How these gibbering numbskulls came to dominate Washington


	How these gibbering numbskulls came to dominate Washington

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10-28-2008 2:39 AM

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10-28-2008 5:51 AM

balthazarus

could not agree more.

10-28-2008 9:45 AM

citizenbfk

People who are mean, thugs, and way off on the wrong track do come to power.

It's nice to see that when the American people realized it, since the elections of 2006, there has been a massive citizen rebellion to tear down this wayward Republican party.

10-28-2008 10:35 AM

HookEmHorns

How did Sarah Palin, Dan Quayle and other such gibbering numbskulls get to where they are? How could Republican rallies in 2008 be drowned out by screaming ignoramuses insisting that Barack Obama was a Muslim and a terrorist?

That is a paragraph from a "screaming ignoramus".

10-28-2008 10:41 AM

ratilfar

Ignorance + Arrogance= a deadly combination.

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