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Mass

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6. I honestly hope so, and, if we were living in a rational world, it would be the case.

Reply to Doodley (Reply #5)

Mon Sep 26, 2016, 09:49 AM

Sep 2016

But we live in a world where all references are lost (most papers have endorsed Hillary Clinton, and still polls are so close).

However, the bar is so low when it comes to Trump that, short of a huge problem, people will declare him presidential (remember, reading a speech on a teleprompter is now what passes for presidential).

So, I am sort of worried.

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