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| | George Allen and Jim Webb debate on Meet the Press. - By John Dickerson - Slate Magazine |
 | | The polls show it's close, and the traditional stereotypes have been twisted: The Republican, George Allen, is the candidate with less standing on national-security issues, and the Democrat, Jim Webb, has a women problem. |
 | | When Allen tried to argue that Webb's opposition to the first Gulf War put him to the left of the French (boo France!), it seemed laughable on its face, which was a good thing for Webb, whose response went from expansive to unintelligible. |
 | | Allen's flag fancy lasted well into his adult public life, and he ducked Russert's question about his opposition to a holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr., but the dip and dodge has served Allen well in politics. |
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