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Ron Paul

Fri, Aug 17, 2007 at 12:00 am

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But he’s not so popular with obese kids. Paul, who is resolutely and staunchly against the Clinton-sanctioned War on Drugs, isn’t above cheap shots at fat kids. Here he is on Morton Downey, Jr’s television show in 1988, callin’ out the overweight:

 


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