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Skidmore

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4. Ah. We don't need to expect Congress to do its job.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Wed Oct 30, 2013, 10:15 AM

Oct 2013

Just the President because we expect him to be dictatorial so we can scream about any action the executive takes when forced to step into the breach created by a corrupt and inept legislature.

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