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SticksnStones

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53. Well, agree to disagree...

Wed May 3, 2017, 02:00 PM

May 2017

Zuck's conflicts are not hers...one might extrapolate that to say the same for 45 and sons...personally, I don't buy it. What, we would have some kind of Chinese wall between the president and first gentleman? Uh uh...

No candidate will ever appeal to everyone. That candidate is a unicorn. A voting record gives a clearer idea of the candidate's true values, actions speaking greater than words n'all -

If this presidency has shown us anything, I hope it shows the value of having actual politicians in politics, as well as the necessity to elect people who have some experience governing and forming coalitions.

Running a company and holding elected office are not the same thing.

And I will say it again: the Presidency is NOT the place to cut your political teeth.

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