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A "mistress" by any other name

Can't we find a better word to refer to Maria Belen Chapur?

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  • Wednesday, July 1, 2009 03:56 PM

    Let's stop using euphamisms

    ... and call Mark Sanford and Maria Belen Chapur by what they are: scumbag cheat and harlot.

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