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<p>Here&#39;s Palin&#39;s <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/truly-the-dumbest-american-exceptionalism-attack-yet/2011/03/03/AGWT6RFH_blog.html" target="_self">insinuation</a> on Memorial Day:</p>
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<p>She also made a slight dig at President Obama for saying Monday at Arlington National Cemetery that his “most solemn responsibility as president [is] to serve as commander in chief of one of the finest fighting forces in the world.” Answering a question about Memorial Day, Palin said, “This is the greatest fighting force in the world, the U.S. military. It’s not just one of the greatest fighting forces. And I sure hope our president recognizes that. We’re not just one of many. We are the best.”</p>
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<p>Here&#39;s <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/05/30/remarks-president-memorial-day-service" target="_self">what he said</a>:</p>
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<p>“It is my most solemn responsibility as President, to serve as  Commander-in-Chief of one of the finest fighting forces the world has  ever known.”</p>
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<p>It&#39;s all about using American exceptionalism against him. Greg Sargent <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/truly-the-dumbest-american-exceptionalism-attack-yet/2011/03/03/AGWT6RFH_blog.html" target="_self">explains</a>.</p>
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