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  • "Contemptible," spoke Miss Meecher, and her thin lips closed tightly.

    Murder Canyon Blacher, Joan 2002

  • "Contemptible, " Broken Thumb said with deep bitterness.

    Centennial Michener, James 1974

  • OpEdNews - Article: Limbaugh Picks Fight with Military After "Contemptible" Comments

    Limbaugh Picks Fight with Military After "Contemptible" Comments 2007

  • Limbaugh Picks Fight with Military After "Contemptible" Comments yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Limbaugh Picks Fight with Military After "Contemptible" Comments'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: An Iraq vet challenges Limbaugh to go mano e mano.'

    Limbaugh Picks Fight with Military After "Contemptible" Comments 2007

  • On the back the normal folderol of praise but whimsically listed under, 'Contemptible Compliments'.

    Michael Jones: Johannes Cabal: The Detective 2010

  • And before you accuse me of suffering from Bush Derangement Syndrome or some such nonsense, know this: I suffer from Contemptible Fuckwad Derangement Syndrome.

    Dan Sweeney: The Case Against Jeb 2009

  • Contemptible as it is, the Hawthorn Group was understandably proud that Barack Obama and other candidates for President adopted their very language saying, “Soon our message was repeated back to us from the podium by the candidates themselves.”

    Gag Me with Clean Coal 2009

  • I had found Lightning Passion, and Lust for a Contemptible Inferior, and Adoration of a Superior, and none exactly to the purpose.

    Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

  • Both St. Barack of Obama and Hillary the Contemptible are unelectable in November against McCain no matter how much we wish it were otherwise.

    Video: Obama's South Carolina Victory Speech 2009

  • Contemptible race baiting of the lowest order, or just a desperate but straightforward last-minute political maneuver to shore up direly needed black votes?

    Midterm Roundup 2009

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