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Ms. Saunders, please consider taking a deep breath or two and look at what you have just written in your race to get it ALL OUT OF YOUR SYSTEM: "As Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said during a conference call, the problem with the presumed Democratic nominee, Barack Obama, is that he never tells the left something it doesn't want to hear. McCain still tells the GOP base things that make them bristle." As a would-be journalist, you should know you need to look behind the quote and see if it stands up to the light of day. ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... It doesn't, of course, but why should that stop you when you're on a roll? Now don't get me wrong, as I'm not exactly inspired to point out how much Obama is starting to stoop to what McCain does regularly in his quest for votes, but here's what Obama has told the "left" they don't want to hear: He agrees with D.C. v. Heller on the right to have guns, he doesn't support gay marriage, compulsory universal health care, a policy anything other than 100 percent support of Israel, or Kennedy v. Louisiana, the Supreme Court case that held a child rapist could not be constitutionally executed for his crime. ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ Why does he do this? He's looking for votes from those to the right of him. Why does McCain take the stands you calculate as dissing Republican wisdom? Because he's looking for votes to the left of him. ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... If you had any journalistic juice in you, you would be noting that both are trying to define what the center is in American politics right now, which is what it's all about. But you can't do that until you quiet yourself for a spell and let your brain catch up to your mouth.