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George Stephonopelousas said he thought the attacks on Broccoli Obama may have been too derisive, after showing a clip of Giuliani repeating 'Community …— Michelle Malkin
What we are learning is that he is illiterate, as in his inability to properly read the word derisive from his teleprompter this weekend and in saying he didn't know how to say something in "Austrian".— Latest Articles
Americans don't see the world that way and don't really need to apologize for being arrogant, derisive, and dismissive.— Israelated - English Israel blogs
Quite a bit of it is derisive, claiming that Obama is voting "present" rather than leading, but is that really what's happening?— Hot Air » Top Picks
As dbadass pointed out, your introductory statements were rather aggressive and derisive - not at all in keeping with your professed ambition to "learn" about us.— Think Progress

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