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I\u2019m considerably more positive toward Marco Rubio than Dr. Sowell is, but, overall, I agree with him. \u00a0I certainly agree\u00a0with him, given the challenges that we face, in his judgment that the presidential campaign thus far \u2014 especially on the Republican side \u2014 has been dangerously irresponsible and frivolous.<\/p>\n
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And I fear that it may already be too late for us to avoid looming electoral and national disaster.<\/p>\n
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Posted from Ka\u2019anapali, Maui, Hawai\u2019i<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 Thanks to Loran Blood for bringing this item, written by one of my favorite economists and political commentators, to my notice: \u00a0 http:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/articles\/2016\/02\/16\/tragedy_and_choices__129669.html \u00a0 I\u2019m considerably more positive toward Marco Rubio than Dr. Sowell is, but, overall, I agree with him. \u00a0I certainly agree\u00a0with him, given the challenges that we face, in his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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