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Palin: Obama Would Ban Guns If He Could

Ex-governor has a packed speaking schedule

By Polly Davis Doig, Newser Staff

Posted May 15, 2010 6:46 AM CDT

(Newser) – For someone not officially running for anything, Sarah Palin spends an awful lot of time running her mouth. Among highlights from yesterday's soundbite extravaganza, as reported by the AP:

If Obama and the Dems thought they "could get away with it, they would ban

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