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Rational vs. Irrational

10:38 AM, Apr 28, 2011 • By DANIEL HALPER
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From a New York Times editorial today:

With sardonic resignation, President Obama, an eminently rational man, stared directly into political irrationality on Wednesday and released his birth certificate to history.

And from a New York Times editorial, referring to President George W. Bush, dated June 15, 2005:

A result is that Bush seems increasingly isolated and his rhetoric of denial increasingly irrational.

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