To Do List: Invade Iraq, Give Girlfriend a Raise


	To Do List: Invade Iraq, Give Girlfriend a Raise

BobbyRutan

4-8-2007 9:30 PM

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wolfowitz, bin laden, bush, cheney, clinton, conservative, corruption, democrat, election, hillary, iran, iraq, islam, middle east, politics, republican, saddam, terror, veterans, war, military

BobbyRutan says:

I'm glad that Bush and his current and former cabinet members came into office to bring "Honesty and Integrity back to government".

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