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Silly Season

You can tell it’s August because Barack Obama is now hitting back against John McCain and charging him with being the big celebrity:

This is a pretty baffling controversy — obviously both Obama and McCain are well-known famous people. It’s hard to imagine being a major party presidential nominee and not being a celebrity. And why is it bad to be a celebrity?

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