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Thursday, July 9, 2009 12:00 AM

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President Obama gets caught enjoying those famous Italian vistas just a little too much

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  • Thursday, July 9, 2009 03:17 PM

    appreciating the well-formed exterior of a nicely costumed human female will not be enough....

    we still have the endless charges that President Obama is not a native born U.S. citizen (there are some twits out there who are convinced that Hawaii and New Mexico are not, repeat NOT official U.S. states), the endless charges that President Obama is a Muslim and the twaddle that President Obama is (a) the reincarnation of Hitler, (b) the reincarnation of Stalin, (c) the AntiChrist, (d) any combination of the above.

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