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Tensions and anxiety are high right now and everybody wants to purge. But as the mods are constantly pointing out there are way too many vanities clogging the system. Here is an easy rule of thumb to use when thinking of posting a vanity. A good vanity is one that informs, educates, amuses or otherwise delights the reader. By its nature it is positive as it contributes to the participants overall FR experience. A bad vanity is a vent or whose purpose is to get something off the chest of the poster and is by its nature, selfish, because only...

Do you think they are about to talk about the African Press International tapes with Michelle?

I think this is an election like no other, so why aren't more people ruling out the idea of McCain pulling off an upset in a couple of blue states? People weren't wearing John Kerry and Al Gore t-shirts during the last two elections. Their supporters didn't wear Gore or Kerry t-shirts or faint during speeches. Obama is revered in a way that no Presidential Candidate has been. Any McCain supporter or undecided voter knows it's "uncool" to not be for Obama. He's Elvis. He's the Beatles. Admitting you're not for "cool" Obama would be like admitting you didn't see...