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Speaking Truth To The Crazy

by David Kurtz
07.26.10 | 6:08 am

Tea Party candidate for U.S. Senate in Colorado turns into tea party pooper: “Will you tell those dumbasses at the Tea Party to stop asking questions about birth certificates while I’m on the camera?”

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