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Political discourse has become so rotten that it\u2019s no longer possible to tell the stench of one presidential candidate from the stink of another.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nP. J. O\u2019Rourke<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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