Inside Politics Weekend: Dreamocrats

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By Jennifer Harper

Dreamocrats

From our oh-for-Gawd's-sake department, the New York Times recently reported that women are already nurturing crushes on poor President Obama — as in, they're fantasizing about him in a no-no way, though the Times framed this phenomenon in much more lascivious terms.

Shame on the Gray Lady, now turned gaudy rose.

We politely point out, meanwhile, that this Obama Derangement Syndrome must be part of a greater Democrat Derangement Syndrome: Women felt the same way about former President Bill Clinton, to the point that he was included in several "dream man" polls of the era.

And a book. Don't forget "Dreams of Bill" from the Citadel Press, which was published in 1994 and edited by Julia Anderson-Miller and Bruce Miller.

Big load

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Monumental pain