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Politics? This Was Ali vs. Frazier

By John Johnson, Newser Staff

Posted May 21, 2009 8:41 PM CDT

(Newser) – Today's "televised smackdown" between Obama and Cheney was the "political world's equivalent of Ali-Frazier," writes Dana Milbank in the Washington Post. After the president warned against "fear-mongering," Cheney came out swinging. He "used the word 'attack' 19 times, 'danger'... Read full story »

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