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"ref": "2003 December 3, David Burge, “US Forces Capture New Dem Frontrunner”, in Iowahawk, archived from the original on 2022-08-16",
"text": "At a campaign rally in Ft. Dodge later that same day, he noted, \"I may be just a simple country boy from Tikrit, but I know a thing or two about how Bush and them big shot fellers in Warshington, D.C. operate. They make all kinda fancy promises and big talk, and pretty soon you're out of a job.\"",
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"text": "Maybe if Bush would get the military out of Iraq he could do something about the violence in Warshington D.C.",
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"text": "[T]hey's risen as a community and gotten a petition to send to Warshington.",
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"ref": "2016 May 11, Beau Dure, “For the cursed Washington Capitals, another season ends in heartache”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 2022-11-29",
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