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Your rational is the same used by all of Obama's supporters for all of his "answers", which is "any thing we do different will be better".

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  1. adjective Having or exercising the ability to reason.
  2. adjective Of sound mind; sane.
  3. adjective Consistent with or based on reason; logical: rational behavior. See Synonyms at logical.

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reasonable ·  practical ·  intelligent ·  ethical ·  sane ·  moral
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  1. Middle English racional, from Old French racionel, from Latin ratiōnālis, from ratiō, ratiōn-, reason; see reason.

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  1. I. a. from Old French rationel, rational, French rationnel =Provencal Spanish Portuguese racional =Italian razionale, from Latin rationalis, of or belonging to reason, rational, reasonable, from ratio (n-), reason: see ratio, ration, reason. II. n. from Old French rational, from Middle Latin rationale, a pontifical stole, a pallium, an ornament worn over the chasuble, neuter of Latin rationalis, rational: see I.
 

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