MKFreeberg at House of Eratosthenes on Sep 21 2008 | Filed under: Education Watch, Humor
Liberalism and conservatism. Here’s the difference…right here, baby.
Let’s make the elections all about this. Because they’re all about this already.
H/T: Bookworm.
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