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Now is the time to either clear Bush and Cheney's names or get t
Mary Laan, Milwaukee
Now is the time to either clear Bush and Cheney's names or
get these criminals out of office. Elected officials swear to defend the
Constitution from all enemies, foreign AND domestic. I believe that there
is much provable evidence that this administration has been a domestic threat,
and it is time to defend this country before it is no longer the land of the
free.
Mary
Laan, Milwaukee
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