History of Coleman's Election Woes (funny)


	History of Coleman's Election Woes (funny)

iulawboy

6-22-2009 12:59 PM

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election 2008, minnisota senate election, coleman, franken, wellstone, ventura

iulawboy says:

This guy has a kack of being in close elections with strange "colourful" candidates.

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