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Old 09-05-2007
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Re: “Thanks for the question, you little jerk … you’re drafted.”

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Originally Posted by Owl Mirror View Post
How can A Presidential candidate calling a stranger, in public ": an annoyingly stupid or foolish person
: an unlikable person; especially : one who is cruel, rude, or small-minded" be done in jest ?

Now had he said "you young whippersnapper" it would have blown over as a grandfatherly thing to say.
Because it was a fucking JOKE and is supposed to be taken as a JOKE, nothing more.
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