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As I tell my boys, the difference between conservatives and liberals is simple. \u00a0Conservatives believe they are right and everyone else is wrong. \u00a0Liberals know they are right and everyone else is either stupid or evil.<\/p>\n

Watch and enjoy. \u00a0Again, someday it will be illegal to be Christian unless your Christaintiy, like everything else, is brought down to kneel before the gospel of liberalism. \u00a0This is only a a warning shot. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"