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Salon.com Life | Curses!
by dmv at 10:00 am EDT, Oct 15, 2004

] So with that in mind, we called up those at the crux of
] the thing: dedicated Democratic Red Sox fans. In the
] spirit of the metaphysical deals we strike -- "I will not
] have another sip of this beer if we get out of this
] inning," "I will never complain about my in-laws again if
] they vote for Kerry in Cleveland" -- we asked them to
] make a choice. If this year they were allowed only one
] victory -- a Red Sox World Series or a John Kerry
] presidency -- which would it be?
]
] "Oh God, you can't do this to me," was the first response
] of director Ken Burns ("Baseball," "The Civil War")...
]
] "For a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat and a Red Sox fan since
] 1938 at the age of 4 and a half, that is an impossible
] choice," said Michael Dukakis, the 1988 Democratic
] presidential candidate...

Even better answers from the likes of Doris Kearns Goodwin...


 
 
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