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Rather than shrivel in the corner as a defeatist, Chase Hyman and her colleagues got active.— mediabistro.com: Media News
JACOBS: - defeatist and fatalistic thing, but, in such a big country, we can be thankful that there are very few of these incidents.— NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias
Obama is a defeatist, a socialist, an abortionist, and a left wing liberal.— Latest Articles
His exotic running mate Sarah Palin sneers at the "defeatist" Barack Obama.— Chris Floyd - Empire Burlesque
This is a party that came in to St. Paul, if not defeatist, then, quite frankly, highly skeptical of its own chances.— NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Podcast | PBS

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