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 Post subject: Homonymrod
PostPosted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 12:39 pm 
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I wonder how much coaching was given to Bush so he didn't use "rein" instead of "reign" in his note....


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 Post subject: Re: Homonymrod
PostPosted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 1:39 pm 
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You assume he wasn't going for "Let freedom ring"


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 Post subject: Re: Homonymrod
PostPosted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 3:27 pm 
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Seattle Times<p>Notice he's got "freedom" up. And I wonder what a handwriting expert would say about the gap between the 'i' and 'g' in "reign."<p>No way you can convince me that this wasn't planned.


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 Post subject: Re: Homonymrod
PostPosted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 3:56 pm 
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He was going to write "Michael Moore is an asshole," but he couldn't spell "asshole."


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 Post subject: Re: Homonymrod
PostPosted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 4:19 pm 
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All right, all right. Knock it off.


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