?To RNC Chair "Do you think Satan has taken over the country?"

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Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman fought back valiantly with a conference call to reporters. But for a time, the call was effectively diverted by anti-GOP interlopers who got on a call intended for invited reporters only.

The access information for the call was posted -- unbeknownst to RNC officials -- on the well-known liberal Web log DailyKos.

So, instead of simply parrying the expected questions from reporters concerning the gubernatorial losses in New Jersey and Virginia, Mehlman also found himself ear-to-ear with one antagonist who asked sarcastically: "Given the results of the election, do you think Satan has taken over the country?"

"Next question," scolded Mehlman.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/09/AR2005110902337.html

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1. Holy Cow, Someone actually got through the handlers with a real question?

I wish he would've said "I can't comment on an ongoing investigation" though, that would've been funnier :)