A recent article stated that U.S. Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has taken the "gloves off." But her accusation that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has been "palling around with terrorists" is absurd. It's something that might have been cooked up by the writers of America's Saturday Night Live show.
Before the battle at Zama, the Carthaginian Hannibal met the Roman Scipio for a conference, perhaps to see if the conflict could be averted. Were they "palling around"? The gloves are indeed off and Palin's hands are muddy.
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