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					Originally Posted by  Alex
					 
				 
				But it is hardly a statement without support that manufactured offense is a big part of the standard political playbook. 
			
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 Indeed it is standard.  Which is why I find it so amazing that when it dared be used against Obama it is found to be so shocking and out of the boundaries of the norm.