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Renovating Gitmo

1:59 PM, Sep 2, 2008 • By JONATHAN V. LAST
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The genius of Borat was always lost on me, but these videos of Jason Mattera at the Democratic convention last week are fall-over funny. Mattera went around trying to get Democratic radicals to sign a petition to improve the quality of life for terrorist detainees. As Mattera explains to one mark, "We're bringing awareness to the torture that is going on in Guantanamo. . . . And we have a petition for not only additional medical services, and not only no torture, and they need brighter lights and stuff like that, but they need amenities like you and I have."

Here, the woman nods and says, "I agree, I'll sign that."

Mattera continues, "Like Cinemax. ESPN 1 and 2."

"I'll sign it," the lady says.

Another plank of the petition is Netflix for the jihadis. And gift certificates to Radio Shack. Classic.

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