Wed
Feb 13 2008
02:24 pm
By: Brian A.
Canceled tonight
Senator McCain's lecture series: "My friends, vote for me or terrorists will kill you."
No makeup date has been scheduled.
UPDATE
"Protecting Local Ridgetops"--A special presentation by the American Strip Miner's Association, Small Assembly Room at the City/County Building, canceled.
"How I Will Be Great When the Final Chapter of History Is Written," a lecture by President Bush at the UT Historiography Symposium, canceled. Makeup date will be announced at some future time.
"NCAA Officials' Game Clock Seminar," Thompson Boling Arena, will begin 0.2 hours late.
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Exactly
You nailed it.
One would think Rove is his campaign mangager.
Bumper sticker: McCain = W's 3rd term
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."
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