If one person was caught drinking soda or chowing down on chocolate, the whole team did extra exercises at the next practice.

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Unfortunately for Republicans looking to regain the White House, it appears that many in the GOP have failed to grasp the important lessons from 2004, and now find themselves chowing down on the same type of tasty yet ultimately irrelevant red meat driven political attacks.

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