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<p>Reading both <a href="http://hillaryspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NjY4NWQwM2I5Yzc2MTg5MDAwZDFjYjQ1NDUwNmJmN2E=">Mansoor Ijaz&#8217;s account</a> of the exchange and <a href="http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/11/27/482645.aspx">Romney&#8217;s version</a>, I&#8217;d say I believe Ijaz &#8211; because Ijaz has a detail that Romney misses. That detail is that Ijaz interrupted and clarified his question. My guess is that Romney was &#8211; surprise! &#8211; trying to calculate what his audience wanted to hear. Now we have <a href="http://tpmelectioncentral.com/2007/11/a_second_witness_claims_romney_opposes_having_muslim_in_cabinet_calls_him_racist.php">evidence</a> that he has given a similar answer before. Soren <a href="http://www.eyeon08.com/2007/11/28/mitts-muslim-mess-the-larger-problem/">notes:</a></p>
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<p>A combination of hypocrisy and implausible repeated non-denials is good material for a feeding frenzy.</p>
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<p>You think?</p>
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