“It is hard for me to think about a lower reptile in the universe than a Scandinavian social democrat. The most slimy subscpecies of this reptile is the Swedish social democrat.”

—  Jussi Halla-aho

Jussi Halla-aho (2006), published in the blog Scripta Sosiaalidemokraatin selkäranka http://www.halla-aho.com/scripta/sosiaalidemokraatin_selkaranka.html, March 23, 2006
2005-09

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