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<p>Jon Chait <a href="http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_plank/archive/2009/06/04/a-sad-commentary.aspx">juxtaposes</a>:</p>
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<p>[NRO&#39;s] <a href="http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZjdjZmJhODYzMTU3OGRmOWQwZmU1N2JiNGU2OTkzYmU=" target="_blank">Michael Rubin</a>:</p>
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<p><strong><span>Obama abandons Democracy</span></strong> </p>
<p>Obama studiously avoids the word democracy.&#0160; Instead, he declared, &quot;That does not lessen my commitment, however, to governments that reflect the will of the people.&quot;&#0160; Dictators of the world, relax: Stage a spontaneous demonstration to demonstrate popular adulation; don&#39;t worrt about those pesky votes.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-the-President-at-Cairo-University-6-04-09/" target="_blank">Barack Obama</a>:</p>
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<p>The fourth issue that I will address is democracy.&#0160; (Applause.)</p>
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