- March 18, 2009 • 5:32 pm PDT
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We present: the filling-out of the Presidential Bracket. Not that him being cool is really what we need right now, but it somehow makes me feel a little better.
We present: the filling-out of the Presidential Bracket. Not that him being cool is really what we need right now, but it somehow makes me feel a little better.
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