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Britney-fying Obama

By The Daily Dish
Jul 31 2008, 11:25 AM ET

By Patrick Appel
TV critic James Poniewozik:

You can make Obama into Britney Spears, or John Kerry, or Malcolm X. I'm not sure you can make him into all three at the same time. (Is there a template in American culture for an Ivy-league-snob, black-militant, out-of-control former Mouseketeer?)

(hat tip: Ben Smith)



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