US Democrats jump on McCain's Iran-Qaeda gaffe


	US Democrats jump on McCain's Iran-Qaeda gaffe

tabsey

3-20-2008 5:38 AM

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medical, politics, clowns

tabsey says:

Seems that this bloke hasn't got the pre-senile dementia that Bush shows the symptoms of; he is full blown already.

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