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We've been waiting months for this day. No, not just the election of Barack Obama—the wave goodbye to pop-culture punchline of the year Sarah Palin. Who knew an Alaskan beauty-queen-turned-governor would wriggle her way into one of the most influential—and entertaining—elections in American history? Can't write this stuff, folks. But we can't wait to write her off.
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