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DENVER — At 80, Dallas energy billionaire T. Boone Pickens wandered into foreign territory Wednesday, pitching wind power to 400 young bloggers, shaking hands with former political target John Kerry and generally enjoying his day as a guest Democrat.

Don't get any ideas that he might endorse Barack Obama.

"Why am I here? Because these people control Congress!" he said between interviews and I-saw-you-on-YouTube hugs at the Democratic convention.

"I've got an energy plan to sell. Don’t you think this is the place to sell it?"

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