that was a good decision is another matter, but I can see it unfolding precisely as you described. Nicely done.

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