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Don Davis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-11-08 09:51 PM
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Geraldine Ferraro: 'Mondale Given Top Spot on '84 Ticket Only Because He Was Norwegian'
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seemslikeadream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-11-08 09:57 PM
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1. Norwegian!
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-11-08 10:27 PM
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2. He lost because of...
His terrible Lutefisk Breath. He was warned, but nooooooo! He just had to have that piece of cod that passes all understanding while campaigning.

If he had only listened. *sob*
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provis99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-11-08 10:28 PM
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3. And I thought they called him "Norwegian Wood" because he was so stiff.
At last, I now also see how half-Norwegian Hubert Humphrey won the '68 Democratic convention over McCarthy. It was part of the Norwegian affirmative action plan put in place by LBJ.
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