mistress-minds

[Dan Goncharoff]

She was salutatorian in HS, so there must have at least one other student.

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On May 6, 2012, at 5:59 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> 1. Seen her long-form birth certificate?
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> 2. Quick! *Where* was she born?  You don't know, do you?
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> 3. Citizenship papers? Never heard of any.
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> 4. And have you ever, ever, seen anyone step forward to swear they knew her
> in college? Or even grade-school?
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> JL
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> On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
>>>> Mr. Obama. Mrs. Obama.
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>>>> Who is she really?
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>>> Surely it's "who are they really"? =C2 (And I'm brought to contrasting
>>> "Two heads are ..." vs. "Too many cooks".)
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>> FWIW, I see it Jon's way.
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