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by Josh Marshall
07.23.09 | 7:54 pm

Before Dr. David McKalip was emailing around photoshopped pictures of President Obama as a loin clothed, pierced nose witch doctor he was writing guest editorials on the horrors of ObamaCare in papers like the St. Petersburg Times.

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