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talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/22/2008
Six Degrees of GOP Sleaze
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Okay, here's some special bonus robo-clothes shopper snark. Jeff Larson is not only John McCain's chief robocaller and Sen. Palin's $ 150k clothes shopper , he's also the guy who's giving that sweetheart rental deal on his apartment in DC.

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Jeff Larson's other career
Political Animal — ... that the Republican consultant and robocall-firm executive bought Palin's clothes and was reimbursed by the RNC. But wait, there's more. Noting the "six degrees of GOP sleaze," Josh Marshall reminds us, "Jeff Larson is not only John McCain's chief robocaller and Sen. Palin's $150k clothes shopper, he's also the guy who's giving that sweetheart rental deal on his apartment in DC" to Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.). Amazing.— ...

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