Prepare for irony in U.S. election

Polls have piled up like falling autumn leaves informing American voters the election is practically over and only the matter of procedure remains for Sen. Barack Hussein Obama to be sworn in as the 44th president of the United States.

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The mainstream media and the big establishment it represents have worked hard to generate the impression of inevitability on behalf of Obama for a year now. But like the shoe that pinches, the awkward reality for media and the big establishment remains the uncertainty of the actual vote count. Any attentive student of human affairs will remain skeptical of those predicting the future with certainty. The only thing certain about the 2008 election, as with previous ones, is its close finish and the vote from Middle America again will be decisive. Middle America is the last redoubt of freedom, protective of the first two amendments to the U.S. constitution, and egalitarian while rejecting the equality of the socialist ant heap. More...

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