Even Cindy decides to boycott Sudan


	Even Cindy decides to boycott Sudan

masbury

5-15-2008 1:51 PM

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mccain, politics, elections

masbury says:

After calls by McCain for international economic sanctions against Sudan, the AP points out Cindy has $2 million invested there.

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5-15-2008 6:19 PM

dmegivern

IMHO, this happened far too slowly. How long did she need to realize she was invested in murderers? You know, because we all just heard about Darfur last week.

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