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Perky

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Mon Jun-15-09 12:10 PM
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He is simply brilliant politically

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rurallib

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Mon Jun-15-09 12:12 PM
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1. The kind of guy who can tell you to go to hell and make you want

to get your bags packed quickly for the trip

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ellacott

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Mon Jun-15-09 12:13 PM
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4. Yes, the art of diplomacy

His speech was great . :)

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Proud Liberal Dem

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Mon Jun-15-09 12:12 PM
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2. Who? What did he/she do?

Edited on Mon Jun-15-09 12:13 PM by Proud Liberal Dem

:shrug:

Edit: Oh, you said it was a "he"

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Sick_of_Rethuggery

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Mon Jun-15-09 12:58 PM
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34. President Obama.

Gave a fantastic and comprehensive speech on health care reform to AMA -- and yes, he did champion public option :-)

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Proud Liberal Dem

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Mon Jun-15-09 01:04 PM
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35. Great news!!! Thanks!!!

I hope that some of his fellow "Democrats" in the Senate were paying attention.

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nichomachus

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Mon Jun-15-09 01:27 PM
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38. President Obama

also gave a speech in which he promised to be a fierce advocate for gay people and to fight tirelessly to overturn DOMA.

He gives wonderful speeches - -that I'll grant you. But I was looking for a leader, not a public speaker.

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monmouth

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Mon Jun-15-09 12:13 PM
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3. They loved him and they will never be able to say no to him. He

bombarded them with facts, they liked those facts. I'm thinking insurance execs might have a two-martini lunch.

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Perky

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Mon Jun-15-09 12:16 PM
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6. The line that got em: was thath the were called to be healers not beancounters

Big Standing Ovation for that.

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madaboutharry

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Mon Jun-15-09 12:19 PM
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9. Medicine is now all about beancounting.

Your health is secondary.

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monmouth

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Mon Jun-15-09 12:25 PM
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16. I had the same thought. That was the takeaway...n/t

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Frosty1

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Tue Jun-16-09 11:27 AM
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48. Anyone have a link to the speech?

:shrug:

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tavalon

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Mon Jun-15-09 12:15 PM
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5. Who? Mickey Mouse?

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Clio the Leo

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Mon Jun-15-09 12:26 PM
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17. Not "he who must be obeyed" but....

"he who SHOULD be listened to." ;)

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grantcart

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Mon Jun-15-09 12:17 PM
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7. He makes it impossible for his opponents to pillory him

He frames the debate and they must respond to his points.

We are not going to get everything we want, but he is going to maximize our interests.

His 'reluctant' support of the public option is much more effective than had he banged the drum from the beginnig.

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polmaven

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Mon Jun-15-09 12:19 PM
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8. may we assume

you are referring to the President at the AMA? :shrug:

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Perky

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Mon Jun-15-09 12:20 PM
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10. You may indeed.

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Clio the Leo

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Mon Jun-15-09 12:21 PM
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11. He has managed to do what no other man could ever do....

Edited on Mon Jun-15-09 12:21 PM by Clio the Leo

.... he makes me want to eat vegetables.

Not my mama, not my daddy, not scores of boyfriends who tried and failed.

And with that .... I'm going to go eat some broccoli. ....... WITHOUT cheese on it!

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AspenRose

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Mon Jun-15-09 12:23 PM
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13. I bet VP Hotness could get you to eat your veggies.

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Clio the Leo

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Mon Jun-15-09 12:25 PM
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15. Nope.

Edited on Mon Jun-15-09 12:25 PM by Clio the Leo

But for Obama .... I'd do it.

Barack Obama makes green vegetables seem COOL.

Now Biden might get me fired up enough to stay on the treadmill longer, lol ...... "Just stay on champ!!! Stay on!!!"

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Perky

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Mon Jun-15-09 12:23 PM
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14. ROFLMAO... Yeah you and Poppy Bush now must eat your Broccoli

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monmouth

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Mon Jun-15-09 12:28 PM
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19. The good news on that?? I absolutely had to take off some weight.

I really did, so baked chicken with tomatoes and cucumbers. Broccoli drizzled with a little dressing at lunch. I was hungry the first few days, but after I looked at the scale..voila! Broccoli, even without the cheese, its pretty tasty. I lost eleven pounds in eleven days. I'm at a standstill right now but am sticking to it.

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Clio the Leo

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Mon Jun-15-09 12:32 PM
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20. Yay monmouth!!!!!!

Just pretend you eat every meal with Barack Obama sitting next to you .... you KNOW if you sat down next to him with a plate full of fat and sugar he'd make that face he made when Joe the Hotness made the joke about Justice Roberts ....... and that's a fate worse than death! lol

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monmouth

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Mon Jun-15-09 12:35 PM
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22. You know what's really bad about getting old Clio? My eldest son

is three days younger than POTUS. When the CIC of your country is the same age as your eldest kid, you know your best days are behind you. If I sat next to him I might head into that "mommy" thing or something. Now Joe? That's a whole 'nother matter....LOL.

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Clio the Leo

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Mon Jun-15-09 12:44 PM
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27. nah, I known too many people who never had a chance to get old...

... cut down in the prime of their life. Be thankful for every day you are given young lady! ;)

But I know how you feel .... my father adores the President as much as the next person but constantly refers to him as "that kid."

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Clio the Leo

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Mon Jun-15-09 12:23 PM
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12. Glen Beck said that Obama is smarter than Thomas Jefferson...

.... he said that quoting someone else (who I think may have been Karl Rove, but he wouldn't name names.)

Now, I dont know how you determine exactly how smart Jefferson was, and of course Beck had to qualify it by saying "He's smarter than Jefferson, but he's doing all the wrong things..."

But he said it ...... it was perhaps the most rational thing Beck has ever said.

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undeterred

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Mon Jun-15-09 12:48 PM
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31. Yeah, but does Glen Beck know who Thomas Jefferson was?

I mean, I don't think a lot of these radio guys have any education at all.

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Clio the Leo

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Mon Jun-15-09 02:17 PM
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42. Of course he does, Jefferson was one of the Great White Fathers...

... and he, like, wrote a paper or something. But yeah, Great White Father, what else does Beck need to know? :)

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NYC_SKP

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Mon Jun-15-09 01:40 PM
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39. He was probably thinking of George Jefferson.

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OneGrassRoot

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Mon Jun-15-09 02:00 PM
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41. DUzy alert!!!!

Oh, that was GOOD!!!

:spray:

:rofl:

:applause:

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Clio the Leo

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Mon Jun-15-09 02:18 PM
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43. ah, you know I think you're right...

.... and I appreciate that because the thought of Beck saying something that made sense (somewhat) was scaring. me

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lame54

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Mon Jun-15-09 12:27 PM
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18. I agree and disagree

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Clio the Leo

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Mon Jun-15-09 12:33 PM
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21. lol, you do realize this is not Twitter ....

... you want to flesh that post out some? There's no character limit, fire away! ;)

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lame54

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Tue Jun-16-09 07:36 AM
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44. it depends who we are talking about

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JimWis

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Mon Jun-15-09 12:36 PM
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23. Politically brilliant - I agree. The speech was great. I was waiting

for him to sneak in the public option part - waited until the end and carried it out well.

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alcibiades_mystery

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Mon Jun-15-09 12:43 PM
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26. Basic first-year rhetoric

If your position is unpopular with the audience, wait until you've completed your proofs to present it. :-)

Every first-year composition student knows this. Well, not every one... :rofl:

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Mon Jun-15-09 12:39 PM
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24. He healed my psoriasis! n/t

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Clio the Leo

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Mon Jun-15-09 12:46 PM
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30. And my ....

.... cramps aren't as bad as they were before he started!

Of course it MIGHT have been the Advil I took too. lol

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OwnedByFerrets

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Mon Jun-15-09 12:40 PM
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25. So was/is KKKarl....whats your point?

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Baltoman991

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Mon Jun-15-09 12:57 PM
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33. So,

comapring him to Bush isn't enough? Now you'll compare him to Karl Rove?

Please, Rove couldn't carry Obamas jock for crying out loud.

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OwnedByFerrets

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Tue Jun-16-09 07:46 AM
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46. Refute my statement.....you cant.

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Orsino

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Tue Jun-16-09 07:52 AM
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47. Rove was sponsored by the press and shielded by a corrupt Administration.

He was merely unscrupulous. I don't recall his ever demonstrating any political brilliance.

During his time as Bush's bag man, he never had to row upstream as President Obama does.

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OwnedByFerrets

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Tue Jun-16-09 12:37 PM
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49. I hate the man and wish he were spending the rest of

his life in prison where he belongs....but he was a brilliant politican. He was able to turn a idiot son into the two time president of the US. He had to cheat to do it, but he still accomplished it. He is also still out of jail....that in itself is brilliant.

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Orsino

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Tue Jun-16-09 12:39 PM
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50. I'm still not seeing the brilliance.

The press wanted to crown Bush, and so they did. Rove was simply the liaison.

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OwnedByFerrets

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Thu Jun-18-09 08:40 AM
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52. OK, we can agree to disagree.Like 99.9% of what goes on

here at DU, neither viewpoint will change anything.

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Hutzpa

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Tue Jun-16-09 12:46 PM
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51. Thanks for being transparent

a little bit of insight always helps.

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lame54

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Tue Jun-16-09 07:45 AM
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45. correct - he brought us the demise of the republican party - brilliant

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Gman2

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Mon Jun-15-09 12:44 PM
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28. Just wait till Iran ineviteably moves towards world citizen!

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Gman2

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Mon Jun-15-09 12:44 PM
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29. Just wait till Iran ineviteably moves towards world citizen!

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Rob Gregory Browne

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Mon Jun-15-09 12:55 PM
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32. I really hate posts that don't tell you what the fuck they're talking about.

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Bobbie Jo

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Mon Jun-15-09 01:10 PM
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36. Well...sometimes if you read the responses, you can figure it out pretty quickly.

;)

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Rob Gregory Browne

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Mon Jun-15-09 01:17 PM
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37. I shouldn't have to.

I'm a writer. The first rule of writing is clarity. If you're going to start a post, be clear. That's all I ask.

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Cha

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Mon Jun-15-09 01:53 PM
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40. I glad he

did so well..he needs all the support he can get..and I love it that there are so many who appreciate him.

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