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Old 11-16-2012, 10:30 PM   #5
Lamplighter
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Originally Posted by footfootfoot View Post
Hence, the ®. I was hoping someone would get the reference which I feel in this case was warranted.

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I Googled the phrase to see how else it has been used, and found this blog from 2008.

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Today in Unmitigated Temerity
Posted by Melissa McEwan
Wednesday, July 16, 2008

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Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) proposes renaming an appropriations bill
funding AIDS prevention after recently deceased homobigot Jesse Helms.
Some of the comments were...

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That's like the Strom Thurmond Affirmative Action bill, isn't it
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For her next act, Dole will introduce the Henry Hyde Freedom of Choice Act.
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In other news, David Duke's going to have a mosque named after him in Mississippi.
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