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Because\u00a0instead we have this genius one heartbeat away from the Oval Office<\/a>. \u00a0Don\u2019t get me wrong. \u00a0I like old Joe Biden. \u00a0In a drunk uncle sort of way, he seems to have a heart somewhere. \u00a0But his gaffes, his \u00a0lunacy, his idiocy make Sarah Palin seem like an Oxford Scholar by comparison. \u00a0Yet, how much time and energy did\u00a0the\u00a0media invest convincing us that Palin was so air-headed (as is Michele Bachmann), that there is no way she should ever be within a thousand miles of Washington? \u00a0While, at the same time, the MSM just chuckles and says \u2018ah, Joe, you silly boy.\u2019 \u00a0That his almost unbelievably infantile and bratty performance in the VP debate was hailed a victory just shows the depths to which our pre-pubescent\u00a0society has sunk. \u00a0Partially due, in the end, to the MSM\u2019s clear and obvious agendas working on the minds of America.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"