Make this defeat a rebuke to politics of slime


	Make this defeat a rebuke to politics of slime

masbury

11-1-2008 8:42 PM

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mccain, lies

masbury says:

"character assassination and appeals to race hatred is not an effective life raft for desperate opportunists looking to save themselves by degrading this country"

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