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Teresa Baustian's avatar

Isn’t it telling about the US that it’s the mumbling and low energy debate that has the pundit class falling over each other with nary a word about the racist, revenge-filled flood of lies by the other candidate.

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Alison's avatar

Via HC Richardson: “If we omit it now, some [dictator] may hereafter arise, who laying hold of popular disquietudes, may collect together the desperate and the discontented, and by assuming to themselves the powers of government, may sweep away the liberties of the continent like a deluge.” 1776 Thomas Paine

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