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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 05:49 PM Original message |
Sestak is already declaring victory in the PA primary. |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. I don't trust him. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 05:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Me either - or Specter for that matter. nt |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
58. Would you trust him more than Specter? |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. He's a politician. Did you expect something different? nt |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 08:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
39. Sestak is the one who claims not to be the politician in the race. |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:28 PM Response to Reply #39 |
59. I don't think you expected that at all... |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:45 PM Response to Reply #39 |
70. Actually Specter's ad implies that he, Specter is not "just a politician" |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
3. Specter isn't exactly egoless - at his age, why doesn't he retire? nt |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Because he likes helping and serving the people of PA. His whole life has been devoted to public |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I feel the same way you do. I hope the people of PA do too and vote him in again. |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I think you will see the support for Specter at the polls. This support is not being shown in the |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. I hope so. I've always had a deep respect for him... even when he was on the other side. |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:35 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Thank you. People in PA have always voted for Sen. Specter the man, |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 07:20 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. You really think it doesn't matter that Specter voted for Bush's tax cuts and fake war? nt |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 08:13 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. It is old news. I am over Bush and have moved on. n/t |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 08:17 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. "Over Bush"? Well, good for you. The tax-cuts and war-crime invasions are on-going ruinations. |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:31 PM Response to Reply #34 |
61. Oh man.... that's it... |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:42 PM Response to Reply #61 |
67. wisteria is not a troll, I can vouch for that |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:56 PM Response to Reply #67 |
78. Well, that makes 2 of us, MH1... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 08:16 PM Response to Reply #20 |
37. Some of us DEMOCRATS never voted for Specter the REPUBLICAN. |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 08:19 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. And some of us did. I am probably older than you are and some times I find myself voting for the |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:32 PM Response to Reply #40 |
62. Can you say.... |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:46 AM Response to Reply #40 |
87. To hell with the person and the party - what matters is POLICY. nt |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 08:15 PM Response to Reply #17 |
36. Respect for a Republican? Whatever. |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 08:24 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. Maybe you have to live in western PA to understand. n/t |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:33 PM Response to Reply #45 |
63. Bullshit... I live in Western PA... |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:40 PM Response to Reply #45 |
66. I think Joe Sestak will do quite well in the western counties generally |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Just saying - it takes a pretty big ego. nt |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
5. He was responding to Ed who asked him if he was going to |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. That makes no difference, he said he was going to stand there as the winner. |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. You must not have been paying attention for long. I remembe |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 07:09 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. There is something different in a rallying cry and one in which you matter of factly state you will |
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vi5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
6. Wait, are people anti Sestak now? |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Some of us have never liked him and others have found out some things they don't like about him now. |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. nah, the pro-Sestak people are busy at work |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:37 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. And, me I have been working for Specter all day along with many others. |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
12. That's OK, he just said he's going to win. What should he say, "No, I'm going to lose"? |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. First, it is a premature declaration and it shows a lack of politcal correctness. |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
14. That's what Coleman said to Al Franken as I recall. |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Interesting. n/t |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
19. Spector helped me get a job as he has been the top supporter for medical research |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Since he switched he has been a solid Democrat on HCR, etc. |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 07:32 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Sestak has a more conservative voting record than Specter. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 08:21 PM Response to Reply #29 |
42. I wouldn't lean too heavily on Ed Rendell as a reliable source. |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 08:23 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Rendell has internals, what are you working with-Rasmussen? |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 08:29 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Haven't checked Ras yet, but stumbled across it here: |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:02 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. They refer to the Rassmussen poll. And, like I have said, it is the end game that will matter. n/t |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:04 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. If you go back with Ras in Pennsylvania -- say the Rendell race |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:58 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Sen. Specter has saved a lot of PA jobs through the years. |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 07:44 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. I have seen the remark "been in the Navy" or words to that effect in some other posts, |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 08:12 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. He was an Admiral in the Navy. Is that better. I mean no disrespect |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 08:26 PM Response to Reply #33 |
47. An Admiral in the United States Navy is not qualified to be a US Senator? |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:00 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. Not as much as a man who has served in that position for 30 years. |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:33 PM Response to Reply #52 |
64. "commanding a regiment"?? I doubt he did that in the Navy either. |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:39 PM Response to Reply #52 |
65. Sestak's qualifications (include Master's and Doctorate from Harvard) |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 06:10 AM Response to Reply #65 |
86. Well stated. nt |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:43 PM Response to Reply #52 |
68. Arlen is a paid shill |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
23. This race isn't over till the votes are counted |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:58 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. That is what I think too. n/t |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
31. I'm rooting for Joe. |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 08:06 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. WE know, but can you vote in PA? Republicans and Supporters |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 08:14 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Polling in Pennsylvania shows Sestak up 4, current to this morning's |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 08:20 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. Yeah, he is down one point. And, from the same old polling source. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 08:22 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. No, Sestak is up 4. |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 08:25 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. He was up 5 in that poll the day before. He is down 1 point. n/t |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 08:29 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Tomorrow's published poll will show the same spread. The election |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. Ah, how do you know that. And sorry my support for Specter remains strong. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:17 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. How do I know what? The polling has been published pretty regularly. |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:23 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. It is the same Mullenburg poll all the time. And, besides I'll wait for the election results. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:30 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. If you don't like Muhlenberg, you can try Franklin & Marshall, due out |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
50. Should he be declaring defeat? |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 08:58 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. He seems a little to sure of himself. And, right back atcha about the BS about Specter. n/t |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
69. Well I hope he is right, Specter was one of the tools that gave us USSC Justice Clarence Thomas. nt |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:47 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. Specter also voted for DOMA and advocates elimination of the estate tax. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:50 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. Yep, he has a long, self-serving history of lacking either principles or scruples. |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:51 PM Response to Reply #72 |
75. Specter is for civil unions which is what most of PA is for. But, he is a reasonable man |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 10:14 PM Response to Reply #75 |
84. DOMA outlaws equal benefits to same-sex unions |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
71. I just want to say.... |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:48 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. Nice! |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:55 PM Response to Reply #71 |
77. Not a PA resident are you. n/t |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:58 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. Look back at all the threads you shit on and you'll find that I AM... |
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PM Martin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:59 PM Response to Reply #71 |
81. +1 |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
76. Vote Arlen Specter, the real Democrat-77% of Democrats say so. |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 10:00 PM Response to Reply #76 |
82. Send the single bullet theory senator to the home for the politically insane! |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 10:03 PM Response to Reply #76 |
83. Does the campaign pay you? |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
80. It's impossible for him to be worse than Arlen Sphincter. |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
85. Glad it's not my state. |
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