Tag Archives: Barack Obama

Hell on Earth

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Hacked off by double standards

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Epitaph for an American Galba

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Ozymandias

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That hopey, changey thing

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East is East and West is West

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“The greatest nation on earth”

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A plague o’ both your houses!

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Rooting for Romney

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