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6. again this supposedly bothered him

Reply to closeupready (Reply #5)

Tue Jan 8, 2013, 12:23 AM

Jan 2013

It is precisely people like him who needed to speak out. Goldwater managed it in 93. Cheney managed it in to some extent in 92. Neither one of those were flaming liberals.

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again this supposedly bothered him dsc Jan 2013 #6