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peggysue2

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54. Ahh. . . nothing's new under the sun

Sun Aug 5, 2018, 11:19 AM

Aug 2018

A sizable chunk of the protesters I spoke with voted for Nader. I thought, if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't be out here freezing my ass off in the rain. But I digress.

Sounds vaguely familiar, no?

Now all we have to do is start learning from the past.

Eyes on the Prize!

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Ahh. . . nothing's new under the sun peggysue2 Aug 2018 #54

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