"Is this a great country, or what?"

[Bapopik at AOL.COM]

Perhaps Saturday Night Live popularized "--or what?"
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_Mr.  Mike's Mania; Sick Humor, Very Well Indulged Mr. Mike's Mania _
(http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=95&did=131996552&SrchMode=1&sid=3&Fmt=12&VInst=P
ROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=HNP&TS=1142562064&clientId=65882)
By Tom Zito. The Washington Post  (1974-Current file). Washington, D.C.: Nov
8, 1979. p. F1 (2 pages)  :
Okay, is this guy bizarre or what?

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