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procon

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3. Here's the best line in the whole op ed:
Wed May 18, 2016, 02:04 PM
May 2016

Addressin Sanders followers...

Instead, they’re most emotionally invested in the Sanders campaign as a vehicle of rebellion and revolution, a blow against that big amorphous blob of people, institutions, procedures and norms called “the establishment” or “the system.” Because they are convinced that the system is corrupt and only the Sanders campaign is pure, any loss by Sanders can only be evidence that corruption has triumphed. If more Democrats prefer Hillary Clinton to be their nominee, it can only be because the game was rigged.



Lather. Rinse. Repeat. That's the Plan.

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