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Pearl-Clutching Time

by David Kurtz
08.12.11 | 7:35 am

Wherein Washington gets the vapors over the President planning to throw a few elbows to win re-election.

Addendum: As silly as the mock outrage is, the President’s re-election campaign is letting it get the best of them.

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