More evidence that Twitter and Politics mix


	More evidence that Twitter and Politics mix

dgreplay

6-6-2009 8:02 PM

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politics, twitter

dgreplay says:

@ev just shared a link to the entire article...here are a few key nuggets. I'm a fan of Booker...gonna follow him.

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