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Nixon: Abortion necessary in case of interracial child

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  • Tuesday, June 23, 2009 04:29 PM

    Using Understatement as Humor

    "Nixon could be a bit of a racist." That's a joke, people. Of course Nixon's a racist -- we've known that for decades.

    I swear, some people can't understand a joke unless it's followed by a smiley emoticon...

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