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Was It a Hoax?

by Josh Marshall
12.23.09 | 11:49 am

So back to that C-Span caller all broken up that his Tea Bag group’s prayers to strike down Sen. Byrd got misdirected and clocked Sen. Inhofe. With the help of a TPM Reader we’ve found another call from April that seems to be the same caller making another prank call. Listen to them side by side and tell us what you think.

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