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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Oliver Burkeman

Party politics

Preparing for Grant Park

Here's the truly scandalous photograph -- currently linked to from the main, indignantly all-capital-letters headline on the Drudge Report -- that shows just how presumptuous Barack 'I'm Already President' Obama is being. That's right: in preparation for his election night party in Chicago's Grant Park, his campaign has arranged for two men to make a platform out of some wood! Compare this to maverick country-firster John McCain, who today nobly announced plans to suspend his attendance at his own election night event, because, my friends, if there's one thing Americans don't want on the night of a presidential election, it's partisan politics.

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