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Reader comment on item: A Nike e o 11 de Setembro
Submitted by Howie M (United States), Sep 12, 2006 at 15:38
You said,
nothing but an atrocity of terrible proportions will wake liberals and make "united we stand" once again a meaningful slogan.
You are too optimistic. If we get hit with a nuke or other WMD attack even 5 years after George W. Bush is no longer in the White House, the surviving liberals will still be screaming that George Bush did it and it's all America's fault. Yellow pussycats don't change their stripes.
Cheers/Howie M Bangkok
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