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[Occam Bandage]

an instance of inarticulate word choice from Obama. His denounce/reject exchange was perfectly played. I don't know if he was baiting her or not, but she got snickered at and he got applause and cheers.

Your NAFTA business is a poor analogy, since--as he made very clear--there was nothing substantial involved in Farrakhan's statement of support. Had he offered assistance, denouncing and rejecting would have been different. As it stood, he made Hillary look petty and foolish; that was an exchange between a person who thought they understood the political meanings of words, and a person who understood the meanings of words in a much deeper, much more situationally recognizant, much sharper manner.