Formerly perfect being admits: “I screwed up”
posted at 7:10 pm on February 3, 2009 by Allahpundit
From this afternoon’s sitdown with Anderson Cooper, one of five interviews scheduled to talk about the stimulus that ended up getting sidetracked by Daschlepalooza. That’s a mistake on top of a mistake: They should have dumped him and Killefer last week, let the media go nuts over the weekend, then gotten back on message today.
Quoth The One: “I don’t want to send a message to the American people that there are two sets of standards, one for powerful people and one for ordinary folks who are working every day and paying their taxes.” Hello?
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Succeed at what? At creating deficits so huge that they make the Bush years look like a bar tab at Applebee’s?
Chuck Schick on February 3, 2009 at 7:57 PM
IrishEi on February 3, 2009 at 7:52 PM
Thanks, it was getting pretty hard to keep up. That Allstate commercial is right: “Life comes at you fast”
DrStock on February 3, 2009 at 7:57 PM
Mark Levin is doing his version of Kumbaya.
LOL. What a hoot.
IrishEi on February 3, 2009 at 7:57 PM
I saw the Chris Wallace interview with Obama earlier, and Chris asked him if there was anything different with the job of President that he didn’t know before hand…
And Obama said that he didn’t know the decisions were of such importance, or vital. Or something like that.
Enoxo on February 3, 2009 at 7:57 PM
Wow! That’s some vocabulary the idiot messiah has. This is the second time I’ve heard him use the word “screwed” as if it is Presidential-speak. I guess that’s how they teach them at Columbia and Harvard. How pathetic.
All I can say is that, as incompetent as the idiot messiah has been over these domestic matters, his foreign policy and advisors are 100000 times worse.
The libs have really, to quote their great orator, “screwed” us. They couldn’t find someone with a triple digit IQ, at least?
progressoverpeace on February 3, 2009 at 7:59 PM
We made too many wrong mistakes.
- Yogi Berra
MB4 on February 3, 2009 at 8:01 PM
I thought the phrasing was a bit unpresidential myself.
Nothing to make you think that a mature adult is at the helm.
INC on February 3, 2009 at 8:01 PM
I bet the days of fainting, throngs of fans and having cybersex on the Blackberry with Scarlett Johannson are looking pretty good about now.
carbon_footprint on February 3, 2009 at 8:01 PM
Could this be starting any worse for this administration?
I guess this is what you get when you elect a 1/2 term US Senator from a corrupt state.
Who knew?
FireBlogger on February 3, 2009 at 8:02 PM
I was caught off-guard by the speed of it all. I knew it would happen after a year or so but not this bad in such a short time. Hopefully he self-destructs and we get to impeach him and have gruff, but lovable, Joe for the next four years.
carbon_footprint on February 3, 2009 at 8:03 PM
He has absolutely no respect for the office or the American people.
IrishEi on February 3, 2009 at 8:04 PM
I didn’t buy the school bit at all. What a ploy to quickly get him out for favorable coverage. It ate up a few minutes of network news that otherwise might have gone to another issue..say…an issue of importance.
I bet they have a few low hanging fruit grab outings at the ready to deflect attention when he’s having a “bad day” like this…
Rockygold on February 3, 2009 at 8:05 PM
And after all the pressure he’s under, he gets to go home to his mother-in-law.
Chuck Schick on February 3, 2009 at 8:06 PM
I admonished my children when they used the phrase “screwed up”. Of course, they hadn’t heard the term “or*l s*x” before Clinton……
ctmom on February 3, 2009 at 8:06 PM
Reminds me of that scene from Soapdish, when the aging soap star goes to the mall to get adulation from her fans…..
HornetSting on February 3, 2009 at 8:06 PM
If it was “a screw up” to nominate Daschle, due to tax issues, wasn’t it a “screw up” to nominate Geithner, who had his own tax issues?
Wouldn’t this have been a logical stream of questioning?
Anderson Cooper is a lightweight.
PappaMac on February 3, 2009 at 8:07 PM
Perhaps this is what Pelosi meant by an “New Direction” for America…
The Dean on February 3, 2009 at 8:09 PM
O/T…O’Reilly is making the point that illegal alien blanket amnesty will crush the conservative party because they will all vote democrats and they will bring their extended families and THEY will also vote democrat…
Welcome to the party, Bill. Duh.
HornetSting on February 3, 2009 at 8:10 PM
Or, Pelosi’s idea of birth control….bleh.
HornetSting on February 3, 2009 at 8:10 PM
Obama you did screw up. Just like since you been in Charge, you have screwed up. You preach to for the Dems and Rep. to work together……..What about you?
sheebe on February 3, 2009 at 8:11 PM
Nothing like turning the White House into a piano bar.
What was he thinking?
INC on February 3, 2009 at 8:11 PM
The audacity of hope, right there. Don’t get my hopes up.
Anna on February 3, 2009 at 8:12 PM
For a brand new president, Obama sure does screw up a lot.
jay12 on February 3, 2009 at 8:12 PM
C’mon INC! Let’s go along to get along. Who wouldn’t rather listen to Arabic lyrics as opposed to “Hail to the Chief?”
It’s all about change! And hope! Or something.
IrishEi on February 3, 2009 at 8:15 PM
Yep. The day after the election I felt as if we were watching a new nuclear aircraft carrier steam out of port with a 12 year old captain whose only qualifications were that he used to play with rubber ships in the bathtub. Now, it appears that he didn’t even play with rubber ships. But, liberals and idiots see movies about ship captains and think, “Hey, anyone can do that.”
This will not end well.
“Unreal” is right. This dovetails very nicely with the idiot messiah’s declaration to arab TV that it was HIS JOB to educate the American people about how nice and loving islam is.
This is all just so far beyond the pale that it’s hard to really take it in. I still have my fingers crossed that our SCOTUS will find some intellectual honesty and rule on one of the cases involving multiple citizenship and the Presidency … though I don’t really think they have it in them.
progressoverpeace on February 3, 2009 at 8:16 PM
When Obama first announced his candidacy, that whole “I made a mistake” thing was actually kind of refreshing, but I have to say that it wore off rather quickly, and became one of many reasons that I just couldn’t vote for him.
Someone needs to tell him that Presidents don’t go on TV and say, “I screwed up.” That’s not refreshing honesty anymore, it’s incompetence, lack of leadership, and not what someone in his pay grade needs to be projecting to the world or to the country during a time when people are looking for strength. He has people to take the blame for that. He hasn’t had any trouble revving up the bus before! What a complete tool.
Boudica on February 3, 2009 at 8:18 PM
It seems he wants the market to go down. I think his mistakes and stupid pronouncements are deliberate. He wants to slip a few things past us (socialism), and he hopes we’ll not pay so much attention if we underestimate him. It’s how he won the election — card tricks.
chunderroad on February 3, 2009 at 8:19 PM
Barry O’Carter looks like he has aged just since he has been in office.
Must be karma.
:::smirk:::
VibrioCocci on February 3, 2009 at 8:20 PM
Week 2 – “I Screwed Up” /bumper sticker
RalphyBoy on February 3, 2009 at 8:21 PM
Obama’s second 2012 campaign slogan in one week:
I SCREWED UP!
(Somehow I think the screwed refers to the electorate. AKA – US.)
profitsbeard on February 3, 2009 at 8:21 PM
Yes, it is. Like a terrifying dream
IrishEi on February 3, 2009 at 8:22 PM
Interesting theory and not at all far fetched.
carbon_footprint on February 3, 2009 at 8:24 PM
Hillary and Bill are sleeping together again… Okay, maybe just texting Obummer jokes back and forth. But that’s gotta be almost as good as sex for them.
RalphyBoy on February 3, 2009 at 8:26 PM
Let’s assume that he’s not feeding us a line of manure, and that he really doesn’t want to send a message to the American people…yaddah yaddah yaddah.
EPIC FAIL
gryphon202 on February 3, 2009 at 8:27 PM
And yet another ally with ruffled feathers speaks up.
Australia, Canada, Britain, Israel, etc., get in line!
IrishEi on February 3, 2009 at 8:28 PM
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EPIC FAIL = Rush +1
RalphyBoy on February 3, 2009 at 8:29 PM
Obama looks 5 years older than last week. Pretty soon the Secret Service is going to hire Morgan Freeman as Barry’s decoy.
Chuck Schick on February 3, 2009 at 8:32 PM
Biden may be a stooge but he doesn’t want to re-make the country in his fairy tale like image.
thomasaur on February 3, 2009 at 8:32 PM
“What’s that? 1,000 Americans were killed in a massive bombing attack by a terrorist I ordered released from Gitmo? Uh, sorry, I screwed up.”
Bishop on February 3, 2009 at 8:32 PM
hey fucktard, you forgot about this assclown Geithner, the tax cheat who made it in, despite the other ass-clowns who didn’t.
UNREPENTANT CONSERVATIVE CAPITOLIST on February 3, 2009 at 8:34 PM
The People’s Cube gets it right again, I mean left, I mean right of left LOL!
http://thepeoplescube.com/red/viewtopic.php?t=2859&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=
Dr Evil on February 3, 2009 at 8:34 PM
Love it!
Starring Morgan Freeman as The One
VibrioCocci on February 3, 2009 at 8:37 PM
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Part of his changy thing is to turn our long standing allies into mistrusting potential adversaries… And to have our current enemies, aka wacky dictator types, to the WH for tea and crumpets. It was all there in his campaign ads and speeches…
RalphyBoy on February 3, 2009 at 8:37 PM
He has no respect for the office and neither do those who put him in that office. This is the American Idol president bought by Soros and adored by the masses.
americanpatriot on February 3, 2009 at 8:37 PM
If Michele is saying “They let us out! We got away!” *already* I foresee some trouble in Paradise…
Barack is looking tired already. He will look like he’s 150 by the end of his term.
I don’t think they are ever going to get a dog.
Boudica on February 3, 2009 at 8:38 PM
He’ll turn with of the pressure.
the_nile on February 3, 2009 at 8:41 PM
He’ll turn white of the pressure.
the_nile on February 3, 2009 at 8:41 PM
He’s proving he’s the anti-Bush.
The media hounded Bush to admit to making mistakes.
Obama is going to be the bigger man.
What he has done though is begin his term as the most foolish President in history.
He is the most ideologically and philosophically confused man to lead this country.
He has no idea what he is doing except that his decisions will give the appearance of being antithetical to Bush.
This will make many of his die hard believers take comfort in knowing he is genuine and honest. Wow. A real different kind of leader…
Yes. even more than Carter.
Obama’s Presidency will prove to be the first time in US history, a man took the entire nation with him on his own personal journey into self discovery.
Be afraid.
katy on February 3, 2009 at 8:44 PM
Quoth The One: “I don’t want to send a message to the American people that there are two sets of standards, one for powerful people and one for ordinary folks who are working every day and paying their taxes.”
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As opposed to many Dem Leaders… and supporters.
RalphyBoy on February 3, 2009 at 8:49 PM
I mostly agree with you, but I think his ideology and philosophy are quite fixed. His problem is implementing his agenda as inconspicuously as possible.
IrishEi on February 3, 2009 at 8:50 PM
tee hee.
Fortunata on February 3, 2009 at 8:52 PM
Well,ain’t that a crying shame,
‘Nobodys Perfect’!
canopfor on February 3, 2009 at 8:52 PM
Is he some kind of Islamic scholar? Has he ever actually read the Quran?
Cheshire Cat on February 3, 2009 at 8:52 PM
No. He’s just leader of the Western World. A Western World that will become less free and more dhimmified on his severely myopic watch.
Tav on February 3, 2009 at 8:55 PM
……but but but
Ugly on February 3, 2009 at 8:56 PM
Probably did in that Indonesian school he attended. Not to worry. He knows that “Islam is a religion of peace.”
IrishEi on February 3, 2009 at 8:56 PM
Great, awesome – lol!!
Midas on February 3, 2009 at 8:57 PM
‘Articulating Audacity,in a Liberal world,
where Hopey,is,a one man band,and all the
World, is Changeys Stage!
canopfor on February 3, 2009 at 8:58 PM
Allah,
Have you reconsidered your view that the idiot messiah “has brains to spare for the job”?
Just wondering.
progressoverpeace on February 3, 2009 at 9:03 PM
I’d suggest someone a tad less recognizable: Huggy Bear (Antonio Fargas) from Starksy and Hutch.
BuckeyeSam on February 3, 2009 at 9:04 PM
Another campaign promise kept. Said he would admit mistakes and would be held accountable.
Change.
getalife on February 3, 2009 at 9:05 PM
Quote me as saying I was misquoted.
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GrouchoAllahMB4 on February 3, 2009 at 9:07 PM
Obummer phones School Bus…
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Obummer… ”Yo School Bus… You gotta minute?”
S B… “Yo Hussain! Wassup? The Big Daug… Ma Man!”
Bummer… “Uh… Just feelin ummm, put on. I mean, it’s uh, my first week and they’re uh, on me man.”
S B… “Yeah, it gets like that. Just roll with it man, blame it on Bush and stuff.”
Bummer… “To late, I uh, said “I screwed up“.”
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Bummer… “School Bus? You there?”
S B… “What’d ya do that fo… You sure is one dumb ass ni….” click
RalphyBoy on February 3, 2009 at 9:08 PM
Explain Geithner then.
Chuck Schick on February 3, 2009 at 9:08 PM
That is very true. It is very fixed and has been for decades. I should have made it more clear that to ordinary, freedom loving, American capitalists, his core belief system (socialism/communism) is a failed system. A system that functions contrary to human nature. Now that he is able to bring his lifelong fantasies to fruition he will find more internal and external conflict doing so. More than your average person. And that is the trip will all be forced to take with him.
He picked the wrong country to do this. This country is unique in that independence is almost genetic.
His agenda will be an epic battle.
I think the election of Obama was the best thing for this country.
I’m getting the feeling that the sleeping giant has awakened and Obama’s ascension could be causing the inner patriot to come out in more and more Americans as they feel more and more threatened.
katy on February 3, 2009 at 9:10 PM
I really, really hope you’re right, katy. Scary times, these.
IrishEi on February 3, 2009 at 9:14 PM
Text from Bill to Hillary… “He he…. He said “screwed”.
RalphyBoy on February 3, 2009 at 9:16 PM
change
getalife on Feb 3,2009 at 9:05PM.
getalife: You read it wrong!
President Hopey/Changey is saying,he’s a ‘Screw-Up’!
canopfor on February 3, 2009 at 9:19 PM
Is anyone keeping tabs on exactly how much Obama is screwing up?
Aside from his EO’s, criminal appointments, Arab outreach program… now our allies, India and the EU are pissed of at him (Drudge) and it/s only day 15.
Yah, you screwed up buddy and it’s only the beginning.
katy on February 3, 2009 at 9:21 PM
He did it as a PR ploy. He knows if he “owns” it quickly, people will forgive, and he can get on to his sham stimulus bill. The guy is a slick car salesman who sold the country a lemon.
marklmail on February 3, 2009 at 9:22 PM
This thread is kind of hilarious. Obama’s mea culpa is exactly why so many Americans voted for this guy. People didn’t just reject Bush Administration policy, they rejected the Bush style of governing which is:
1. Work the refs. Call liberal bias all day long and night and complain to the base you’re being treated unfairly.
2. Unblinking look at the evidence of your mistake and claim, “we 100% have no regrets (until December 2008″
3. Never ever back down ever.
And now Obama is evidencing the kind of leadership that should be modeled. Takes the mistake on the chin, says he screwed up and they are moving forward having learned a lesson. You can continue to gnash your teeth, but you’d be gnashing your teeth regardless. Only in ODS mangled brains will this be a story beyond this week.
DeathToMediaHacks on February 3, 2009 at 9:23 PM
Fake News from BendOver Backwards News(BBN)
STOP THE PRESS’S:
In a stunning and rare admission,of a continual
neverending Liberal trainwreck,coming right
from the zee top,’The Buck Stops Here’!
The President of the United States,has admitted
‘I Screwed Up’!
Which happens to be,for any president,a historical
admission!(Snark!).
canopfor on February 3, 2009 at 9:25 PM
how much Obama is screwing up?
Katy on Feb 3,2009 at 9:21PM.
Katy: There needs to be a ‘Screw-Up’ Website,for all the
ongoing,and up to date screw-ups,as well as up and
coming possible screw-ups!
A ‘Barackometer maybe!
A daily record,weekly tabulation!hahaha:)
canopfor on February 3, 2009 at 9:30 PM
ROFLMAO! You are out of your mind. NO ONE in their right mind would want to model the worst start to a Presidential tenure in history. You are crazy.
This is not his first mistake (not even close). I don’t care if he apologizes for anything (though I don’t like his low-class language). I want him to do things correctly. That is, of course, beyond his abilities.
You are correct. This won’t be a story in a week, because the idiot messiah will have made 8 other gigantic mistakes in the meantime. It’s hard to remember all the awful, stupid, ridiculous things he does and says.
Thanks for putting the retard in office. You guys are great.
progressoverpeace on February 3, 2009 at 9:30 PM
This was nice. It took Bush 8 years to admit he screwed up things which were of much greater importance.
crr6 on February 3, 2009 at 9:34 PM
If you think this is leadership, I don’t.
I think Boudica is on target.
He shouldn’t have nominated all his tax evaders in the first place–Geithner and Daschle in particular.
INC on February 3, 2009 at 9:34 PM
Who are you kidding? This wasn’t a screw up until The New York Times dropped its pants and took a crap on Daschle’s nomination.
In fact, I’d have loved to have seen Daschle’s face this morning as he read that editorial in the Times. I’ll bet he felt like the warden in Shawshank Redemption opening the newspaper in his office only to find out he’d been done in by Andy Dufresne!
Talk about getting your colon cleaned in the morning!
BuckeyeSam on February 3, 2009 at 9:34 PM
Its 3:00AM,and the phone rings,
will it get fouled up again?
Who you gonna call,when theres
a screw-up!
A screw-up?(Sarc!)Ahem.
canopfor on February 3, 2009 at 9:34 PM
+10
katy on February 3, 2009 at 9:35 PM
hyperbole-mania! What’s Obama’s approval rating right now?
crr6 on February 3, 2009 at 9:36 PM
Now that’s funny!!! Major HEH!!!
BigWyo on February 3, 2009 at 9:36 PM
Shut up douche bag.
BigWyo on February 3, 2009 at 9:37 PM
He’s perfect…the very act of selflessly admitting to imperfection only proves just how perfect he is. It’s as if he came before us and belted out a dead-on Let’s Get It On.
/*swoons*
Christien on February 3, 2009 at 9:38 PM
For the sake of their little kids I hope it does not happen but I predicted just after the election we would see the first White House divorce.
Michelle is too militant to be confined.
FireBlogger on February 3, 2009 at 9:39 PM
Dude seriously? Over the-fracking-top. The worst start to a Presidency in history? You kind of render everything else you say entirely illegit when you start there. What’s it like in Obama Derangement land?
You are a pretty hateful person…chill out.
Why don’t they do that. The President isn’t a God appointed Deity-King. He’s a human and therefore he also makes mistakes. Again, the people on this site are so incredibly tone deaf.
You are essentially saying that you think the President should treat Americans like they are idiots. They know the Daschle think is a f*ck up. The media knows it’s a f*ck up. HE knows it’s a f*ck up. And instead of insulting all of our intelligence he admits it. How is this bad? People didn’t hate Bush because of the things progressive said. They hated him because they weren’t stupid and they could see when the President had fouled up and were dumbfounded when he and Cheney repeatedly said “everything’s fine.”
DeathToMediaHacks on February 3, 2009 at 9:42 PM
So, Obama can’t choose his staff without ridiculous mistakes, and we are supposed to believe he can solve the serious problems America faces?
This is really the most qualified person to fill the office of the Presidency? Really?!?
18-1 on February 3, 2009 at 9:50 PM
As far as what Michelle said, I can’t imagine Laura Bush saying something like that, no matter how she might have felt? I can’t. It seems somehow inappropriate to me–taking a little more of the honor and duty to country aura away from the White House.
INC on February 3, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Name a worse start to a Presidency.
It irks me when people treat the office of the Presidency as if it were an unskilled job that any moron can be put into. BHO is an idiot and has shown himself to be so inept that it boggles the mind. Thanks again.
No. We’re saying that a President should have a vocabulary that extends beyond the phrase “screwed up”. Have you no concept of the dignity of the office? No, you don’t. That’s why you decided that the Presidency is an affirmative action spot to be filled by any moron with the right skin.
progressoverpeace on February 3, 2009 at 9:52 PM
OMG, what IS it with you? First you hate on Obama for his flowery, professorial prose and use it as evidence he’s an elitist. And now you are mad at him because he said “screwed up.” The most plainspoken way to say “I made a mistake” out there? Would you prefer a politician non apology along the lines of “I regret that these revelations have come to light, had I been made aware of them by my staff, rest assured and blah blah blah.” The hypocrasy is literally pouring out of the computer screen and jamming my keyboard.
DeathToMediaHacks on February 3, 2009 at 9:59 PM
Essentially, that’s the Democrat/libtard plan of the day. Daschle would have been confirmed and well on his way to helping The One turn this great country into a giant mongoloid version of Sweden if his ‘honest mistakes’ on his taxes weren’t shouting out loud.
I think it’s all in the order of their confirmations. Half of the American public (this is your peeps) are brain dead morons. Proof?? Look at what got elected President. Bet even retards get pissed when the jello tastes funny two days in a row.
If Daschle went first and Geithner went second. Maybe Tom/Sally gets confirmed and then public outrage slaps down Geithner.
The whole idea that Liberals think every day joe is an idiot is their bread and butter…it’s just that when people like you think you’re on the ‘smart’ side that makes the whole thing delicious.
Or I could just go with what I use on the other Toilet Bug…
Shut up Douche Bag.
BigWyo on February 3, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Uh, maybe because he’s still insulting my intelligence? After all, when the news of Daschle’s tax problems came out, when Obama KNEW all about the issue publically, he still went out and defended Daschle, right? It was ONLY when the NY Times turned on Daschle did Obama threw him under the bus.
So it’s an insult to my intelligence to hear that Obama is doing this because of his new-found appreciation of the moral qualms with Daschle’s tax problem. It’s not the tax problem that bothering Obama, it’s the NY Times problem.
Tell me, if Daschle’s nomination wasn’t sunk, would Obama be admitting to a mistake? Of course not. So the mistake is a political mistake, not a moral one – no matter how Obama tries to spin it.
PackerBronco on February 3, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Huh? I have never been impressed with any of his prose and always called the guy an idiot, which he is. You must be confusing me with someone else. I’ve thought that all of his speeches were pitifully ignorant and simple-minded – the way his voters like them. Try and stick to things I have actually said.
I like dignity and intelligence in my Presidents. Call me silly. Of course, BHO was not hired to be a President, but to be a Precedent, so he’s doing that job pretty well. He certainly is setting precedents … in stupidity, ignorance, classless speech, anti-Americanism, …
That would be, “I made a mistake”, or “I erred”. Look, I understand that he’s aa affirmative action Harvard man, so I never expected much out of him.
Huh? What is wrong with you? Seriously.
progressoverpeace on February 3, 2009 at 10:10 PM
Another job above his pay grade.
Johan Klaus on February 3, 2009 at 10:16 PM
Would you like coffee with your communism?
Johan Klaus on February 3, 2009 at 10:17 PM
Accountability. Integrity.
What a concept.. eh? I mean it’s not like we are running a whore house here. There has to be standards one would think.
Hog Wild on February 3, 2009 at 10:19 PM
Here in flyover country it’s really pretty simple to us. If the guy you’re interviewing is a tax cheat, his resume gets tossed into the circular file and you go onto the next guy. I expect nothing less from my president and I’m not going to praise him for anything less than that.
Bottom Line: Obama knew about this issue and he didn’t give a damn until it was going to hurt HIM. All of this other stuff is just Obama trying to limit the damage in whatever way he thinks will work for him.
PackerBronco on February 3, 2009 at 10:19 PM
Maybe Joe is crazy like a fox.
Johan Klaus on February 3, 2009 at 10:21 PM
Look what’s wrong with this country…that there is just one of the symptoms…
BigWyo on February 3, 2009 at 10:22 PM
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