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John McCain tried this in 2008 – at one point the McCain campaign slogan was "The American President Americans Have Been Waiting For," which was even more whistley.
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Like a loud, obnoxious uncle, you know the Bullock's Oriole is near when you hear his chatty, whistley song.
Turning out and other things.... Gumbo Lily 2010
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Like a loud, obnoxious uncle, you know the Bullock's Oriole is near when you hear his chatty, whistley song.
Archive 2010-05-01 Gumbo Lily 2010
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Part of Cameron's "liberal conservatism" - as opposed to his old school dog whistley memory man act - as he tries to mis-appropriate and twist what he calls "Manchester Liberalism" to cover both the Rochdale Pioneers and his church of latter day conservatives.
Archive 2007-11-04 2007
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Part of Cameron's "liberal conservatism" - as opposed to his old school dog whistley memory man act - as he tries to mis-appropriate and twist what he calls "Manchester Liberalism" to cover both the Rochdale Pioneers and his church of latter day conservatives.
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Just in the last half hour, the wind has started moaning and making whistley noises against the front of our house, which is such an eerie sound.
sheepdip Diary Entry sheepdip 2003
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Ok, theres this add on Tv w / a girl dancing across a street, and shes singing some weird euro song w / the whistley notes in between lyrics
MightyRighty.com - Conservative News, Discussion and Community 2009
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There’s nothing bell and whistley about upgrading a theme that has a fair # of incompatibilities in it.
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I don’t know about you but if I haven’t had enough water to drink, I’ve got a small desert landscape in my nasal passages, and breathing makes distracting whistley noises!
Ten Things Tuesday: SLEEP « The Life and Times of Organic Mama 2007
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