Surprise! Guess Which Party Really Represents the Rich?


	Surprise! Guess Which Party Really Represents the Rich?

topsailangler

11-23-2007 1:38 PM

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politics, rich, representation

topsailangler says:

Not sure it means much but I thought it was interesting anyway.

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