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The Great Debate

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This upcoming Monday, September 26th, will be the first (of three) presidential debate. I have been looking forward to this day for literally months. It’s not too soon to get the popcorn popping, the soft drinks chilling, and the air horns waiting.

I have written about this astonishing election off and on during the course of the year. Like most of the country, I am not a fan of either candidate. It seems to me most of the interest in either candidate is simply based on despising the other one. My view is this: if Hillary Clinton is elected, it will be for a similar reason for Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize. He did it by not being George Bush, and she’ll do it by not being Donald Trump.

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