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Country Before Country Was Cool

by David Kurtz
04.14.08 | 6:51 pm

Hillary whacks Obama’s small town remarks in new Pennsylvania TV ad.

I was going to add a John Mellencamp reference, but I see they’ve already queued up Small Town for at least one Hillary rally.

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