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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
Journalist
Champaign
Illinois
George F. Will
George Frederick Will
Realities
Rudimentary
Basic
Thoughtfulness
Obama
Environmentalism
Economic
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Understanding
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Reality
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Notable
Infantilism
Made
Descent
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