The GOP taking a page out of the USSR handbook


	The GOP taking a page out of the USSR handbook

jklugman

5-18-2009 8:32 PM

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liz cheney, yuri andropov, republicans, war on terror, torture, obama administration

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5-19-2009 7:37 AM

ratilfar

The GOP thinks 1984 is an instruction manual.

5-19-2009 8:13 AM

jay8h

This is a real twist. Our present socialist/communist government accusing the Republicans of using the USSR handbook.

5-19-2009 9:08 AM

ratilfar

In an alternate reality perhaps. In this one, this goverment is anything but. Get thyself a dictionary why don't you!

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