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4:25 PM, Sep 4, 2008 • By JONATHAN V. LAST

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The Obama campaign is harping on a talking point about how Sarah Palin's speech needs to be discounted because it was written by a former Bush speechwriter. This is one of the silliest complaints on record. Especially when Obama's star scribe, is a former Kerry speechwriter.

Somehow, this fact hasn't been mentioned at all in the last 24 hours, has it? Your speechwriter, like your experience, only matters if you're Palin.

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