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It turns out that the well off overwhelmingly voted in favor of the treaty while the working class overwhelmingly voted...";}i:2;a:6:{s:5:"about";s:71:"http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2008_06/013950.php";s:5:"title";s:16:"Quote of the Day";s:4:"link";s:71:"http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2008_06/013950.php";s:11:"description";s:254:"QUOTE OF THE DAY....From New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, speaking at the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County, on the continuing whisper campaign that Barack Obama is Muslim:"Let's call those rumors what they are: lies. They are cloaked...";s:2:"dc";a:2:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"Kevin Drum";s:4:"date";s:25:"2008-06-20T12:26:10-05:00";}s:7:"summary";s:254:"QUOTE OF THE DAY....From New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, speaking at the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County, on the continuing whisper campaign that Barack Obama is Muslim:"Let's call those rumors what they are: lies. 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