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The Desperate Right's Five Biggest Flops of the 2008 Election

By Brad Reed, AlterNet. Posted November 8, 2008.


How Sarah Palin, Joe the Plumber and other stupid stunts did not win the election for McCain.

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Brad Reed is a writer living in Boston. His work has previously appeared in the American Prospect Online, and he blogs frequently at Sadly, No!

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