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Watch President Obama’s Speech at Newtown, CT Prayer Vigil

Dec. 16, 2012 5:03pm Erica Ritz

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President Obama is scheduled to speak at 7:00 p.m. interfaith prayer vigil for the victims of Friday’s attack on Sandy Hook Elementary. The event began roughly 45 minutes late, and as of 8:15 p.m., the president had not yet spoken.

A White House official told ABC’s Jake Tapper that Obama wrote the majority of the speech himself.

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barber2
Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:47pm
Speaking of the president and the Chicago radicals , are you angry anarchists having a contest ? OCCUPY the Blaze with phony ads ? Well, guess that fits a well -known pattern : MIC checks, OCCUPIES, ACORN , union bullies…

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- barber2
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:53pm
  Thank you Blaze for quickly removing these useless , phony ads .
  
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tifosa
Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:47pm
President Obama is meeting with the families and will give them as much time as they need. Everybody in the room knows that.

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- Stelex
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:48pm
  Photo op, nothing more, nothing less. Go away fly girl
  
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- DadRocked
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:54pm
  Watch for how much is written speech and not heart felt without a scipt…
  From all parties involved…
  
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- progressiveslayers
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:57pm
  Why would an atheist attend a prayer vigil? Still campaigning ? Of course the Marxist POS is still campaigning dummy,he still needs the total ban on firearms to complete his transformation of America to Amerika. Do I have to explain everything to you fools? Class dismissed.
  
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- Fred Noonan
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:57pm
  How about a trip to Chicago as well:
  http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-shootings-violence-december-14-december-15-20121214,0,912168.story
  -10 shot, including 4 teens, Friday afternoon and night-
  I guess being a minority doesn’t count as an opportunity that can’t go to waste!
- fdraiden
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 8:29pm
  Another Odumbo sycophant, eh? You’re as dumb as he is. Sad, sad, sad!
  
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- Too_Far_Gone
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 8:37pm
  Anyone got a fly swatter ?
  
  It’s a distraction .. “never let a good crisis go to waste” watch the other hand.
  
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- valiant1776
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 8:52pm
  This POS president is making this tragedy an event to advance political agendas. Here I am, listening to religious leaders praying, and mourning, and this president comes to this victual and shoves his anti-gun rhetoric? Folks, the left will not let go of any opportunity to advance their policies. God help us all. There’s only one thing that we can do to protect our kids, and that is have adequate security and protection at schools, just like every other Government building! Every high officials has guards protecting, but we can’t provide security for our precious children?
  
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- HumanBeing
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 9:01pm
  You are absolutely right Mr B. Obama is a dignified and gentle man of great Grace ,, the most who post here are acting minions of the puny dark — shadowy human ounks,, you know the ones we pray for Thank you Mr. President !
  
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- randy
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 9:17pm
  Will he bring out the fake tears again?
  If anything they will be tears of joy now that this has given him a reason to go after our guns.
  
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- HumanBeing
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 9:22pm
  Thank You Tifosa ,
  
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- LeadNotFollow
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 9:24pm
  Obama loves to use a crises like this, to further his evil agenda.
  First there was hurricane SANDY, now we have SANDY Hook.
  I think I will start calling Obama “SANDY Claus”.
  
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- Kregneva
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 9:58pm
  Progressives LayerS Is a fake Progressives Layer, making fun of an Air Force lifer.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 10:42pm
  HUMANBEING is a new name , joined the Blaze TODAY, for an old troll. AND not sure how well named this one is…
  
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- rickc34
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 11:33pm
  Obama is just using the blood of these children to push his agenda, nothing more.
  
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hannah
Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:46pm
The people actually invited him but I agree, he’s late and he is a phoney. It says he won’t talk politics tonight but you can bet, he’ll find some double talk in his TelePrompTer speech some how. I say, if he really felt bad for these families, he would speak from the heart. Also isn’t he against God? I bet he never says Gods name once tonight in his speech.

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- catty
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 8:00pm
  He said it in the initial speech and 1,000 times before that. And so what if he didn’t? God and that damn flag pin….
  
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- momrules
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 8:30pm
  Who invited him Hannah? The Mayor? The Governor? I have never been in the nightmare that the families of the murder victims are in but I doubt the invitation was from any of them. I doubt that words from Obama or any politician mean much to them at this time. They certainly would not to me.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 8:37pm
  MOM: I agree. Listening to these comments makes me grieve more for the parents. There is no comfort now. This is too soon. Emotions too raw. And this feels like more of a media event than a healing ceremony.
  
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- tifosa
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 8:40pm
  Momrules, several have been tweeting after meeting with the president. The hate is in here, not with them.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 10:47pm
  TIFF: No. The hate is in the anti-rich , divisive endless campaign speech of the Chicago radicals in the White House. Bill Ayers must be so happy .
  
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- tifosa
  Posted on December 19, 2012 at 8:45pm
  Barber, you might want to read your own comments. Your hate is palpable. :)
  
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gyro
Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:44pm
if monks post is corect then its all over

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nesmond
Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:44pm
They are going to give you an opportunity to turn in your guns. If you refuse, S.W.A.T. teams will show up and fir tear gas through your windows, then break down your doors and kill you. You will be remembered as no better than this school shooter. Mark my words. This President has an agenda.

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- neverending
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:47pm
  Totally agree!
  
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- nesmond
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 8:52pm
  I hate to say I told you so, but I told you so.
  
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- catty
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 9:05pm
  Is someone at your door now or is that the microchip in your head twitching>
  
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- wzanesdad
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 9:18pm
  I don’t think so…there would have to be tens of millions of swat teams. They simply do not have the people to do that. Probably will try to make assault guns illegal first. Then if you’re caught with one you’re screwed. Then they will make the purchase of ammo for semi autos illegal and regulate it so much that only the government can afford it.
  
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82dAirborne
Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:42pm
Not a chance.

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progressiveslayers
Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:42pm
Barry is exploiting the deaths of those massacred in Newtown just like he did with the bodies of the seals returning,he’s a ghoulish man who has no shame and will do anything to advance his sick twisted agenda.

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- wezzie
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:53pm
  You are so right about his exploiting this horrible tragedy for his own agenda. The first day he spoke and he had to stop and wipe his eyes. Give me a brake, your tears don’t come out of the side of you eyes, they come straight down. How SAD he had to play politics with this horrible, horrible tragedy. If he takes away all our guns, what country is he gonna run these to? FAKE
  
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- neverending
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 8:15pm
  He has no shame, no morals, no decency and is a disgrace to this beloved nation of ours and to think we have an additional four years of this sorry sob makes me want to vomit at the sound of his name.
  
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chas2c
Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:42pm
Adolf is speaking.

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barber2
Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:41pm
Don’t you little kids have anything better to do ? Got Prince Albert in a can ?

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- chips1
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 8:04pm
  Bend over and someone will check it out.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 8:17pm
  CHIPS: This comment was to one of the many phony ads that have been posted so frequently on the Blaze of late. There is still one above from ANNA something or another.
  
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- chips1
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 8:25pm
  BARBER:
  I appologize. I don’t have to explain why. I’m sure you understand.
  
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- chips1
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 8:32pm
  HEY, Barber!!! Again, I’m sorry. It’s starting to bother me. Now I feel stupid!!
  
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- barber2
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 8:35pm
  CHIPS: I do .
  
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skippy6
Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:35pm
The tin man speaks from the prompter not from his heart….Won’t watch it before bed as I would have nightmares all night…..

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The-Monk
Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:35pm
I sure hope that the first words out of his mouth aren’t like the other day when he first sent condolences to the Governor and not the families and friends of those killed.

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- gyro
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:44pm
  if your right about this the USA is doomed
  Hope your wrong
  
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- progressiveslayers
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:48pm
  If that ghoulish man wipes away another nonexistent tear with that middle finger to the people ie flipping us off like he did before I’m going to hurl all over the TV. I retract that I won’t watch because every time I see or hear that constitution hating man I get nausea’s.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:52pm
  Hi Gyro,
  
  Listen for yourself. Here’s the link;
  
  http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/309954-2
  
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nesmond
Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:33pm
Maybe we should be more tolerant of our President. Let’s just listen to the man before we judge him. Is that asking too much?……Just kidding. We all know he is here for one reason. to divide and conquer.

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- chips1
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:37pm
  He is already 35 minutes late. It’s all about him. We need Obama free zones!!!!!
  
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neverending
Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:33pm
NO THANKS – I do not want to see any more fake and phony tears and empty words and more photo ops coming from this sorry sob. AND certainly don’t need to see him manage to give the American people the finger again!

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tothepoint
Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:29pm
Obama should first address the millions of abortions he supports and the killing of newborns born alive to botched abortions which he supports.
The President has no credibility when it comes to his pretending to care what happens to anyone else, including children.
We already know his record on that.

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susan126
Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:29pm
He’s already being disrespectful by being late. This was supposed to start at 7 and it’s going on 7:30.

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- catty
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:44pm
  You don’t know what is going on in the background so pipe down
  
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ranepowel
Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:25pm
Obama was invited. He didn’t “just show up.” The families of this tragedy asked that he come, and he came.

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- chips1
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:42pm
  I’ll bet you that not one family even mentioned Flobama’s name. It’s all a false statement. It’s all in his mind, whatever there is of it. He makes everything up and people actually believe him.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:43pm
  Really ?
  
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- FlagWavingPatriot
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:43pm
  Bullcrap. He and his ilk orchestrated this. They orchestrate all photo ops to make him look like something he’s not.
  
  If he really cared for children, he’d retract his support for abortion and infanticide. But he won’t. He wholeheartedly supports the murder of over 2,200 babies EVERY SINGLE DAY in this nation. That’s 800,000+ annually.
  
  His fake tears don’t fool me. He is no friend of life.
  
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- RaydocX
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:44pm
  Uhm, sorry, try again.
  The victims’ families, victims in their own way, ay ave welcomed the visit, but they assuredly did not ‘ask him’ to come!
  
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- neverending
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:46pm
  Say’s who – if that came from barry boy then we know it is a lie!
  
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FlagWavingPatriot
Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:25pm
Watch O’s comments live?

No thanks. He has argued repeatedly in favor of infanticide. He could care less about dead children. The only thing he cares about is using this horrible tragedy for political gain.

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- jeanr
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:37pm
  And what has ANY president in the last 40 years done to actually do anything about abortion? Have you refused to listen to all of them? Sure some tell you things you want to hear and others do not, but no real action has happened. If it is all about semantics with you, then you are just being political and do not really care about the babies at all. You just want another reason to hate the President.
  
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nesmond
Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:21pm
What about the tragedy of over one million abortions in this country every year? Is it okay to slaughter children when they cannot be heard? Or is it because they just aren’t cute enough when they are fetuses? We live in a sick and twisted society.

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- nesmond
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:52pm
  This president has a voting record on abortion while he was a senator. He has spoken in favor of abortion. And voted four times against saving the life of a child that actually survives an abortion. To me, that sets him apart from most presidents, save Clinton, who was in favor of partial birth abortions. Don’t pretend as if you know anything about me a**hole. Murder is murder, no matter at what point in life it is committed.
  
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- Cape_Lookout_RW_Extremist
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 8:34pm
  Exactly what I was thinking
  
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progressiveslayers
Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:19pm
Why would I want to watch that vile man use this massacre as a stepping stone to banning firearms in Amerika? He has no shame and he’s been milking this massacre for all it’s worth,campaigning 24/7 it’s a disgusting display to play on the emotions of this horrific massacre to ultimately ban all firearms here in Amerika. The government would be the only entity allowed to posses firearms? That’s the first step to a genocide,on the order of many millions and no one man or government can take that right away,at least not without a heavy cost.

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- DadRocked
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:39pm
  Wow… This is a first for me…
  I have the Reader’s Digest posting… :-)
  As delivered below…
  SSDD – Won’t watch him… Just the Same S(crap) Different Day.
  Photo op time again…
  
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- progressiveslayers
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 8:16pm
  Lol This story hit a nerve with me and I had to vent brother.
  
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- DadRocked
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 8:27pm
  And such an articulate ventor you are sir !
  
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chips1
Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:19pm
What was that statement someone made on TV? “EVIL has visited this community”. Well, He’s back!!!!!

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- TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:30pm
  Something Wicked This Way Comes. Mr Dark and his Pandemonium Shadow Show…
  
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- chas2c
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:34pm
  he’s called SATAN!
  
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redfish52
Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:18pm
Really POTUS…really…you have got to be the biggest narcissist on the planet to think your fake tears and dramatic pauses will somehow give people piece and solace. Stick to what you do best…tearing America down bit by bit…you are truly pathetic…leave these people alone to grieve without your media posse to stick camera’s and microphone’s in their faces.

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TROLLMONGER
Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:14pm
Cue the right wing Beckbot hate speech in 3…2..1….

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- DadRocked
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:49pm
  Just like the POS, I mean POTUS…
  The troll speaks … SSDD – Just the Same **** Different Day.
  
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- progressiveslayers
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:51pm
  Cue the obamazombie idiot who talks a lot and says nothing of value in ….
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 8:17pm
  PROGRESSIVESLAYERS, He’ll never say anything of value. TROG can just toss a couple of word bombs to stir the crap. Then he wanders off to the next story to do more of the same, then more of the same, followed be even more of the same.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 10:44pm
  RJJ: Agree. If they removed ” Beckbots ” from his vocabulary…..
  
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chips1
Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:13pm
The Prayer Virgil is for the American children that were placed in a shooting gallery and had no one to protect them. Obama has no right to be there. This is another one of his plans to expose Americans to his total control government. This is turning into a political nightmare. A crisis he can’t let go to waste. He isn’t human!!!!

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- gyro
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:19pm
  your close chip
  
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- barber2
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:19pm
  Agree. He is like the boy who cried wolf: Obama has made sooooo many political photo appearance that no one believes his credibility as a person anyone….although we know he will play the ” father card ” in this one. Sorry but he has worn out his media welcome…
  
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nesmond
Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:10pm
I came prepared this time. I brought my barf bag.

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- gyro
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:18pm
  Be nice
  
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- nesmond
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:26pm
  I AM being nice!
  
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- chips1
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 8:11pm
  I think your nice!
  
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DadRocked
Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:09pm
SSDD – Won’t watch him… Just the Same S(crap) Different Day.
Photo op time again…

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- 19RANDY59
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:21pm
  Exactly, this pr**k doesn’t miss a trick.
  
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- DadRocked
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 7:57pm
  19RANDY59 –
  Just testing the system for the word *****
  
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- DadRocked
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 8:08pm
  Nope it doesn’t…
  We’ll stay with pr**k
  
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