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82. Curiously, isn't "extracting value" what Rmoney's backers will expect? If this election turns into

Mon Sep 3, 2012, 10:02 AM

Sep 2012

a "selection" like 2000 & 2004, it would appear the fix is in to extract whatever value is left out of this country, Romney style. It's
the only way he will win. People simply do not trust him, and they shouldn't, his only road to victory would seem to be Rove style.

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