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The VP Debate

WASHINGTON

MICHELLE GOLDBERG 
Author of the book Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism, Goldberg was recently in Alaska and wrote the pieces "Sarah Palin, 21st Century Theocrat" and "Palin's preacher problem: Antisemitic remarks are not uncommon in churches that Sarah Palin has attended in Alaska."

RAY McGOVERN

McGovern works with Tell the Word, the publishing arm of the ecumenical
Church of the Saviour in inner-city Washington. He worked as a CIA
analyst for 27 years and is now on the Steering Group of Veteran
Intelligence Professionals for Sanity. McGovern recently wrote the
piece "To Joe Biden: Time for Confession."

DANNY SCHECHTER

Director of the new film "In Debt We Trust" and author of the new book Plunder, Schechter calls Biden "the senator from MasterCard/MBNA" and Palin's nomination a "triumph of entertainment over news."

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