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Rachel Maddow on Fred Thompson's Sex Appeal [VIDEO]
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To win the Republican nomination, new candidate Fred Thompson needs to overcome a number of serious challenges. How will he convince voters to overlook his lobbyist past, equivocal stance on abortion rights, lack of miliary service, atypical family values, etc.? Answer: Raw Sex Appeal. (Very Raw.) Check out the video to your right for more.
Rachel Maddow is the host of her own show on Air America Radio. She has a doctorate in political science (she was a Rhodes Scholar) and a background in HIV/AIDS activism, prison reform, and other lefty rabblerousing.
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