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Old Jan 21, 2004 | 9:07 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Felix Unger:
For our friends from overseas that may not be completely familiar with the tone and tempo of American politics, please look at these breathless posts with the same bemused tolerance that I do.

While there is a nugget of real conviction inside them, about 98% of the hysteria they contain is actually about the November elections. As Americans we have a bad habit of deifying our leaders, and then immediately villifying them.
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You are off-base. Despite my grave concerns about civil liberties, I'm actually a republican and I'll probably be voting for Bush this election, because frankly, there are issues of concern to FFs that are more important than the TSA mire.

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