Andrea Mitchell Reminds Michael Steele Palin Quit After He Calls Her a "Successful Governor"
You've got to love watching these guys trying to put a good spin on Sarah Palin's potential return to politics. Michael Steele gets stopped in his tracks by Andrea Mitchell while calling Palin a "successful governor" when Mitchell points out that she quit half way through her term. Of course Steele plays the victim card for Palin and blames her quitting on the media making it impossible for her to do her job. Steele also claims that we've never seen this level of disrespect shown for a female political candidate.
I'd like to see Steele tell Hillary Clinton that to her face if he thinks no other female politician has ever been treated disrespectfully. I'd also like to ask Steele how President Obama is managing to concentrate on doing his job with amount of constant attacks being leveled at him by the media, primarily Fox and the right wing talk show hate machine?
How long will it take before the right wing blogs are trying to spin Mrs. Greenspan as an evil "librul" picking on poor old Sarah for this interview?
you need to check yourself. Some of the most twisted logic i've ever heard. Hey Steele, here's another "black phrase" you can abuse to seem legit - "Don't get it twisted"
is the shim-sham man. I don't know how he looks himself in the mirror.
I agree.
There is virtually nothing he won't sell out.
He contradits himself almost daily.
Michael Steele was on one of the morning shows.
I told the wife to change the channel by saying I don't want to expose our kids to the whitest black man on television.
The Wife: "He's black?"
Oldest kid: "He's not black."
Me: "Yes, to get politically correct, he's an African American."
The Wife: "I just thought he had a really bad tan."
(a beat)
The Wife: "You mean to tell me that the Republican party allowed him to be in charge."
Me: "If you want to call it that."
She may not be politically astute and my polar opposite on some issues, but I still love that gal.
"When are we going to stop trying to tell elected officials what to do. Our job is to spend the taxpayers' money the best way we can." -- Tommy Watkins, Justice of the Peace, Crawford County, Arkansas
steele is a douche bag with
a gop cattle prod up his ass.
opportunist.
Sarah Palin autographed model.
"Anyone that makes less than $150K in this country, has no business voting Republican."
Steele is one person I can't stand. He makes me sick every time I see his face and hear is miserable voice.
His phoney hip hop persona is disgusting.
for palins book signing! Wow I guess that shows what fucking morons these people are. But like I have come to understand, republicanism/conservatism is a mental illness that is killing America! What idiots!
was especially amusing and revealing, as no one could do so. Lots of crickets chirping.
At one book signing, the natives turned on their idol, when Palin apparently left early, leaving book buyers in the rain with no autographs.
She's a loser, a quitter and a writer for whom someone else writes words. In other words, there is no there there.
. . 'cause she's very pretty!!
Q. What do you like about Sarah?
A. She's a good mother, she cares about people, she cares about real Americans [gibberish, gibbergish]
Q. What is one policy that you like that Sarah favors?
A. Duh [gibberish, gibberish]
Don't know about you people, but I didn't hear one intelligent answer from her fans.
Well, maybe when Crazy Aunt Sarah r-e-i-n-v-e-n-t-s herself . .
Forget it, I lost my head for a minute, never mind!!
Thousands show up in advance for every Twilight book. Just goes to show how much THAT'S worth.
There's always free cheddar in the mousetrap, baby. - Tom Waits
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Let's remind Mikey of his true destiny.
"We will find fulfillment not in the goods that we have, but in the good we can do for each other."
Robert F. Kennedy
Seriously, isn't he supposed to be improving the Republic image?
street cred.
"The deal has to be negotiated in the real world, not on some idealized Aristotelian plane. We understand that. A 100-percent deal may be impossible."
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*roll eyes*
...like Humpty Hump.
The real follow up question should have asked about the corruption Sara Palin dodged by resigning.
All the Palin supporters should get together, buy an island and move there.
They are just too much.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKKKgua7wQk
"I know that there are people who do not love their fellow
man, and I hate people like that! " ~ Tom Lehrer (1928 - )
More "working the refs". That will not fly. Steele doesn't realize that to move public opinion he needs to get SNL and Jon Stewart, not Andrea Mitchell.
And Jon Stewart will give Palin a break as soon as she stops being a right-wing wacko without two neurons to rub together.
How is her resigning the governorship, half way through her term DUE to her being a distraction equate with being a successful governor?
By his reasoning the people of the state of Alaska benefited from her resignation... Generally speaking if you leave office early and it benefits the people you were working for, you're a FAILURE
Asshat.
the right will stay on message ALWAYS. They have a deep seated trigger to parrot ONLY what has been aligned with the party's needs.
They will defiantly remain on message. They will not waver. They will fall on their spear and drown in their own blood while the blade pierces their throat. Between the gurgles, the message will continue until there is no breath left to repeat the party meme.
They are Predator. But they can be destroyed.
Get to the CHOPPER!!
Maybe. Never seen this level of intellect, either.
On second thought there was Keyes and Tancredo.
"The deal has to be negotiated in the real world, not on some idealized Aristotelian plane. We understand that. A 100-percent deal may be impossible."
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I live in Illinois and I can tell you people were really steamed that the GOP brought in Keyes from Maryland to run for our Senate seat. 79% to 21% that's how bad Keyes lost to Obama.
didn't know that both Beck and Limpballs had refered to a Democratic Senator, Mary Landreu, as a prostitute yesterday.
But if it's a Republican insulting a Democrat, it doesn't matter. It only matters when the Republican is the victim.
and Steele had answered it honestly he would have only had to apologize later. Saves a whole thread that she didn't broach the issue.
"The deal has to be negotiated in the real world, not on some idealized Aristotelian plane. We understand that. A 100-percent deal may be impossible."
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of the respect shown Obama by the GOP and their associate wingnut fringe, including the Beckerheads. He might then care to revise his statement. That of course may happen when he is canned by the wingnuts so that their DickArmy is in charge.
Of course, Steele is the brilliant fellow who said there was nothing wrong with the Republican message. In fact, the country needed to hear MORE of it. Bling-bling. Fried chicken and potato salad.
Palin's rambling answer pertaining to Vladimir Putin's flying head was not because she was badgered. Her IQ didn't plummet to the basement because Katie Couric has low-self esteem. It's because Palin is bone stupid. That one answer showed an inability to cope with geography, military strategy, and international relations - and she wants to be considered a potential VP?
but POTUS! Gawd help us all!
Hey, Palin set a republican trend. She quit half way through her job and is probably going to run for president, so now Lou Dobbs quit his contract and now he says that he is flirting with running for president. How cool is that and how long before Beck walks out on his contract? Nothing says dependability like just walking out on your job and giving no notice. I guess one good side to this is if Palin or Dobbs did win, they would be only a two year president.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
It was Sanford who quite without notice. Then when everyone else noticed he wouldn't quit.
"The deal has to be negotiated in the real world, not on some idealized Aristotelian plane. We understand that. A 100-percent deal may be impossible."
Famous "Reality Based" Commentator
Are you talking about Palin or Dobbs? Palin did announce her intention to quit but it was certainly unexpected and she didn't give much notice before she walked out.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
On Stewart last night, he pretty much indicated that he'd been squeezed to leave.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Well doesn't that make it worse? Now instead of saying he just walked away from his last job, he basically has to say he was asked to leave/fired.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
No reason to doubt that Dobbs will try to get traction from it as well. Rewarding failure is what 'Thugs do so well.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
I'm sure he was a "victim". That's what republicans call one of their own that screws the dog.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
beastial post has better luck than my priestly command on another thread.
"The deal has to be negotiated in the real world, not on some idealized Aristotelian plane. We understand that. A 100-percent deal may be impossible."
Famous "Reality Based" Commentator
what 'Thugs do so well." .....
well, look at their eight-year poster boy.
....will President Palin (brrrr...) step down after 2 years as a gesture of good will to the American people, because she has become too much of a distraction ..'taking herself out of the equation'?
Folks are expected to buy this blather ....?
These people are truly insane ... !
Love how he had to look down to check her extensive CV to see that she was a good ....'energy person'... Hah! ;-)
reminds me of McCain looking down to read her name off a card when he announced her as running mate ...
he had no idea who she was ...
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after 2 years..."...
that's if two years are accessed after she would be sworn in...she's one of those end-timers, doncha know.
.last in her class, to Last President Ever...!
The world will not end with a whimper, but with a Cougar-wink ...
Awesome.
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This morning on Morning Joe, Pat Buchanan was asked if Palin could win if she ran for President. He said he thought if she did run she should stay away from international affairs as she seems to be lacking in that area.
Yeah, we want a President who is lacking in knowledge about international affairs. Just hide that little pesky fault and we're good to go.
As for Steele, you gotta admit the guy has a difficult job. How the hell do you defend Palin's stupidity without looking stupid yourself?
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
This morning on Morning Joe, Pat Buchanan was asked if Palin could win if she ran for President.
Pat Buchanan?!?
Why do they continue to wheel this obsolete relic out?
He peaked in 1990, were going into 2010.
Half the country doesn't know who he is and the other half doesn't care.
of Floridians punched his number by mistake,
"The deal has to be negotiated in the real world, not on some idealized Aristotelian plane. We understand that. A 100-percent deal may be impossible."
Famous "Reality Based" Commentator
They just leave him on the set 24-7. Cleaning personnel come polish him nightly and the plant maintenance company takes him outside once a month to hose off any mites and mealybugs.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Pat Buchanan tells it like it is... Christian values, what ever that is.
He has a big mouth and he will no doubt reveal Failin's only asset, and that is... that she's supposedly a Christian. They eat that stuff up with their arms flailing and tongues' talking. ;)
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Study the symptoms not the virus...
Now riddle me this - so WHY is puppet-man on with Ms. Greenspan trying to defend the LOON wing of the 'rethuglican or conservative or the southern or the texas or the tea-party' party and palin who is the disgrace of her generation for her pandering and delusional behavior.
Has BoBo (steele) changed his rap OR did the call from Dick Armey upset him so much that he feels threatened now?? Yeowee is that right-wing hate machine crankin now.......
they way they want it, even if it's not true.
To have to pimp Sarah Palin. Sucks to be you, Michael.
... and when he's not gushing about Sarah Palin, he has to kiss Rush's ass.
that was deemed unfit for Army chow.
"The deal has to be negotiated in the real world, not on some idealized Aristotelian plane. We understand that. A 100-percent deal may be impossible."
Famous "Reality Based" Commentator
Steele is an idiot and Andrea blew it. First of all, Clinton took some shit but, it wasn't because people thought she was a moron. She also attended Wellsley. No Palin is an idiot and Andrea need have looked no further than the statement Palin made on Hannity that hasn't gotten enough play. She said she'd sanction Iraq to keep Iran from getting nuclear weapons. Andrea should have asked him how he expects anyone who makes such a stupid statement to be taken seriously. This woman is what's known as a punk bitch. She throws rocks from Facebook and Twitter but, doesn't have the guts or the competence to actually debate any live person. Barracuda my ass! She's a jellyfish!
hell yeah, even I caught that.
OT: The 'dick' is back yammering..sheesh....
palin/dick/lizzy/palin/dick/lizzy/palin.......(perhaps I should throw steele in there somewheres......
"First of all, Clinton took some shit but, it wasn't because people thought she was a moron. She also attended Wellsley."
"The deal has to be negotiated in the real world, not on some idealized Aristotelian plane. We understand that. A 100-percent deal may be impossible."
Famous "Reality Based" Commentator
Clinton met regularly with a gathering of political ladies who lunch: wives of powerful men from both parties, women who put aside political differences to seek for themselves, for their husbands' careers an even greater power. Among Clinton's prayer partners were Susan Baker, the wife of Bush consigliere James and a board member of James Dobson's Focus on the Family;
Joanne Kemp, the wife of conservative icon Jack, responsible for introducing the political theology of fundamentalist guru Francis Schaeffer to Washington; Eileen Bakke, an activist for charter schools based on "character" and the wife of Dennis Bakke, then the CEO of AES, one of the world's largest power companies; and Grace Nelson, the wife of Senator Bill Nelson, a conservative Florida Democrat.
Study the symptoms not the virus...
There certainly seems to be a slight change in Andrea's attitude toward Palin ever since she learned Palin dissed her in her book ("I wanted to see Andrea in the muck trying to climb into the boat.")
* There are two types of Republicans: millionaires and suckers.
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All intelligent women everywhere should be pissed when they see the media or anyone gush over Palin as though she is an outstanding female in this country. Hell, she does not represent any intelligent women I know.
I used to say every time Palin opened her mouth she made me feel smarter but I have changed my mind. Now every time she opens her mouth she makes my dog look smarter.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKKKgua7wQk
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
wearing a Steeler's jacket. Not sure of the gender these days.
You-know-who can pass, after all.
"The deal has to be negotiated in the real world, not on some idealized Aristotelian plane. We understand that. A 100-percent deal may be impossible."
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OMG! Like for sure! I mean such as! Wherefore and whatever. Palin totally rocks and stuff. Her policies? I don't know what they are but I agree with them.
That was funny and fu*king pathetic as we see the mentality of the voters in this country. The slug in the Steelers jacket I will bet has pictures of Palin on his bedroom wall right in front of his bed.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
like a connecting rod punched through the block of a Yugo."
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
if she weren't physically attractive? I personally can't stand the sight of her, but the question was posed on one of the bobblehead shows yesterday, and every pundit admitted in one way or another that her appearance plays a huge hand in the amount of media coverage. It just goes to show you that MMM is as susceptible as good ole middul murica. Give them a barbie that doesn't exceed their vocab restraints with her talking points or "sound bite" constraints and they'll make her a rock star. On the one hand I feel a certain laissez faire approach to Palin-ites is in order. Let this tiny minority bask in Sarah's glow, spend millions travelling from tea party to book signing, make Glennda a billionaire, and they can all write her in as a candidate for 2012. I'll put Snoopy up against Failin, I'm not worried about the woman being our first female POTUS. On the other hand, I know some of the people who are rabid supporters of hers, my own relatives among them. They have a serious anger that worries me. It's terribly misplaced- they blame big government and point to losing personal freedoms, but can't give any examples- and it's very personal for them -poor white victims losing their grip on the wheel of Murica. The manifestation of that anger worries me, and talking to them this Thanksgiving about anything remotely political is a bad idea, it only makes them angrier. What's a good progressive to do?
You hit it right on the nose. If she looked like Jean Schmidt or Virginia Foxx, she'd be the answer to a trivia question right now.
"Certainly for a female candidate"--Michael Steele
Study the symptoms not the virus...
Hah! That's right, Michael. 'dem girls - they come a long way, baby.
During the campaign Palin got a taste of the good life and the big spotlights. She was hooked. She saw the possibility of continuing that lifestyle if she wrote a book. Big bucks, adoring fans, and those big spotlights again. That made being the governor of Alaska not seem so cool any more. I wonder if she really will run for President because after all, that really is hard work.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
she picksDarth is chosen as her running mate, she won't have to worry about doing any heavy lifting..."Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
I'm pretty sure "Dick", after an extensive and thorough search, will determine that he himself would be the best VP for Mistress Sarah.
She's just jumping on an opportunity to cash in on the suckers who worship her while the getting is good.
She's a celebrity more than a politician.
I doubt she could competently run a legitimate Presidential campaign.
Although, I'm sure her campaign could create a lot of drama, sniping and finger pointing.
she'll run for the biggest prize in the mother of all beauty pageant (campaign for Prez) just to see....no worry. I'm sure all those fawning gentlemen (Kristol/Lumpballs/Steele/Lowery/Buchanan.....etc etc...) will be more than anxious to tackle the REAL work of presidentin'....no sense to bother her pretty little fluffy head about that stuff...just let her enjoy the lights, make speeches, use the baby as props..soldiers as props....
kinda like the past eight years.
She'll need some time to do fancy pageant walkin'
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
"I think what you see now is people having the chance to tell the rest of the country how they feel about her."
They had that chance already. It's called an "election."
She also hid from the media last year during a critical Presidential campaign, popping up only in very friendly venues to make hateful comments like accusing a Democratically elected U.S. Senator of "Palling around with terrorists."
Palin is certainly not a victim.
Steele should go back to his real job of tongue massaging Rush's numerous ass cysts.
Never has there been documentation that Rush supports interacial massagination. Nor has there ever been reference to more than one cyst.
"The deal has to be negotiated in the real world, not on some idealized Aristotelian plane. We understand that. A 100-percent deal may be impossible."
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this is the funniest thing i've read in a long, long time. thank you.
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. ~ Abraham Lincoln
... as often as possible THEY are the reason the country is in the mess it's in right now. My God, that woman has less going on upstairs than George Bush does.
Government + the Federal Reserve = organized crime
I wonder about those adoring fans who can devote 24hrs of their important lives to stand in line to get a book signed by a stump stupid, lying, Hillbilly Grifter. What important things in their charmed lives had to be put on hold for this extremely important event?
Well they missed a Glenn Beck show and maybe a BillO show too. That was a sacrifice for them.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
ALL republicants live in a dream world. They are all circling the drain and the more they bring up Palin and people like her the faster their circling will be.
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. ~ Abraham Lincoln
Don't forget Fararro.
Even Michelle, who is not a candidate.
and eat it too. You see my liberal friends, you're ignoring the double standard that must be applied in all Palin situations. If she abuses syntax like a red headed step child, it's "folksy" and "down home". If a librul does it, they're showing their ignorance. If she quits halfway through a term to make millions on a book full of aforementioned "folksy" wisdom, she's being renegade; doing the right thing on Alaska. The darn media just wouldn't leave her alone, Alaska being a hot spot for reporters and all. It really had nothing to do with Palin and her desires for fame and fortune. If a librul had done this, how disingenuous would that be? Are you following yet? She gets to set the standards as low as she wants, rename them, and then decide if she's lived up to them. So just stay outta the way mee-dee-uh and let Sarah be Sarah. Go Sarah go!?!
Flush: "Here you go Steele. Take some of these pills and go out and tell the world how good Palin is as governor. Be a good magic negro. You know you're the only negro I like. You can't dance. You can't sing. But you do other things."....
Steele: "Ummmmm this oxy-sumptin really does make me smart, just like you boss...I do everythin for da masta, boss. Palin smart"
WRONG...YOU TWITS ARE ON DOPE AND RUSH DON'T LIKE NEGROES! HOW IS STEELE AND BIMBO EVEN RUNNING THE REPUBLICANT PARTY? IS THE REPUBLICANT PARTY ALL ON DOPE? OR ARE THEY JUST STUPID?
He seems to have quickly forgotten that Sarah's relations with the Republican controled Alaska Legislature last spring and summer was toxic, bitter and continuous.
Her first legislature, also Republican controlled, started wearing buttons saying "Where's Sarah?" because she wasn't doing her job. And last summer she "succeeded" in having her own party call her a liar, publically, and soundly reject her breathtakingly awful Attorney General nominee.
These are the same Republicans who voted to hire an independent investigator to look into an ethic charge.
She just sand bagged a locally popular Republican candidate in NYS for the US Congress, and is doing the same to the Republican Party’s last Presidential candidate in his bid for reelection to the Senate.
Why would the Republicans want to keep supporting somebody like that?
Yeah, smart. You'd hate to have attention focused on you as a political figure. And that's why she's on a book tour, to keep a low profile, right?
These people who are singing the praises of Palin are taking a one way train to oblivion. I hope to Heysus that she runs in 2012. After this book tour there is no doubt that she thinks she has a lot of support. Of course I thought that George W. Bush would get beaten badly too. I know he was beaten but it should not have been that close to where they were able to steel it. No matter, Palin will not even get that close. The Republican power people hate her.
Try to find the interview with Barbara Walters. It was no better than Katie Curic.
Barbara Walters interview info here, here and here.
This asswipe, and most all of the RepubliTHUGS seem to think if THEY say it, no mater what is said it will be believed.
Honestly, they must truly think they are SUPERIOR enough to make any thing believable. Wow, are they friggin wrong!
and he's obviously a token. anyone with any sense of racial history knows that. he looks great in a suit but pretty much thats it.
Steele also claims that we've never seen this level of disrespect shown for a female political candidate.
I think Geraldine Ferraro would have a thing or two to say to that.
There's always free cheddar in the mousetrap, baby. - Tom Waits
And Hillary Clinton.
NOBODY 2012
if Palin would preemptively resign as President. It would save so much trouble.
Hasa Diga Eebowai
...of this is that so called news networks (other than Faux of course) continue to put these morons on their shows as if they had anything at all to add to the public discourse on anything.
This is less of a slam on Steele than it is on MSNBC for having him on in the first place.
"we've never seen this level of disrespect shown for a female political candidate" , that may be true Steele , but no party has ever had the balls to promote for high office such a uniquely unqualified ,ignorant bull shit artist either . I could go to the local high school , pick out one of several cheerleaders and I would bet that she would be more intelligent and have more applicable knowledge for political office than bimbo the Moose Hunter . I mean Bush is a genius compared to Palin ! Would love to see Palin in "the cash cab" , that would be hilarious .
If elected, I promise the first thing I'll call for, is my own impeachment.
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
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LIE-CHEAT-STEELE
The "NEW" G(no)P
... Of course it's successful to quit, YES?
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Starve the WAR Beast...
... Feed Americans.
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It shouldn't be "NEWS" that a T.V. news head fact checks a guest from the white wing Party...
... But it is because she did which was the unusual aspect.
I mean...
... I thought the job of the MSM was to stroke the ego of the G(no)P.
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Starve the WAR Beast...
... Feed Americans.
I'll bet Steele has a blow-up doll with glasses named Sarah.
*spits out soda*
:-D
NOBODY 2012
They just need to be reminded that "quitters never win". If Palin can't handle the so-called heat in Alaska, she sure as hell ain't ready for the POTUS.
Mr. Steele got hit with a FACT and he, the head of the RNC, says "oh, please"?
When he looks in the mirror, what exactly does he see?
NOBODY 2012
And so continues the meme that questioning Republicans is unfair, but questioning Democrats (and making up crap to do it) is fair game.
Show me a Republican and you have shown me a massive hypocrit with questionable moral character (which is how I define anyone who moral are defined as to whether their team does something or not).
Give me break. The rightwing throws all kind of slime at the president and the Democrats, yet they want a break. I say not. Give it a back to them and let them continue to whine like babies.
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