A non-Bush-American


	A non-Bush-American

benaloy

11-26-2008 10:16 PM

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11-26-2008 11:19 PM

ajwood

It's time we had a President who has something to show off.
Speaking to the public as lesser than subjects with sound-bites and colloquial ambiguities is a method that should be filtered out during primaries.

11-27-2008 2:01 AM

aklimento

Pull your pants, brothers...

...before tying belts.

11-27-2008 5:07 AM

Djiezes

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