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raccoon

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Wed Aug 31, 2016, 08:30 AM Aug 2016

Well said, Stephen King! Kudos (or is it Cujos) to SK.

“I’ve already used Paul LePage-type characters twice in my books,” the author wrote in an email to MSNBC’s “The Last Word.” “Greg Stilton, the nutty right-wing Congressman in ‘The Dead Zone’ is one. The other is the monster clown in ‘It.’ Like the clown, Governor LePage is Pennywise… and pound foolish.”

http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/stephen-king-ive-used-paul-lepage-type-characters-my-books

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Well said, Stephen King! Kudos (or is it Cujos) to SK. (Original Post) raccoon Aug 2016 OP
Ouch. riversedge Aug 2016 #1
Welll, yeah, but in these "interesting times" the guy says some remarkable things. nt raccoon Aug 2016 #2
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