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R B Garr

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6. Here's my summation or how I read the political cues for right or wrong:
Fri Dec 2, 2016, 12:15 PM
Dec 2016

Third Way = LET'S GET ELECTED. Nothing else matters. Duh.

Clinton economics - It's the Economy Stupid. To beat the Republicans at the smear that Democrats are only tax and spend, Bill C. went right at them with his fiscal plans, but in the meantime alienated some of the base to accomplish this. I took it as a long game, which it was. Like paying off a credit card, you eliminate some programs until such time until the debt is paid. That resulting surplus would have been handed off to Al Gore who actually had a brilliant mind for global politics!

Then came Nader. Oh, and Al Gore was kinda nerdy. And his voice... And he wore khakis.

Obama did all he could to clean up Bush's wars and the pillaging of the economy.

Then came Sanders. Oh, and Clinton coronation. And her voice... And she gave speeches.

THE END

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