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Thu Oct 25, 2012, 10:32 PM

Romney Campaign Co-Chair (Sununu): Colin Powell Endorsed Obama Because He Is Black

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Source: Think Progress

In an interview with CNN’s Piers Morgan this evening, Romney Campaign Co-Chair and former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu (R-NH) offered a surprising theory on why General Colin Powell endorsed President Obama for reelection today — because both men are black:

SUNUNU: You have to look at whether Powell’s endorsement is on issues or a slightly different reason for endorsing President Obama.

MORGAN: What is that?

SUNUNU: Well, when you have somebody of your own race that is President of the United States — I applaud Colin for standing with him.


Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/10/25/1094211/romney-campaign-chair-colin-powell-endorsed-obama-because-he-is-black/?mobile=nc



The disgraced and corrupt Sununu brings more of the blatant racism the Romney campaign has been running on all year.

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Reply Romney Campaign Co-Chair (Sununu): Colin Powell Endorsed Obama Because He Is Black (Original post)
Adenoid_Hynkel Oct 2012 OP
Maven Oct 2012 #1
bjobotts Oct 2012 #21
hrmjustin Oct 2012 #2
no_hypocrisy Oct 2012 #3
bjobotts Oct 2012 #22
MADem Oct 2012 #4
easychoice Oct 2012 #5
Jackpine Radical Oct 2012 #6
SleeplessinSoCal Oct 2012 #7
golfguru Oct 2012 #8
dsc Oct 2012 #11
CheapShotArtist Oct 2012 #29
golfguru Oct 2012 #53
Great Caesars Ghost Oct 2012 #55
golfguru Oct 2012 #56
Great Caesars Ghost Oct 2012 #58
craigmatic Oct 2012 #9
Sadiedog Oct 2012 #50
TheDebbieDee Oct 2012 #10
Zambero Oct 2012 #12
kwenu Oct 2012 #13
Sivafae Oct 2012 #14
SoapBox Oct 2012 #24
noiretextatique Oct 2012 #48
wordpix Oct 2012 #15
Stewland Oct 2012 #16
SCVDem Oct 2012 #17
exboyfil Oct 2012 #19
Lakerstan Oct 2012 #18
John2 Oct 2012 #20
SoapBox Oct 2012 #23
longship Oct 2012 #25
JoePhilly Oct 2012 #45
lexx21 Oct 2012 #26
Mr.Bill Oct 2012 #27
KevTucky Oct 2012 #44
Mr.Bill Oct 2012 #46
Maynar Oct 2012 #52
onenote Oct 2012 #28
Stewland Oct 2012 #30
ZombieHorde Oct 2012 #31
DallasNE Oct 2012 #32
KILL THE WISE ONE Oct 2012 #33
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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Thu Oct 25, 2012, 10:34 PM

1. John Sununu is a racist piece of shit

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Response to Maven (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 25, 2012, 11:39 PM

21. That must be why he supports Romney

Cause he's white. They always accuse the other side of doing what they themselves are doing. So the only reason Sununu supports Romney is because he's white...and I don't salute him for that because the man is gutter slime as sleazy as they come.

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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Thu Oct 25, 2012, 10:35 PM

2. Wow what a jerk.

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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Thu Oct 25, 2012, 10:35 PM

3. Then why is Armstrong Williams supporting Mitt Romney?

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Response to no_hypocrisy (Reply #3)

Thu Oct 25, 2012, 11:41 PM

22. Because he's bought and paid for

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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Thu Oct 25, 2012, 10:38 PM

4. And John Sununu groped women because he's an asshole pervert!

What a piece of shit that guy is.

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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Thu Oct 25, 2012, 10:40 PM

5. I knew it!

First thing out of the box!
This is the most racist campaign ever.You can see it in the contempt Romney has for Obama.
Good old Republican racism.

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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Thu Oct 25, 2012, 10:41 PM

6. Well, at least I know Sununu isn't endorsing Romney merely because they're both white.

He's doing so because they're both white fascist pig corporatist PNACers.

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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Thu Oct 25, 2012, 10:45 PM

7. Old reliable. You can count on him to speak his outrage.

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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Thu Oct 25, 2012, 10:46 PM

8. Blacks do not vote based on skin color

In 2008 McCain received 30% of black vote. That proves they are not racists.
Also Obama received close to 50% of white votes. So they are not racists either.
Sununu is completely wrong.

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Response to golfguru (Reply #8)

Thu Oct 25, 2012, 10:49 PM

11. McCain got less than 10% of the black vote

it may well have even been less than 5%.

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Response to golfguru (Reply #8)

Fri Oct 26, 2012, 12:54 AM

29. Obama received 95% to McCain's 4% in '08 among blacks.

Among whites, it was 54%-40% in favor of McCain. But everything else you said is true--most of us don't vote based on skin color. If that were the case, then why didn't Herman Cain go anywhere in the GOP primaries? Blacks and other minorities vote based on our fiscal status and which candidate offers the best policies for upward mobility among the working class.

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Response to CheapShotArtist (Reply #29)

Sat Oct 27, 2012, 03:33 AM

53. Herman Cain

dropped out due to bimbo eruptions and he was afraid of his wife getting mad. If I recall,
Cain was leading at one point before the bimbo eruptions.

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Response to golfguru (Reply #8)

Sat Oct 27, 2012, 01:03 PM

55. I hate to beg to differ but,

 

Samuel L Jackson admitted in an interview that he voted for Obama because he was black.

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Response to Great Caesars Ghost (Reply #55)

Sat Oct 27, 2012, 10:20 PM

56. How can you extrapolate Samuel L Jackson's vote

to the entire black population??? That is like saying some hillbilly redneck in KY
voted for McCain because of McCain's color and therefore all whites are racists.

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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Thu Oct 25, 2012, 10:47 PM

9. Or maybe Powell doesn't like romney's advisors who are the same people bush had and who made

him lose credibility by selling that war in Iraq at the UN. Maybe he agrees with Obama's foreign policy or he just likes the job Obama has done already.

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Response to craigmatic (Reply #9)

Fri Oct 26, 2012, 09:24 PM

50. Exactly!

I had actually respected Powel until then and at that point I knew we were in for hell.

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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Thu Oct 25, 2012, 10:48 PM

10. Didn't this douchebag say the same thing about Powell's endorsement

four years ago?

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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Thu Oct 25, 2012, 10:58 PM

12. Sununu is white. He supports Romney because...

??? He supported McCain in 2008 because...???

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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Thu Oct 25, 2012, 11:06 PM

13. I'm not outraged by Sununu anymore....

He's such a walking joke that he can't be taken seriously. If he's on camera he's almost guaranteed to say something incredibly stupid.

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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Thu Oct 25, 2012, 11:07 PM

14. I didn't think they would say it out loud. nt

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Response to Sivafae (Reply #14)

Fri Oct 26, 2012, 12:06 AM

24. They're just one breath away from screaming out the "N" word

I keep waiting...which piece of shit Puke or Bagger is gonna be first to say it?

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Response to Sivafae (Reply #14)

Fri Oct 26, 2012, 02:44 PM

48. yep...they are saying it a lot

there was a ridiculous "are blacks voting for obama because he is black" article in the la times yesterday.

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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Thu Oct 25, 2012, 11:11 PM

15. Suncoocoo is an idiot, what else can one say?

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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Thu Oct 25, 2012, 11:12 PM

16. Powell

 

Coln Powell is an intelligent man who happens to be African American. Intelligent and moral people can easily see that Romney/Ryan are dishonest men who will destroy all that is decent and works for the common good. Romney would likely usher in an era of Fascism that would begin a dark period. Once the Fascists take over its going to be extremely difficult to stop them. These past 32 years we have been witness to the slow but methodical destruction of our Democracy by these willing and able forces. Aligning with Christians and Corporations to undo social safety nets. The Faith based initiatives promoted by Bush were the beginning. Historically one can look to the Third Reich and its creation of a nationalistic and racist church that bore little resemblance to true Christianity. Politicians such as Bachman have used their elected office to destroy true democracy and replace it with this Dominionist world view. This is why she has been one of the least productive congress persons of all time. I hope that Notable and courageous public figures continue to endorse Obama. This is what needs to happen in order to slow the momentum towards fascism.

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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Thu Oct 25, 2012, 11:13 PM

17. Colin Powell stated quite clearly

why he picked the President.

Fuck you Sununu!

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Response to SCVDem (Reply #17)

Thu Oct 25, 2012, 11:24 PM

19. I have to wonder if Sununu is

exacting vengeance for the "We don't need another Iraq" comment from the debate.


Romney's Honey Badger saying this will be grist for the morning talk shows for sure. Another Joe S. Sweet Jesus or facepalm. I am going to love Maddow tomorrow night quoting Powell's endorsement statement and Sununu's reply that it is all about race.

This keeps Romney on the defensive for the weekend. I wonder if he will take any questions.

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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Thu Oct 25, 2012, 11:23 PM

18. This is the kind of thing that should have legs...

Assuming the MSM does their job...

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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Thu Oct 25, 2012, 11:27 PM

20. Yeah

Sun nu is the same guy that called President Obama lazy. Now here he is again race baiting. People should see right through it. General Powell is voting for President Obama because he is the better man. I can't say too much about many people in the Republican Party including Sun nu, Gingrich and most of the guys in his Party that believe rape is not rape. Check these guys out. They say things to deceive the public while secretly giving support to guys like Akins and the person from Indiana. Talk about the honor of these frauds. I don't think they can put Colin Powell in his place. Some men are not going to cower.

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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Fri Oct 26, 2012, 12:05 AM

23. Racist asshole...

POS. Period.

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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Fri Oct 26, 2012, 12:08 AM

25. John Sununununu works for Romney because he's white.

Sorry about that. I never know when to stop when writing Sunununununu. His name seems to be an infinite recursion.

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Response to longship (Reply #25)

Fri Oct 26, 2012, 01:35 PM

45. Romney hired Sunununununu because he's white.

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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Fri Oct 26, 2012, 12:15 AM

26. So did Powell support the war mongering smurf becuse he was short?

Saying something like this just goes to show how racist the republicans are.

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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Fri Oct 26, 2012, 12:24 AM

27. What else can he say on a day when

his guy is endorsed by Kid Rock and Meat Loaf and his opponent is endorsed by the former Secretary of State and Chairman of The Joint Chiefs of Staff?

The Romney campaign is looking more and more every day like a bad reality show. I would fell badly for them if they weren't such a bunch of bigoted sexist asshole criminals.

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Response to Mr.Bill (Reply #27)

Fri Oct 26, 2012, 01:32 PM

44. In fairness...

Meatloaf was pretty drunk. He may have woken up saying," I endorsed who????".

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Response to KevTucky (Reply #44)

Fri Oct 26, 2012, 02:19 PM

46. Good point.

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Response to KevTucky (Reply #44)

Fri Oct 26, 2012, 11:25 PM

52. Ppl say truths under the influence

they would never utter sober. Meat Loaf just spoke his political mind in public for the first time (that I'm aware of).

My shattered youth images aside, I just lost any respect I might have had for the man.

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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Fri Oct 26, 2012, 12:51 AM

28. Sununu is an asshole. Romney is an asshole.

I applaud Sununu for standing with Romney.

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Response to onenote (Reply #28)

Fri Oct 26, 2012, 12:58 AM

30. law of Attraction

 

like attracts like.

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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Fri Oct 26, 2012, 01:01 AM

31. So, then every white person who supports Romney only supports him because he is white? nt

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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Fri Oct 26, 2012, 02:45 AM

32. Sununu Now Denies He Said That

Last edited Fri Oct 26, 2012, 02:47 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

Never mind what the transcript clearly shows making Sununu a pathological liar. It was Sununu, in the context of Powell's reasoning for endorsing Obama, that said "when you have someone of your own race... I applaud Colin for standing with him". It is clearly not in the context of whether Powell should be dumped from the Republican Party as Sununu now claims but rather that Powell's decision was based on having a common race and that Sununu applauds the decision on that basis. Sununu once again proves what a skunk he really is. Keep in mind that Sununu is part of Romney's inner circle.

What will Romney say on this. Oh, never mind, Romney is not taking any questions until after the election, obviously because of the release of his testimony supporting his friend and CEO of Staples where Romney low-balled the worth of Staples stock in divorce court just a year prior to it going public. Romney testified that the stock was worth $1.75 and 12 months later on IPO date the stock closed at $22.50. The ex-wife sold half of her stock for around $2.50 thinking she got a great deal. It just sucks to come in contact with anything related to Bain and Romney.

*changed "Not" to "Now" in subject line*

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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Fri Oct 26, 2012, 03:06 AM

33. John Sununu is not fit to lick this Colin Powell’s boots.

Such disrespect for Colin Powell, this man has shown nothing but loyalty to country. He could have been president, but chose not to run. Then Bush administration sacrificed his integrity, in front of the world at the UN, to justify the invasion of Iraq.
Even then, he took it like the strong man he is. It is sad to see how the Republicans treat the most formidable black man they have ever had in their party.

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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Fri Oct 26, 2012, 04:20 AM

34. Hope to see this all over the news tomorrow

Another gaffe by the mitt wits

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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Fri Oct 26, 2012, 05:56 AM

35. Sununu is an arrogant prick

Always has been, always will be.

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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Fri Oct 26, 2012, 06:05 AM

36. Then what the fuck 'race' is Kindasleasy Rice? nt

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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Fri Oct 26, 2012, 08:11 AM

37. Feel free to send him a lovely note on Twitter, I did

@SununuWarRoom

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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Fri Oct 26, 2012, 08:37 AM

38. It's "Hail Mary" time

And all the right wing wackos are going off the rails!

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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Fri Oct 26, 2012, 08:54 AM

39. Surprising theory? Look at this troll! No surprise there.

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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Fri Oct 26, 2012, 09:24 AM

40. So I take it then that SUNUNU supports Mitt and Lyin' Shit because...

they're WHITE?

Who gives a flying ???? what John Sunono thinks?

White House Chief of Staff under President George H. W. Bush = ????ing POS!

John Sununu’s History Of Racial Remarks About Obama

Snip...

– Obama is a foreigner. Obama doesn’t understand the “American system” because “he spent his early years in Hawaii smoking something, spent the next set of years in Indonesia, another set of years in Indonesia, and, frankly, when he came to the U.S. he worked as a community organizer, which is a socialized structure.”

– Obama doesn’t know how to be an American. During a conference call, Sununu claimed, “The men and women all over America who have worked hard to build these businesses, their businesses, from the ground up is how our economy became the envy of the world. It is the American way. And I wish this president would learn how to be an American.”

– Obama is a lazy idiot. Sununu described Obama’s debate performance as “babbling,” “lazy,” and “disengaged,” and dismissed the possibility that he could do better in the future. “When you’re not that bright you can’t get better prepared.”

– Obama has no class, just wants to be cool. “That moment of using the B.S. word was kind of a self-defining moment for the president,” he told Sean Hannity. “No class, wants to be cool. Sacrifices the dignity of the presidency for appearing cool to a magazine that works for some of his base.”

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/10/26/1094491/john-sununus-history-of-racial-remarks-about-obama/



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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Fri Oct 26, 2012, 09:32 AM

41. Why does anyone talk to Sununu? He resigned in disgrace after misappropriating govt funds.

Did he ever pay those back?

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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Fri Oct 26, 2012, 10:10 AM

42. Not that it matters, but why is a person born of a white parent and a black parent considered black?

why not tan? Why is Tiger Woods, why has more is more than 50% Asian considered black rather than Asian? Why is it that growing up, you learned in school that America was the Great Melting Pot, and after over 230 years, we still have to stir the pot?

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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Fri Oct 26, 2012, 11:34 AM

43. Wow!!! Just when you think they couldn't say anything worse, they insult one of the best

guys in America.

I hope Colin Powell makes a decision about how Republicans use him without regard for his worth as a person.

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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Fri Oct 26, 2012, 02:35 PM

47. Spam deleted by gkhouston (MIR Team)

 

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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Fri Oct 26, 2012, 09:14 PM

49. Why

don't we quit beating around the bush and call it honestly like Colonel Williams on the Ed show says. It is not just Sununu but many people in his Party are racists. Think about it. People in the Democratic Party has been held to double standards when even talking about the issue if racism. When you confront the issue they cleverly call it hate speech but that is only a tactic to escape the issue.

If you look at this holistically,leaders in the Republican Party has shown disdain not only for Blacks and Hispanics but any white person that speaks up about the issue by calling them communists and using the words Lefty or Liberals negatively as code language for hate. Look at the examples of hate language used towards Gays,feminists, Muslims and anybody that doesn't agree with them. That how they categorize others as them ( the 47%). They are intolerant against anybody who does not agree with their philosophy. That is anti-American. That is why they are called a rightwing group. That is different from the Democratic Party which is more tolerant. Someone like Todd Akins or Sununu would have been isolated in the Democrated Party if they used the language that some in the Republican Party has portrayed. Yet you have many in the Republican Party excusing it. I don't think anybody in the Democratic Party would have gotten away with the lying exhibited by the Republican Party leaders either. Take the examples of Murdoch, Akins and Sununu. The Republican leadership just give lip service but accept them back into the status quo as if nothing happened. Yet they would;d have called for the disassociation of a Democratic leader if they did the same thing. What if a supporter of the Democratic Party had attended a public rally with a shirt calling put the Black back in the whitehouse? You would hear an outcry from the Republican Party, yet what is troubling, so many people are willing to turn a blind eye and support Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan. America should reject the REpublican Party because they don't represent true American values.

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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Fri Oct 26, 2012, 09:42 PM

51. One of the many things will not miss about Romney among the top is Sununu.

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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Sat Oct 27, 2012, 10:05 AM

54. Sununu won't vote for Obama because he IS black...

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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Sun Oct 28, 2012, 12:16 AM

57. SO? And your reason for NOT endorsing him...? As I thought.

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