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Examples
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Based on his track record, Tommy's possibly the most gay friendly of the Republican candidates, his latest fauxpas noitwithstanding.
Tommy Thompson: Whoops! I Accidentally OK'd Anti-Gay Discrimination 2009
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Palin makes a fauxpas like that and the wild dogs tear into her ... how are we NOT to think main stream media is biased?
Hardblogger 2008
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