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On The Shoulders of a "Has-Been*"

March 4, 2009

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In an TVNewser called Donaldson a “has-been” in 2006 when Donaldson asked Bush whether actor Mel Gibson should “be forgiven” for his anti-Semitic comments? And Donaldson replied that it’s better to be a “has-been than a never-was?”)

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Liz Cox Barrett is a writer at CJR.