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Was this 'guilty'Patten ReTHUG one of the gang in Florida in 2000 (Original Post) malaise Aug 2018 OP
Things that make you go "hmmmm....." Pachamama Aug 2018 #1
This should make you go hmmmmmmm. Hmmmmmmmm malaise Aug 2018 #2
Have not found Patten's name associated with the Brooks Brothers Riot GeoWilliam750 Aug 2018 #3
Thanks for this malaise Sep 2018 #4

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2. This should make you go hmmmmmmm. Hmmmmmmmm
Fri Aug 31, 2018, 09:18 PM
Aug 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/can-washington-campaign-tactics-translate-in-iraq-sam-patten-and-his-candidate-hope-so/2014/04/28/9ca7fee2-cbe7-11e3-95f7-7ecdde72d2ea_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.eadd7678190b
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AMMAN, JORDAN — What a lagging candidate needs is a wild campaign stunt, says the consultant from Washington, so how about this: Round up some chickens. Let them loose in front of the political headquarters of Iraq’s former prime minister, Ayad Allawi. Make sure the media know about it.

The message: Allawi’s a chicken for shunning a televised debate with the consultant’s candidate, Iraq’s deputy prime minister, Saleh Mutlaq, in Wednesday’s parliamentary election. “We will call him a coward,” declares Sam Patten, the puckish adviser to Mutlaq. Both Mutlaq and Allawi are among the hopefuls trying to dislodge eight-year incumbent Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
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