"Stupidest Summer Ever" (by a former Republican)


	"Stupidest Summer Ever" (by a former Republican)

Spiritualmonkey

8-12-2009 10:39 AM

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republicans, stupidity, lies, factcheck, snopes

Spiritualmonkey says:

He concludes:

I'm not trying to say that Democrats have a sparkling clean record or that this is anything particularly new. I expected to see a good deal of partisan sniping like we saw against Bush or Clinton during their administrations. But the level of stupidity on display this summer is just relentlessly, head-clutchingly astonishing.

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