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August 06, 2012 11:34 AM

Extra! Extra! Romney’s backbone discovered!

by Roger Kimball, from Roger's Rules


Now this is news: an intact spinal column believed to be the property of Willard Mitt Romney has been discovered by anthropologists!  As I write the former Governor of Massachusetts and U.S. Presidential hopeful is being examined by surgeons and the American electorate to determine whether the missing anatomical structure can be successfully reinserted. A [...]


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