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<title>The Best Possible Rick Perry Rap</title>
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    <p>A couple of upper middle class white girls say &#8220;jigga what&#8221; in support of GOP candidate Rick Perry. Think this will give Perry the cred needed to win the election?</p>

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    <p>After finishing third in yesterday&#39;s Iowa Straw Poll behind Michele Bachmann and Ron Paul, the former Minnesota governor decided to call it quits. &#8220;Obviously the pathway forward for me doesn&#39;t really exist so we are going to end the campaign,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I thought I would have made a great president.&#8221; ( via. )</p>
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    <p>Robert John Burck, better known as the Naked Cowboy, or the man who plays guitar naked in Time Square announced that he plans to challenge President Barack Obama in the 2012 election for President of the United States of America. This is bound to be the best election yet!</p>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 11:22:22 -0400</pubDate>
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    <p>Levi Johnston and his big new buddyguard &#8220;Tank&#8221; went shopping in LA the other day, and Levi&#39;s got himself a new nickname.</p>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:37:56 -0400</pubDate>
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    <p>Barack Obama is officially the most-voted-for president in history.</p>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:07:06 -0500</pubDate>
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    <p>The presidential candidate drew 100,000 people to a rally in the Mile High city yesterday.</p>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 08:14:53 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Joe The Plumber</title>
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    <p>John McCain cited Joe &#8220;The Plumber&#8221; Wurzelbacher often during the final presidential debate. Meet the real Joe.</p>

  	
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  		  		<li><a href="http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D93RMLAO0&show_article=1&catnum=0">Joe The Plumber Is Not A Licensed Plumber</a></li>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:59:39 -0400</pubDate>
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    <p>If you want to stay sane through tonight&#8217;s debates &#8212; which, yes, are indeed happening &#8212; it&#8217;s probably best not to stay sober (you know Hillary won&#8217;t be).</p>

  	
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  		  		<li><a href="http://brainyjane22.wordpress.com/2008/09/25/the-presidential-debate-drinking-game/">It&#8217;s like I&#8217;m&#8230; mmmagic!&#8217;s Presidential Debate Drinking Game</a></li>
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  		  		<li><a href="http://radaronline.com/features/2008/09/presidential_debates_barack_obama_john_mccain_01.php">Radar&#8217;s Presidential Debate Drinking Game</a></li>
  		
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:23:32 -0400</pubDate>
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    <p>Sarah Silverman beseeches Jewish grandchildren to visit their grandparents in Florida and tell them to vote for Barack Obama.</p>

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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:24:41 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Tigh/Roslin &#x27;08</title>
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    <p>In what has quickly become a mini-meme among Battlestar Galactica aficionados, John McCain and Sarah Palin are being closely compared - both in appearance and political profile - to two of the show&#8217;s main characters, troubled alien Col. Tigh and feisty President Laura Roslin.</p>

  	
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  		  		<li><a href="http://io9.com/5043795/personally-i-preferred-airlock-as-a-vp-choice">The History of the BSG/GOP Meme, All Laid Out</a></li>
  		  		<li><a href="http://www.429truth.com/2008/09/01/john-mccain-is-a-cylon/">Um, Seriously, is McCain a &#8220;One-Man Sleeper Cell?&#8221; </a></li>
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  		  		<li><a href="http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/ctrl-v/2008/08/does-a-mccainpalin-ticket-tighroslin-battlestar-ti.html">Wolf Blitzer Doesn&#8217;t Have the B*lls to Throw McCain in the Airlock</a></li>
  		
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