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" Politicians have always been required to be fake, but now the career havoc wrought by a stray, flying sound bite means they have to sustain their fakeness all the time. "

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" Obama, for all his brilliance, has no real, felt understanding of management structures or of business. "

" Owning news makes you important; it gives you a seat at the table. "

" Back in his Chicago Senate days, when he was seeking greater black credibility, Obama was happy enough to attend the Reverend Jeremiah Wright's Trinity United Church of Christ. "

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" The viral power of online media has proven how fast creative ideas can be spread and adopted, using tools like cellphones, digital cameras, micro-credit, mobile banking, Facebook, and Twitter. A perfect example? The way the Green Movement in Iran caught fire thanks to social media. "

" When Obama heralds another 'teachable moment,' it means he has already made an egregious rookie mistake. "

" I think that big, sort of theatrical relaunches tend to set you up for failure and hype. "

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" There are a multitude of mothers in the world who have a daughter who is stolen, or who are stolen daughters themselves. "

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" Perhaps Obama is often slow to nail controversies because he needs time to live inside them for a while in his head. It's unnerving for the rest of us, but even the haters, one feels, are made to think more deeply than they'd like before they return to the bickering and the games. "

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" Where did the inspiring Obama of the campaign go, that Facebook pied piper who friended the whole world with this update: 'Change you can believe in.' What happened to him? "

" Obama achieved something in his first year with health care that successive presidents have been unable to achieve. "

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