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John Aloysius Farrell

When Pork Barrel Met Pork Barbecue

November 19, 2008 10:19 AM ET | John Aloysius Farrell | Permanent Link | Print

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Pass The Pork

How can Obama talk about earmarks with a straight face?

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John Aloysius Farrell is a contributing editor at U.S. News & World Report. An award-winning Washington reporter, he has written for The Boston Globe and The Denver Post and is the author of Tip O’Neill and the Democratic Century and an upcoming biography of the great American defense attorney, Clarence Darrow.

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