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WHY!? Why on earth, if you were running for the #2 office in the land, would you dress like it’s 1994, backwards orange cap and all, and take these photos? Wouldn’t you assume that some ragtag group of online miscreants might take said photos, tie them to your policy positions, and make you look silly?

Max Slavkin

Oct 11, 2012

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