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From Mary Matalin

By Kathryn Jean Lopez

November 2, 2004 10:08 PM

I said to her, “The blogosphere is going batty.” Her quick response, “Batty? Lord have mercy. One exit; bad model. Look to history. Early exits are never right. also read Mellman in the Hill today. The bloggers need to do some lamaze, open a bottle of good red, get ready to party.”

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