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The League of Ordinary Gentlemen

A fair-minded assessment

by Will on July 13, 2009

of Sarah Palin and the media.

Tagged as: sarah palin

Will writes from Washington, D.C. (well, Arlington, Virginia). You can reach him at willblogcorrespondence at gmail dot com.

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