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<p>Bless your heart, sir, my son is over in Eye-Rack, fighting for your right to protest. -- Sarah Palin, to a purported heckler at a rally yesterday.</p> <p>There's something doubly evil about a self-avowed Christian who prefaces almost every uncharitable remark she makes with a disingenuous "Bless your heart!" In any case, I say this without even the slightest amount of support or emboldening from the US military-- fuck you and your jingoistic blather, Palin. How's that for freedom?</p>

<p>WASHINGTON -- Success in Iraq appears to have paid a quick political dividend for President Bush, lifting his standing on both domestic and international issues and strengthening him against a Democratic challenge in 2004.</p> <p>A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll shows that Mr. Bush faces big political challenges, from anxiety about terrorism to concern about a lagging economy. Yet the military victory has lifted Americans' spirits and came without some worst-case scenarios that critics had predicted, such as large-scale bombings of Iraqi civilians or new terrorist strikes against the U.S.</p>