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JI7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 08:49 PM
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Mayor Daley says Kerry went too far with joke about president's fall
Edited on Wed May-26-04 08:50 PM by JI7
this is what he calls hate ? how about bush making fun of dead soldiers with the wmd joke ?

<Mayor Daley scolded Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry Tuesday for making a wisecrack about the bicycle accident that scraped the face, hands and knees of President Bush.

According to the Drudge Report, Kerry was having a conversation with reporters that he apparently believed was off the record when he reportedly asked, "Did the training wheels fall off?"

Daley, who ripped the skin off his kneecap during a bicycle accident a few years ago, said the joke was disrespectful. "When someone falls . . . you should not wish ill upon anyone. It's not right. . . . You just don't do that. Let's have some respect for one another."

"You see too much hate. And I'll tell you one thing -- hate will turn on people. . . . When hate gets in politics, it's a very, very dangerous aspect.">

http://www.suntimes.com/output/elect/cst-nws-daley26.html
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blackmoonlillith Donating Member (100 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 08:51 PM
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1. Waaaaah
I think it was a great joke. Not only was he joking about Bush falling, but Bush's recent comment that Iraq was ready for its training wheels to be taken off. Go Kerry!!!
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Just Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 08:52 PM
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2. Bah. Kerry isn't the hate-generator. This is blowhard bullshit. n/t
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bermudat Donating Member (985 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 08:53 PM
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3. Why is it only Democrats who have to apologize?
Has anyone heard a repugnantcan apologize for one god d*mn thing?
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alcuno Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 08:54 PM
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4. I love Daley but he can be a real nitwit.
His foot ends up in his mouth more often than not.
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FlemingsGhost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 08:54 PM
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5. Respect? ... Who's this guy kidding!
He does know his last name is "Daley," right?
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Eye and Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 08:54 PM
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Where's the ill will, Daley? Kerry was giving W "plausible deniability".
Faulty training wheels and all. Call the Consumer Product Safety Council. Have the SS and Asscraft investigate the training-wheel manufacturer to make sure that the manufacturer doesn't have terra connections. Send Junior's personal bicycle mechanic to Gitmo for interrogation.
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Zhade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 09:03 PM
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13. I think you mean "tricycle mechanic".
So, before "the training wheels fell off", b*sh was riding on five wheels!

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Eye and Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 09:08 PM
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15. Thank you, I stand corrected. Photo of mechanic and W's ride.
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SCRUBDASHRUB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 09:31 PM
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26. A Big Wheel! Oh boyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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saigon68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 08:54 PM
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6. Daley can act like his father at times
Edited on Wed May-26-04 08:55 PM by saigon68
and we all know how that was ask Ribicoff
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 08:55 PM
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7. daley is georgie`s butt buddy
those two should be married ,little dickie never has a bad word to say about the little prince....
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frylock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 08:56 PM
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8. talk about thin skinned..
sounds like Daley left some on the road. Lighten up assmunch.
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Tellurian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 08:59 PM
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9. Poor mayor Daley, proving his loyalty, succumbing to Thugs....
His father must be spinning!



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boobooday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 08:59 PM
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10. Did he wish him ill?
It seems like good advice. Keep the training wheels on until you're sober!



http://www.wgoeshome.com
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 09:00 PM
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11. Ridiculous.
Hating George is patriotic. If you don't hate George, how can you possibly say you love America?
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UpInArms Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 09:00 PM
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12. hate speech?
here's some gutter-sniping for him:

Hastert, with Majority Leader Tom Delay standing next to him, blasted McCain - who spent almost 6 years as a POW in Hanoi - and said he ought to go to Bethesda Naval Hospital and Walter Reade Army Hospital to see "real sacrifice - the wounded soldiers out there."
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 09:06 PM
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14. Bet Carla Fay Tucker would have found it amusing.
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GoBlue Donating Member (930 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 09:10 PM
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16. OH give me a frigging break you humorless ass
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MisterP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 09:13 PM
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17. Boss Tweed v. 4.0 opens his trap again
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Jim Sagle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 09:14 PM
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18. Earth to Daley: Shut yer fuckin' mouth.
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Media_Lies_Daily Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 09:33 PM
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29. Good call.
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jeffrey_X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 10:13 PM
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34. Daley = corrupt. The Machine Part II
nm
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 09:16 PM
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19. If junior was wearing his sword fighting mask.......er...a..
..well things may have worked out differently.

junior can't lie on the sofa without falling off and skinning up his face. junior tried to ride a segway scooter and fell off.
junior won't ride a horse, cuz he probably fell off. junior's dog fell out of his arms.

Now junior falls off his bicycle. Has anyone ever seen junior in bicycle gear?

Any photos?

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keopeli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 09:18 PM
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20. There's a difference between hate and sarcasm.
from www.webster.com

Main Entry: hate

intense hostility and aversion usually deriving from fear, anger, or sense of injury


Main Entry: sar·casm

a mode of satirical wit depending for its effect on bitter, caustic, and often ironic language that is usually directed against an individual

--

Do you think his comment came from 'fear, anger, or sense of injury'?

Or do you think he was using satirical wit?

--

Daley must believe any comment pointed towards a rethug is 'hate'. After all, that is a rethug party mantra.

Keo
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Gingersnapsback Donating Member (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 09:29 PM
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25. The only thing we have to fear is
people without a sense of humor. They live in a black and white world and can not think out of the box. It defines their lack of ability to analyze and make sound judgments.
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stickdog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 09:19 PM
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21. Hate is a terrible thing to waste.
Therefore I will refrain from commenting on the current machine operator from Chicago.
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tritsofme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 09:20 PM
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22. I happen to agree with Da Mayor
I found the remark to be very unpresidential, and I think it makes Kerry look mean, and that is not the image I want conveyed of him.

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Erika Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 09:26 PM
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24. Kerry Wasn't Being Mean
If Kerry had been unpresidential and mean he would have replied more truthfully. He would have said an idiot who has no sense of balance shouldn't be attempting to ride a bike...even if the idiot had his personal tax-payer paid doctor tagging along.
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tritsofme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 09:38 PM
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31. I didn't say he was mean,
But comments like that do nothing but further the idea that he is "elitist" and it makes him come off as mean and rude.

I realize that this comment was not "on the record" but when dealing with the whore press he always has to be on guard.

Not to mention I've heard he had his own run in with the asphalt not that long ago.
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Media_Lies_Daily Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 09:32 PM
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28. Yeah, right...Kerry sounded real mean. Give me a break, please.
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 10:57 PM
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40. It wasn't mean. It would be mean to say:
"What? Was the copilot drunk, too?"
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progressivebydesign Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 09:26 PM
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23. Ask John McCain about Bush and Rove's hateful politics..
I can't believe Daley is such a dishrag... Oh, I forgot, Bush is GODLY, and is SO above all this hateful talk... his true spiteful, hateful personality is hidden from us.. we only see glimpses when a mic is left on, or someone spills the beans. It's a JOKE, Daley! Ever hear of one of those??? Geez..
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John_H Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 09:32 PM
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27. Richy's a great guy but he went to the Bush School of Grammar and Usage
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 10:02 PM
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33. ????? great guy?????
sorry i live a hundred miles away and he stinks all the way out here...
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PfNJ Donating Member (175 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 09:36 PM
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30. yeah.....
because we wouldn't want the Republican'ts to get nasty and disrespectful now, would we? :eyes: :eyes: :eyes:
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funnymanpants Donating Member (569 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 09:58 PM
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32. Kerry probably didn't say this
Go to mediamatters.org

The post at mediamatters suggests that Drudge floated the rumor so that the Washing Times could pick it up. Drudge then removed the report.

It is very possible Kerry never even said it. Which would make Daley a nitwit rumor monger.
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daleo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 10:37 PM
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36. That sounds probable
n/t
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leesa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 10:19 PM
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35. Why do foolish Democrats do this stuff?? It was a good question
Did they fall off?
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Chicago Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 10:39 PM
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37. Daley is a doofus sometimes.... most of the time actually
oy
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koopie57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 10:48 PM
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38. these republicans make me think
of a bunch of spoiled rich 7 year olds. Kerry won't play nice, he said a mean thing to me. Mommy make him say he is sorry. I don't like his apolgy, he didn't mean it. Make him mean it mommy. boo hoo hoo.... you are mean, you are meaner, stop it, you stop it, you stop it first ...
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JI7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 10:53 PM
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39. mayor daley is a democrat
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hedda_foil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 11:01 PM
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41. Yeah, and he really loves flowers too.
He's still a total jerk. And before you ask, I'm a lifelong Chicago Democrat.
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Algorem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 11:01 PM
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42. Yesterday the Dem mayor of Youngstown,Oh.(where Bush lie-fest was
yesterday) said Bush puts people first and what he's pretending to do with clinic thing is good(saw him say on Cleveland TV news).Also went to private 25-person dinner in D.C. with Bush,asked him if he could fly there with Bush on Air Force One,and asked Bush if he could sit next to him at dinner.Mayor George M. McKelvey.What a dick too. http://www.vindy.com/featured/280597444740481.php
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PartyPooper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 11:12 PM
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43. I agree with Mayor Daly, this was a tasteless and disrespectful comment.
Like hell I do!

F@*#k off the protocols! George Bush is a Moran! Period. End of discussion!


:grr:
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DrBB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 11:16 PM
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44. When have you ever, ever, EVER seen a Reichpublican say this
Edited on Wed May-26-04 11:17 PM by DrBB
...about another Reichpublican?

"Orrin Hatch said Senator Inhofe 'went too far' in expressing outrage at the outrage about Abu Ghraib. 'All Americans should be upset,' said Hatch. 'We're not responsible for what Saddam did, but we are responsible for our own actions over there. We can't get off the hook by comparing ourselves as better than a savage dictator. I mean, come on!'"

Nope, you will never never

NEVER


see anything like that from a Puke. They go on the ATTACK. I am so sick and tired of the Democratic habit of conciliaiton. It doesn't fucking WORK, Daley, you nitwit. When your guy finally says something hard, BACK HIM TO THE HILT goddamit.

Why oh WHY can't we have a little more fucking BACKBONE in this party?
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funnymanpants Donating Member (569 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-04 12:01 AM
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45. But he didn't say it
Sorry to harp on this, but I just checked out mediamatters.org, and it confirmed my original post.

Here's the scam:

Drudge reports a rumor.

The Washington Times picks it up.

Drudge then cites it source as the Washington Times.

Drudge removes the report.

(Let's not forget that Drudge is about as accurate as a tabloid screaming that Marylin Monro's legs have been found on Elvis's body on Mars where the WMD's have been shipped.)
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Norquist Nemesis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-04 12:10 AM
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46. Who didn't...Daley or Kerry?
I was just wondering why an off-the-cuff remark by Kerry even gets picked up at all.
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funnymanpants Donating Member (569 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-04 12:15 AM
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47. Kerry didn't say it
Sorry I wasn't more clear.
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Norquist Nemesis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-04 12:18 AM
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48. Thanks. :)
Daley's antics are fun to watch but he should get check out his sources before he goes shooting his mouth of sometimes.
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The_Casual_Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-04 12:24 AM
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49. Although this one probably isn't real
I would get behind Kerry doing a real ugly unrelenting 6 month personal smear campaign, the kind that bush truly deserves and has earned. Just go ahead and call him a stupid chimp faced imbecile sob that has taken his matching orders directly from the worst corporate and international criminal element on the planet.
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