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Posted: March 8, 2013 at 5:30 a.m.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “To somehow allege or infer that the president of the United States is going to kill somebody like Jane Fonda or somebody who disagrees with the policies is a stretch of imagination which is, frankly, ridiculous.” Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., after Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., suggested during his filibuster the possibility that the government would have used hellfire missiles against anti-war activist Jane Fonda or an American sitting at a cafe Article, this page

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