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The Triumph of Ignorance: How Morons Succeed in U.S. Politics By George Monbiot, Monbiot.com Obama has a lot to offer, but until our education system is fixed or religious fundamentalism withers, anti-intellectuals will flaunt their ignorance. Read more »   Frightening New Information About Sarah Palin Emerges By AlterNet Staff, AlterNet With the campaign over, terrifying new information has started to emerge about Sarah Palin. Read more »   The Real Story Behind How McCain Chose Sarah Palin By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! Journalist Jane Mayer on how right-wing Washington insiders became "smitten" with Sarah Palin, and crowned her their VP. Read more »   McCain's Big Backfire: Majority of Americans Like the Idea of Spreading the Wealth By Alexander Zaitchik, AlterNet It must come as a surprise to the Republicans that the public favors Obama's style of wealth spreading by a whopping margin. Read more »   The Five Most Wanted Rip-off Artists from Wall Street and Washington By Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown Our economy didn't melt down, it was taken down the unbridled greed of economic elites, enabled by their political courtesans in Washington. Read more »   Thanks to Sarah Palin, We Get to See the Cruelness of the GOP as It Really Is By Larry Beinhart, AlterNet Palin has helped reveal to the public pit-bull snarl that rouses GOP supporters to cry out, "Traitor!" against Obama, and "Kill him!" Read more »   The Man Behind Proposition 8 By Max Blumenthal, The Daily Beast The reclusive billionaire, the mother of Blackwater's Erik Prince, and the drive to fund this year's most controversial referendum. Read more »   As an Obama Victory Seems Increasingly Likely, Conservatives Are Getting Panicky and Unhinged By Harry Hanbury, Patricia Foulkrod, American News Project A snapshot of the freaked-out views and conspiracy theory fears of supporters at a John McCain rally in Columbus, Ohio. Read more »   Daring to Dream of a Black President The Independent Some of America's leading black voices, including Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, Spike Lee and Tiger Woods share what it means to them. Read more »   Pot Wins in a Landslide: A Thundering Rejection of America's Longest War By Rob Kampia, AlterNet Voters dealt what may be a fatal blow to America's longest-running and least-discussed war -- the war on marijuana. Read more »

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