Labor’s Lackey in the White House
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on October 8th, 2009 4:31 am by HL
Labor’s Lackey in the White House
Matthew Continetti, Los Angeles Times
OpinionOctober 7, 2009Copyright © 2009, The Los Angeles Times Comments: 01400 characters remaining This article is nonsense.CollinDavis (10/06/2009, 9:15 PM ) Report item as: (required) Inappropriate language Threatening language Advertising/spam Other …
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