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Quick! Look Over There!

by David Kurtz
11.04.11 | 6:04 am

An amusing compendium of the most off-the-wall attempts to distract from the underlying sexual harassment allegations against Herman Cain.

My favorite, from Cain himself: “They ought to be asking questions to President Obama about his relationship with Bill Ayers, not asking me.”

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