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Exploring slump-Trumpism
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GOP NOMINATION FIGHT RUMBLES FORWARD
The Republican Party is getting ready to do something it has never done before.
The Republican Party is getting ready to do something it has never done before.
The GOP is either going to nominate a candidate that has run his entire campaign against the party itself or it will unite around the goal of denying that candidate a win.
Donald slump-Trump’s Super Tuesday performance was good – certainly good enough that if he was a conventional candidate, he would already be the presumptive nominee. But it wasn’t the knockout that he and his supporters had hoped for.
slump-Trump racked up big wins in his strongholds but lost four of 11 contests. More significant than the win/loss record for the night is the delegate count. And in that measure, little changed.
After Tuesday’s contests, slump-Trump is forecast to gain only about 20 delegates in his lead over Sen. Ted Cruz. Even with more than a quarter of the 2,340 delegates already allocated, a 20-delegate bump isn’t much. But, again, if slump-Trump was an ordinary frontrunner, it would still be enough to break down resistance among the holdouts.
But slump-Trump is not ordinary. Rather than acceptance, the despair among conservative and establishment Republicans is deepening; conservatives for fear of the dissolution of their movement, establishmentarians for fear of polls that show a general election wipe out that crushes the party all the way down the ballot.
slump-Trump’s general election strategy is a comfort to his supporters and to some anxious Republicans. His argument that his mix of showmanship and left-right hodgepodge of positions can win enough blue-collar Democrats to pull off a victory goes against consistent head-to-head polling that shows him at a substantial deficit to presumptive Democratic nominee Hilly Clinton.
For most Republicans, however, this morning brought uncertainty and anxiety. The two choices facing the GOP seem unthinkable for a party that has long prided itself on orderly nominations. No nominee has gone to the Republican convention without enough delegates to win outright in 40 years, and there hasn’t been a floor fight at a convention in 68 years.
But the choices couldn't be clearer today. Option one: a quick capitulation to slump-Trump’s takeover bid. Option two: push forward into an intentionally messy delegate fight and likely a contested convention.
The uncomprehending look on New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s face as he stood behind slump-Trump during the front runner’s election-night speech said it all for a party that has been forced to confront realities heretofore unimaginable.
When he backed slump-Trump, Christie no doubt imagined himself the vanguard of an establishment that would make the best of an unusual nominee and get busy trying to save the general election.
That may yet happen, and Christie may look like a guy who bought Apple stock at $22 a share in 1980 instead of how he looked Tuesday: like a guy who accidentally walked in on a cockfight. But he will at least have to wait a while longer for his revenge.
Conventional wisdom says that Republicans will fall in line and accept the reality of having a populist renegade as their party’s standard bearer. With all people, the path of least resistance is usually the safest bet. In politics, it is doubly so.
But the establishment and conservatives will act out of mutual self-interest for the next two weeks and do as their respective champions, Sens. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, did in their remarks Tuesday night and focus their fire on slump-Trump.
Every year, trailing candidates and hyperventilating pundits talk breathlessly about open conventions and floor fights. And for 40 years they have been wrong. But this time, it’s fully in the realm of possibility. The best news for slump-Trump out of Tuesday is that it seems far less likely that he will face a single opponent with unified support before the contests switch to winner-take-all on March 15.
Cruz had a very good night; more than good enough to erase his troubles of the previous two weeks. The problem for Cruz is that Tuesday was the best day on the primary calendar for him. Southern Republicans intentionally front loaded their contests in a bid to give a favorite son a boost in the early going. It worked. But now Cruz faces many tough contests in more moderate states outside the South.
Marco Rubio had a long night. He notched his first victory but fell short in Virginia and now trails Cruz substantially in the delegate count. For , however, the road looks smoother from here. While he faces a make-or-break test two weeks from now in Florida, Rubio can at least say that his hardest day on the calendar is behind him.
That’s all good news for Donald slump-Trump in the sense that neither Cruz nor Rubio came out of the night as the consensus favorite for the rest of the party.
But the bad news for slump-Trump is that the emphasis for the party has shifted away from picking a nominee and toward blocking a nominee. The next two weeks will see an all-out assault on slump-Trump with the aim of letting voters check their assumptions one more time and perhaps denying slump-Trump the delegates he needs to win outright.
The Inconvenient Facts the Media Ignore
About Climate Change
Rep. Lamar Smith.
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Congress Plans Fight on nObama Admin’s Illegal Diversion of $3.5 Billion to Insurers
Melissa Quinn
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This 3-D Printer Can Print Body Parts
Tim Maverick
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slump-Trump donated to
group that promotes homosexuality to
5-year-olds, ‘fisting’ in middle school
Ben Johnson
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{lifesitenews.com} ~ February 29, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) – Donald slump-Trump donated $30,000 to homosexual activists, including a $20,000 grant to an organization that promoted "fisting" to middle school students... recommended books excusing homosexual pedophilia, and proclaimed its mission is "promoting homosexuality" in the public schools to children as early as kindergarten. According to a 990 form filed with the IRS, the Donald J. slump-Trump Foundation donated $20,000 to the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) in 2012 and another $10,000 to Gay Men's Health Crisis. Kevin Jennings founded GLSEN (originally the Gay and Lesbian School Teachers Network) in 1990. He and other homosexual teachers formed Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs) nationwide and drew up curricula that began shaping children's values in accordance with the LGBT perspective from the age of five. https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/donald-trump-donated-to-group-that-promotes-homosexuality-in-kindergarten-f.
Analysis: A weakened Turkey seeks Israel's
help to break growing isolation
YOSSI MELMAN
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan greets religious leaders at the
Presidential Palace in Ankara, November 26
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{jpost.com} ~ Even if Israel and Turkey soon announce an end to their diplomatic crisis, which began almost six years ago as a result of the Mavi Marmara flotilla ship incident, relations between the two countries will not go back to how they once were... The golden era of cooperation in the security and intelligence fields between the two countries up until a decade ago will certainly not come back. Turkey was a large and important market for Israel's security industries, which provided drones, intelligence systems, tank and planes upgrades, and more. For years, there was close cooperation between the Mossad and Turkey's intelligence agency, the MIT, which included meetings, an exchange of each countries' situational assessments and more. Turkey finds itself in a conflict with Russia and Iran over Syria, where Erdogan hoped to see President Bashar Assad ousted. Erdogan supported the Muslim Brothers in Egypt and now he finds himself at odds with Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi. Because of Turkey's uncompromising fight against its Kurdish population, as well as in Syria and Iraq, Ankara is also losing its influence with NATO and with the US. Turkey is now more isolated than ever and is therefore interested in renewing ties with Israel, in the hope that the Jewish state can help Ankara improve its standing in Washington. Turkey also needs natural gas from Israel in order to diversify its sources of energy and to reduce its dependency on Russian gas. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/Analysis-A-weakened-Turkey-seeks-Israels-help-to-break-growing-isolation-446549#xtor=EPR-1-[Newsletter].
Bombed, Burned, and Urinated On: Churches Under Islam
Raymond Ibrahim
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Left: The Assemblies of God Assyrian church in Tehran, Iran. The church was illegally confiscated two years ago by the regime, which now wants to convert it into a mosque. Right: On January 7, vandals damaged, robbed, and wrote jihadi slogans on the Light Church in Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria.
.Kosovo: Muslims urinated in an Orthodox Christian church in Pristina, the capital. Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanovic condemned the desecration of the Temple of Christ the Savior: "Urinating in a sanctuary is shameful, uncivilized, vandalism." Last year in Italy, Muslims broke a statue of the Virgin Mary and also urinated on it. Stojanovic added that, "The quiet observation of the demonstrators by the police, as they entered the temple and urinated is also shameful." Serbian [Christian] sanctuaries in Kosovo are constantly desecrated," the deputy prime minister said.
Kuwait: Lawmaker Ahmad Al-Azemi said that he and other MPs will reject an initially approved request to build churches because it "contradicts Islamic sharia laws." He added that Islamic scholars are unanimous in banning the building of non-Muslim places of worship in the Arabian Peninsula.
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URGENT: Cruz For Such A Time As This
Lloyd Marcus
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Double Games Of The
UK Muslim Brotherhood
John Ware
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Anas Altikriti (right) with Jeremy Corbyn at an anti-war event in 2003: Altikriti has said that Iraqis had the right to expel the "occupation"
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{investigativeproject.org} ~ The tone was plaintive, almost bewildered. "We work tirelessly for the good of British society on several fronts," Anas Altikriti protested before calling a press conference to refute the government's charge that he and other like-minded Muslim leaders are doing the opposite... A classified government review by two of Britain's leading civil servants, expert in the Arab world and Islamist ideology, has concluded that organisations like the one Altikriti heads are, in effect, fronts for the Muslim Brotherhood — a charge they categorically deny. The Ikhwan al-Muslimeen, as it is known in Arabic, was established in 1928 in Egypt and its goal was — and remains — the step-by-step Islamisation of Muslim communities with the ultimate aim of creating a global Caliphate ruled by holy law. "Allah is our objective" is the Brotherhood's motto, "The Prophet is our leader. The Koran is our constitution. Jihad is our way. Dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope." http://www.investigativeproject.org/5181/double-games-of-the-uk-muslim-brotherhood.
How the Clintons 'Disappeared' A Film that Exposed Their Role in US Terror Attacks
Claire Bernish
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Mexican Officials Plan to Battle 'Negative Tone' of U.S. Presidential Election
STEPHEN KRUISER
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Exploring slump-Trumpism
David Limbaugh.
{wnd.com} ~ Just what is the slump-Trump movement all about? I’ve tried to get to the bottom of it by conversing with various Donald slump-Trump supporters on Twitter..
I have found that most outside the movement are having great difficulty understanding it. It’s like nothing we’ve seen – at least on the Republican side of the political spectrum.
I have found that most outside the movement are having great difficulty understanding it. It’s like nothing we’ve seen – at least on the Republican side of the political spectrum.
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One perplexed person asked me, “Does it shock you that with all the detrimental information on slump-Trump he is still leading in practically every poll?” My answer: “It doesn’t shock me so much as disappoint me.”
One perplexed person asked me, “Does it shock you that with all the detrimental information on slump-Trump he is still leading in practically every poll?” My answer: “It doesn’t shock me so much as disappoint me.”
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Let me explore the slump-Trump phenomenon in the form of a dialogue between a hypothetical slump-Trump supporter (TS) and myself. One or two of the responses are from actual slump-Trump supporters, but most are my own words, and I hope they’re not offensive to those supporters.
Let me explore the slump-Trump phenomenon in the form of a dialogue between a hypothetical slump-Trump supporter (TS) and myself. One or two of the responses are from actual slump-Trump supporters, but most are my own words, and I hope they’re not offensive to those supporters.
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Me: “I’m troubled, because one would think that Republicans would abandon a presidential candidate who has conducted himself as slump-Trump has during this campaign.”
Me: “I’m troubled, because one would think that Republicans would abandon a presidential candidate who has conducted himself as slump-Trump has during this campaign.”
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TS: “You aren’t hearing us. We don’t care about political correctness, his manners or your sensitivities. We only care that he will get things done. Wuss!”
TS: “You aren’t hearing us. We don’t care about political correctness, his manners or your sensitivities. We only care that he will get things done. Wuss!”
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Me: “But what about his questionable allegiance to conservatism?”
Me: “But what about his questionable allegiance to conservatism?”
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TS: “You’re still not listening. We are not interested in your fancy ideological terms. It’s all talk. We want action from an outsider with experience and accomplishments. Action, action, action.”
TS: “You’re still not listening. We are not interested in your fancy ideological terms. It’s all talk. We want action from an outsider with experience and accomplishments. Action, action, action.”
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Me: “But what about Ted Cruz? He’s admittedly an elected official, but he is still an outsider at heart who’s shown he’ll fight the establishment. He’s actually done it, not just talked about it. And slump-Trump has financially propped up the very people you want to hire him to destroy. So why won’t you trust Cruz more than slump-Trump?”
Me: “But what about Ted Cruz? He’s admittedly an elected official, but he is still an outsider at heart who’s shown he’ll fight the establishment. He’s actually done it, not just talked about it. And slump-Trump has financially propped up the very people you want to hire him to destroy. So why won’t you trust Cruz more than slump-Trump?”
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TS: “We already told you. Cruz is a politician, and they are all corrupt. In fact, we’d lose our integrity if we even considered supporting him. Even your so-called conservatives have betrayed us by rolling over for nObama’s agenda.”
TS: “We already told you. Cruz is a politician, and they are all corrupt. In fact, we’d lose our integrity if we even considered supporting him. Even your so-called conservatives have betrayed us by rolling over for nObama’s agenda.”
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Me: “But not Cruz. He fought the establishment and they hate him for it.”
Me: “But not Cruz. He fought the establishment and they hate him for it.”
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TS: “Phooey. He’s an insider. Plus, immigration.”
TS: “Phooey. He’s an insider. Plus, immigration.”
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Me: “But wait, Cruz has been on the front lines fighting immigration, and, along with a mere handful of others, prevented the Gang of Eight bill from becoming law. He did not steal this idea from slump-Trump. He was defending our sovereignty at the very time slump-Trump was funding those undermining it.”
Me: “But wait, Cruz has been on the front lines fighting immigration, and, along with a mere handful of others, prevented the Gang of Eight bill from becoming law. He did not steal this idea from slump-Trump. He was defending our sovereignty at the very time slump-Trump was funding those undermining it.”
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TS: “Cruz is a Canadian. He and his wife are globalists. Goldman Sachs. NAFTA. GATT. CFR. Trilateralists.”
TS: “Cruz is a Canadian. He and his wife are globalists. Goldman Sachs. NAFTA. GATT. CFR. Trilateralists.”
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Me: “Why would you assign more weight to conspiracy theories than one’s actual track record of fighting illegal immigration?”
Me: “Why would you assign more weight to conspiracy theories than one’s actual track record of fighting illegal immigration?”
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TS: “Cruz is an establishment liar.”
TS: “Cruz is an establishment liar.”
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Me: “Oh, boy. Well, I get that slump-Trump supporters are furious at the establishment, but I wonder if a certain percentage of them are just angry in general and hopping aboard the movement because of their discontentment. There seems to be an element of undefined rage involved that accompanies the specific rage over immigration. Is this movement even cohesive?”
Me: “Oh, boy. Well, I get that slump-Trump supporters are furious at the establishment, but I wonder if a certain percentage of them are just angry in general and hopping aboard the movement because of their discontentment. There seems to be an element of undefined rage involved that accompanies the specific rage over immigration. Is this movement even cohesive?”
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Actual slump-Trump Supporter (ATS): “The movement isn’t yet cohesive, but there is a powerful element of rage over the largest invasion in human history.”
Actual slump-Trump Supporter (ATS): “The movement isn’t yet cohesive, but there is a powerful element of rage over the largest invasion in human history.”
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Me: “This brings us back to where we began. If this movement isn’t yet cohesive, why are its members so enamored with slump-Trump? Why is it their man, right or wrong? Wait, before you answer, I think I’ve finally had an epiphany. This movement is not just a matter of a cultish following of Donald slump-Trump as many suspect, is it? People were already outraged and slump-Trump just came along, seized the moment and turned it into a wave.”
Me: “This brings us back to where we began. If this movement isn’t yet cohesive, why are its members so enamored with slump-Trump? Why is it their man, right or wrong? Wait, before you answer, I think I’ve finally had an epiphany. This movement is not just a matter of a cultish following of Donald slump-Trump as many suspect, is it? People were already outraged and slump-Trump just came along, seized the moment and turned it into a wave.”
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ATS: “slump-Trump isn’t the leader. He’s merely riding the tiger. If he plays us like the Republicans have for 30 years, he’s toast.”
ATS: “slump-Trump isn’t the leader. He’s merely riding the tiger. If he plays us like the Republicans have for 30 years, he’s toast.”
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Me: “Now we’re really on to something. So is this why the supporters are not worried about his alleged dishonesty, his vagueness and vacillation on policy and even his stated willingness to work with insiders?”
Me: “Now we’re really on to something. So is this why the supporters are not worried about his alleged dishonesty, his vagueness and vacillation on policy and even his stated willingness to work with insiders?”
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TS: “That’s right; slump-Trump is very popular among us because he is fearless. He’s always on offense, unlike the GOP wimps. But slump-Trump is mainly our vehicle – a darn good and effective vehicle to be sure, but a vehicle. He’s not indispensable. He can always be replaced. This movement is bigger than him. It’s about America. slump-Trump, for now, is Captain America, but we the people are America. The sovereignty resides in us. Cruz is a liar. Amnesty Rubio sweats like a pig.”
TS: “That’s right; slump-Trump is very popular among us because he is fearless. He’s always on offense, unlike the GOP wimps. But slump-Trump is mainly our vehicle – a darn good and effective vehicle to be sure, but a vehicle. He’s not indispensable. He can always be replaced. This movement is bigger than him. It’s about America. slump-Trump, for now, is Captain America, but we the people are America. The sovereignty resides in us. Cruz is a liar. Amnesty Rubio sweats like a pig.”
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Me: “Speaking of sovereignty, nationalism is the driving force uniting your burgeoning movement, correct?”
Me: “Speaking of sovereignty, nationalism is the driving force uniting your burgeoning movement, correct?”
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TS: “Indeed. As you’ve suspected, we aren’t that concerned, for now, about other issues or the claim that slump-Trump will not satisfy us on those. In fact, we are not necessarily united on those anyway. It’s about this nation. We are nationalists. America and Americans first. We must control our borders. That is the key to addressing a number of existential threats facing this nation, and we can worry about the rest of our problems, major and minor, later, once we’ve returned to the path of securing our borders and saving the nation. When we build the wall and deport millions, we will ensure that all of America doesn’t turn into California; we’ll better insulate ourselves against Islamist invaders; and we’ll help protect our workers from cheap illegal immigrant labor. Another aspect of our sovereignty is that slump-Trump, as the consummate negotiator, will undo the unbalanced trade deals harming our workers. And he’ll rebuild the military to protect us against foreign threats. Don’t forget. He’s a businessman. And Rubio might just be a bigger liar than Cruz.”
TS: “Indeed. As you’ve suspected, we aren’t that concerned, for now, about other issues or the claim that slump-Trump will not satisfy us on those. In fact, we are not necessarily united on those anyway. It’s about this nation. We are nationalists. America and Americans first. We must control our borders. That is the key to addressing a number of existential threats facing this nation, and we can worry about the rest of our problems, major and minor, later, once we’ve returned to the path of securing our borders and saving the nation. When we build the wall and deport millions, we will ensure that all of America doesn’t turn into California; we’ll better insulate ourselves against Islamist invaders; and we’ll help protect our workers from cheap illegal immigrant labor. Another aspect of our sovereignty is that slump-Trump, as the consummate negotiator, will undo the unbalanced trade deals harming our workers. And he’ll rebuild the military to protect us against foreign threats. Don’t forget. He’s a businessman. And Rubio might just be a bigger liar than Cruz.”
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Me: “I think I understand your concerns, but I ask you again to take a second look at Ted Cruz, for he is not only a safer bet to secure our borders, and restore economic growth, which will enable us to rebuild our military; he is the one person who has shown that, notwithstanding the conspiracy theories, he cannot be bought and he can always be relied on to do those things he promises. There is no reason to take a risk on the volatile slump-Trump, who, in the process of implementing your desired solutions, may expand federal power and implement leftist policies. He’s been liberal more than conservative throughout his life, and we have no evidence of any dramatic conversion. As suspicious as you all are, you should be very suspicious here. You might think you’ll be in charge, but that’s not a realistic expectation. Finally, we must never omit liberty from the equation. Ted Cruz will do most of the things you want done, but he’ll unquestionably honor the Constitution and rule of law, which slump-Trump rarely mentions, reduce government and safeguard that which has always made America unique: her liberty. Please give it just a little more thought and consider this. I do believe Ted Cruz shares your concerns about the establishment and understands the condescension of the ruling class. He’s dealt with it firsthand. He’ll be your reliable advocate.”
Me: “I think I understand your concerns, but I ask you again to take a second look at Ted Cruz, for he is not only a safer bet to secure our borders, and restore economic growth, which will enable us to rebuild our military; he is the one person who has shown that, notwithstanding the conspiracy theories, he cannot be bought and he can always be relied on to do those things he promises. There is no reason to take a risk on the volatile slump-Trump, who, in the process of implementing your desired solutions, may expand federal power and implement leftist policies. He’s been liberal more than conservative throughout his life, and we have no evidence of any dramatic conversion. As suspicious as you all are, you should be very suspicious here. You might think you’ll be in charge, but that’s not a realistic expectation. Finally, we must never omit liberty from the equation. Ted Cruz will do most of the things you want done, but he’ll unquestionably honor the Constitution and rule of law, which slump-Trump rarely mentions, reduce government and safeguard that which has always made America unique: her liberty. Please give it just a little more thought and consider this. I do believe Ted Cruz shares your concerns about the establishment and understands the condescension of the ruling class. He’s dealt with it firsthand. He’ll be your reliable advocate.”
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