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Category: make-believe

The Empty Chair

I’d like to thank Clint Eastwood for his inspired bit of theater at the Republican National Convention last night reminding us that the Obama the GOP fears — a taxing, spending, socialist bogeyman — doesn’t exist.

Author lastgreypoetPosted on August 31, 2012Categories make-believe, politicsLeave a comment on The Empty Chair

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