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September 27, 2008: Headlines

McCain's 'Old Hickory' impersonation

Posted Sat, Sep 27, 1 a.m.

A famously bitter election 180 years ago illuminates much of the present race and the persistence of the mythology of the backwoods Westerner riding in to smite the elitists. Obama better watch how this narrative is playing out.

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