It wasn't a blatant run a guy from behind.

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Fox's Wendell Goler referred to Romney's nickname of "Flip Flop Mitt, " and asked if his pledge not to raise taxes wasn't a "blatant appeal" for votes.

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He says corporations can't tolerate such blatant dissent.

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The company makes no secret that the Kindle Fire is essentially a tool on which the company would like to sell you things, which is why the blatant attempts to point you toward new purchases don't feel so much intrusive as, well, helpful.

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Don't expect a smoking pen in the form of a blatant quid pro quo.

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It would be nice if T-shirt fact checkers eventually moved on to the blatant falsehoods printed on bumper stickers.

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Hence Sumner's blatant threat to have the boards of Viacom and CBS simply remove her now if she won't bend to his will.

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