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H.D.S. Greenway

Character trumping experience

Jimmy Stewart in ''Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.'' Jimmy Stewart in ''Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.'' (The Boston Globe/File)
By H.D.S. Greenway
October 28, 2008

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Watching "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" for the fourth time the other day, I couldn't help think that the Stewart character reminded me more of Barack Obama - character trumping experience - than it did the pistol-packing Sarah Palin. (Full article: 696 words)

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