If the presidential election ends in a tie, as it kind of did in 2000, I suggest settling it with a game of one-on-one basketball between Barack Obama and Sarah Palin.
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August 30, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Mark Dixon
Why not Sarah vs. Joe? That would be interesting – old vs. young, man vs. woman, the consummate Washington insider vs. the maverick Alaskan mother.
August 30, 2008 at 1:14 pm
Chip
Doc
Good one …
But in 3 inch heels