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jonnywishbone97 Donating Member (207 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 09:56 PM
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Giuliani Prepares to Exit, Back McCain
Edited on Tue Jan-29-08 11:07 PM by EarlG
Source: AP

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Rudy Giuliani, who bet his presidential hopes on Florida only to come in third, prepared to quit the race Tuesday and endorse his friendliest rival, John McCain.

The former New York mayor stopped short of announcing he was stepping down, but delivered a valedictory speech that was more farewell than fight-on.

Giuliani finished a distant third to winner John McCain and close second-place finisher Mitt Romney. Republican officials said Giuliani would endorse McCain on Wednesday in California. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity in advance of the public announcement.

Read more: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GIULIANI?SITE=NJVIN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


Edited by Admin because this is on the homepage.
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 09:58 PM
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1. Here's your hat, Rudy. The door's over there -- to your Far Right.
Edited on Tue Jan-29-08 09:58 PM by Old Crusoe
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Corgigal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 09:59 PM
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2. and take Judy,
not Judith, with you.
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raebrek Donating Member (467 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 07:48 AM
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52. LOL n/t
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mike_c Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 09:59 PM
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3. raspberry....
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bkcc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:56 PM
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31. Since he's from NY, call it a "Bronx cheer."
Same sentiment, but maybe the familiar term will comfort him a little.
Lord knows he doesn't deserve it, but he does need it.
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Wickerman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 09:59 PM
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4. Delicious
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:00 PM
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5. McCain/Giuliani ??
Anyway, that's according to a psychic I heard. And they'll lose to Clinton/Edwards.

If she ends up being right, I'll have wished I paid closer attention to who she was.
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backscatter712 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:37 PM
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24. Better double McCain's Secret Service detail.
Otherwise Judy could still be president, and nobody wants that... except for Judy.
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 11:18 PM
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40. Joe Lieberman...
Will scratch Rudolfo's eyes out.
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fenriswolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:00 PM
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6. fuckin A leave out of here in shame
america's mayor my ass. Your almost as big a sham as our dumbass n chief. Lower your head in shame as you realize that no one likes you and no one gives a damn that you were mayor of new york during 9-11. God I'm so glad to see you leave this race, while ron paul is still sticking it out. FUCK

sorry had to get that out.
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physioex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:07 PM
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10. Ron Paul Ain't Gonna Win....
They only issue he is right on is Iraq and I hopes he stays around to piss of Neo-Conservative wing of the party....
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fenriswolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:10 PM
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13. right i'm just saying
at least ron paul has the guts to stick it out while ghouliani "cuts and runs" hehe
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:41 PM
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25. We haven't been hearing much about him lately. He'd actually slipped my mind. nt
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physioex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:59 PM
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36. Actually...
I would say his supporters are more vocal. I rarely seen a McCain, Romney, or Huckabee sign. But Ron Paul signs are everywhere....
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 11:25 PM
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42. Now that you mention it, I keep hearing that on radio shows from callers
from around the country. Hmmmm. Wonder how he did today in Florida. I know he did well in NV, but got absolutely no coverage...
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DLnyc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 12:29 AM
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45. Nicely put. Shouldn't be so easy on him, though.
Even sweeter will be when McCain loses 20 or 30 points from Rude-y's kiss.

As Jimmy Breslin famously said, Mr. Ghoul is "a small man in search of a balcony."
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Book Lover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:01 PM
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7. Nyah-nyah Rudy
Nobody likes you!
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Warren Stupidity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:02 PM
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8. Asshat quits. News at 9-11.
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bleever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:09 PM
Response to Reply #8
12. You stole my DUzy.
Nicely done.
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AwakeAtLast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:14 PM
Response to Reply #12
14. Nah. There will be plenty to go around in this thread.
Always look for the silver lining! :D

:hi:
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bleever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:31 PM
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21. Okay then, I'll jump to Rudy's endorsement tomorrow:
"The bad news is, we've decided that the time has come for this particular campaign to end.

The good news is: fanatic Islamist radicals still want to kill us all.

Keep hope alive; keep hope alive."
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AwakeAtLast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:53 PM
Response to Reply #21
29. Add a dash of "9/11" and you've got a winner!
;)
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bleever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:59 PM
Response to Reply #29
35. Warren Stupidity stole the secret sauce!
Now I've got to run out and get some more. Good thing there's a 9-11 on the corner!
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CatholicEdHead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:05 PM
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9. I guess that shows you cannot skip Iowa or New Hampshire
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truthisfreedom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:08 PM
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11. Smartest thing you did in the whole campaign, Ghouli.
9-11 just doesn't fly anymore. The boogieman is dead.
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sendero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:14 PM
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15. The man famous..
.... for doing what 98% of able-bodied men would have done on 9-11, how can this happen? How can an everyman not be selected? How can megaphone man not be rewarded for his courageous banter?

Oh well, American voters are pretty stupid sometimes but not THAT stupid.
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Quakerfriend Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:15 PM
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16. Watching his speech on CNN earlier it was clear that he was
lining himself up for V.P.

He's a dog.
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Kaleko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:34 PM
Response to Reply #16
23. He is one sick puppy. Euthanasia won't work on his ilk, only a stake
through his shriveled little remnant of a heart.


Find out what he really did on 9/11, it's out there, if you're ready.
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MindMatter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 11:17 PM
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39. God, we can only hope.
McCain / Ghouliani would be a dream ticket -- for the Democrats.

What a wretched pair that makes.
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Binka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 12:30 AM
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46. McLame Doesn't Need A North East Guy Liberman & Rudy Are Dead It Will Be The Huckster
Lame-O War for 100 years needs a Southern Baptist. Huck will be his VP I'd make book on it.
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DLnyc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 12:32 AM
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47. Good idea for the repubs. Rudy will do well on 9/11.
Too bad for them the election will be in November of '08.
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Maat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:24 PM
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17. Don't let the door hit ya' ...
where the Good Lord split ya.'

On second thought, I'll miss him being a great target for the weekly Top Ten Conservative Idiots!
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Tuesday_Morning Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:24 PM
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18. buh-bye!!
:hi:
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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:28 PM
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19. And in NYC...the pigeons rejoice!
Rudy will be coming back home.
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Historic NY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:31 PM
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20. Maybe he promised II Duce the AG slot.....
What else would he want? Sec. of Defense.:puke:
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grytpype Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:32 PM
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22. hahahahaha!!! maybe he can run for city council!!!!
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peteburgos Donating Member (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:41 PM
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26. At least he beat Paul n/t
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:46 PM
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27. What a wonderful outcome, already!
What could be better?
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:52 PM
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28. Damn all that good Kerik material down the drain
Wow Rudy nice going-one primary and out
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physioex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 11:00 PM
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37. LOL...
America's "Top Cop" and Mayor both down the drain... :rofl:
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whistle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:55 PM
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30. Just what other kinds of trouble can Ghouliani cause down the road
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Ken Burch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:57 PM
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32. ...Donna Hanover's grief-stricken reaction to the news:
Edited on Tue Jan-29-08 10:59 PM by Ken Burch
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CTLawGuy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:57 PM
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33. He managed to squander prohibitive favorite status!
and did so with the most suicidal strategy I've ever seen! Really... Skipping the first six states? That was your master plan?

What a boob!
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Eric J in MN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 11:36 PM
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43. Giuliani didn't skip the early states.
"Romney held 176 events in New Hampshire through Tuesday, primary day, while Giuliani held 126. That's considerably more than McCain, who held 104, and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who held 93."

http://mediamatters.org/items/200801090011
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rasputin1952 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:57 PM
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34. If it weren't for Thompson, Giuliani could actually have had the
worst campaign strategy ever devised.

He had nothing, and gave that a play...he hemorrhaged cash at an alarming rate, and finally realized that name alone wasn't going to carry him anywhere.

One more paper tiger off to the shredder...and good riddance.
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MCMetal Donating Member (53 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 11:07 PM
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38. The joke known as the GOP...............
Rudy: The party of Lincoln and Reagan and Bush…



WHAT ?????????? Yeah , from royalty ..................To Dumb and Dumber.

And it isn't just the GOP politicians........

GOP voters tonight , 70% of them , claimed that the ECONOMY is the No#1 issue on their mind ......

So you go out and vote for the idiot who is the least knowledgeable in that particular area ??????

Guess you Floridians didn't embarrass yourselves thoroughly enough in the 2000 presidential election , did ya's ?
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kskiska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 11:24 PM
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41. Now Rudy and Judi can go back to The Hamptons
where they'd really rather be, and get ready for the summer season. Maybe Judy can get a refund on those drapes with the presidential seals purchased for The Hamptons White House.

Looks like Rudy will never come out on top when running against Hillary. This was his second try. He's always had an excuse to turn tail.
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calimary Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 12:24 AM
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44. Oy! Too much makeup! On the strumpet - for a change.
Edited on Wed Jan-30-08 12:25 AM by calimary
A punch in the nose to the rudy and judy show. Won't miss 'em.

Geez... he dumped Donna Hanover for THAT???
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Yukari Yakumo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 12:47 AM
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48. This is all that needs to be said...
Edited on Wed Jan-30-08 12:55 AM by Aya Reiko
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwnqqj5Q1BU
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tinrobot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 01:08 AM
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49. Giuliani - director of Homeland Security under McCain
Frightening.
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rAVES Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 05:39 AM
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50. YIKES!
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bluerum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 06:32 AM
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51. Anybody else wonder what the Ghoul has been up to all this time?
He has been in Florida, circulating and meeting and greeting. I just find it very suspicious that Florida, the state where Jeb was presiding over when the 2000 election was stolen, the state where Katherine Harris helped engineer the election theft and the state where the Democratic party has been convinced to cut off its nose to spite its face has hosted this slime for several months.
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Krashkopf Donating Member (965 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 09:07 AM
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53. Could this be the END of 9/11 as a fear-mongering wedge issue?
Wouldn't THAT be a silver lining to the dark cloud that WAS the Rudy G. candidacy!
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Dulcinea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 01:12 PM
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54. Goodbye and good riddance.
Ugh. Just looking at Rudy made me want to take a shower. :puke:

And take the pasty-faced gold digger with you, back to the obscurity you both deserve.
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allisonthegreat Donating Member (586 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 01:22 PM
Response to Reply #54
56. i love it--great desscription since Mitt looks like Bush more and more everyday..check it out..n/t
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ryanmuegge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 01:18 PM
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55. Watching this phoney corporate media hero crash and burn has been great.
It's been so joyful that I can almost die a happy man.
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