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Billy Long's Office Declines Comment on Long's Support for Indefinite Detainment of Americans Remember that quote Billy Long gave when he went to Congress? Something about his pocket Constitution being rode hard and put up wet? It appears the pocket Constitution in Long's pocket has rubbed against too much blubber wearing the Bill of Rights so Long ... (more)
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Lindsey Graham speaks about defense spending in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 2, 2012.
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Paul Conner is an online editor with The Daily Caller. He was a contributing writer for four years with The Greenville News covering high school sports in Upstate South Carolina before interning with TheDC last spring and summer.
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