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Not entirely, but not too far off

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The commenters in all the Portlands are mouth-breathers. It's just the way it is, I reckon.

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Those are very suspicious numbers.

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Exactly. Term limit fans start from a position that all politician suck but, I'm the first person to say that the reason I oppose term limits is because my Senator is Sherrod Brown and I will send that man back to office as many times as he wants to go. If he ever decides to retire, I'm still going to show up at his house (he lives 15 minutes from me), throw him in the trunk of my car and drive him back to Congress.

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We Wonketteers are subtle. The resemblance you note is too obvious to justify non-commenting upon.

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Actually, I've found that almost all term limit fans start from a position that all politicians suck except mine. In other words, term limits for thee but not for me.

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Landscape company in the Austin area is called "The Marquis de Sod."

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And sometimes, like Christie, they simply don't give a fuck.

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Should we get out our umbrellas?

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Yeah, fucking pig is going to be a fucking pig!

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Only the assholes do.

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We call ourselves that, at least we did when I was a kid.

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"Will of the people". Doesn't seem to mean much to these folks.

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"They can't be healthy, well-nourished or well-educated when I'm not healthy, well-nourished or well-educated" - LePage.

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Nor the Constitution. Drumpf is going to show how useless it is when it is balanced on norms.

"When they go low, we go high" is a losing proposition.

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Florist in Boston was called "Plant Parenthood."

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