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See, it s not that Pexton cheap car rentals florida doesn t like her conservative views, whatever those might be. It s that she says silly right-wing things! She doesn t have the depth and readability of, say, Ezra Klein or Greg Sargent or the rest of the WaPo staffers cheap car rentals florida who Pexton happens to agree with politically.
"I wanted cheap car rentals florida to apologize for my glib, off-the-record remark to this reader who was exchanging e-mails with me about your retweet," wrote Pexton, cheap car rentals florida according to a copy of the Nov. 11, 2011, email obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. "I was in the middle of several e-mail conversations at once and I reacted quickly, without thinking, and with uninformed speculation. It was a stupid and amateurish move, and I'm sorry for it."