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State of the Union

Jesse Walker | 1.20.2004 10:12 AM

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The soldiers looked bored and uncomfortable. The kids looked bored and uncomfortable. Even Dick Cheney looked bored and uncomfortable. And was it just a TV illusion, or was Charles Rangel actually taking a nap?

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Books Editor Jesse Walker is the author of Rebels on the Air and The United States of Paranoia.

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