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It has made mincemeat of Barack Obama's pose of thoughtfulness. It has demonstrated that he lacks even a rudimentary understanding of the most basic economic realities. It has dramatized environmentalism's descent into infantilism.

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George Will
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: May 4
Columnist
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Champaign
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George F. Will
George Frederick Will
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