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Thursday, January 10, 2008
A toast to South Carolina
The Palmetto state makes me proud tonight. I love its motto: Dum Spiro Spero (while I breathe, I hope).
Consider the beginning to tonight's Republican debate in Myrtle Beach -- a chorus of men in suits and women in lovely white dresses all singing the Star Spangled Banner. It was a perfect start to the debate.
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