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	background: #DDDDDD 0% center;
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a:link {
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}

a:visited {
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	text-decoration: none;
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}
a:hover, a:active {
	color: #CA0F00;
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}

header {
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	text-indent: -1234em;
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	background: url('http://pardonmypolitics.com/wp-content/themes/Political/images/header.png') no-repeat 0 0;
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h1#header {
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	height: 184px;
	text-indent: -1234em;
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#header a {
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	left: 1px;
	top: 1px;
	height: 1px;
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	text-decoration: none;
}
h1 {
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}
h2 {
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}
h3 {
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h6 {
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h1 a, h2 a, h3 a, h4 a, h5 a, h6 a {
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#blog_name {
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	color: #2F3D8A;
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	font-family:Times New Roman;
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}

#blog_name a {
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#blog_name a:visited {
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}

#blog_name a:hover {
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}

#blog_slogan {
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	left: 25px;
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