F. Thompson - '08 Candidate & Watergate Mole For Nixon


	F. Thompson - '08 Candidate & Watergate Mole For Nixon

BartendingBear

7-5-2007 3:03 PM

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thompson, gop, watergate, election

BartendingBear says:

No wonder he was so good at understanding political machination on Law & Order.

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