betrayal of the poor who believed his lies and voted for him.<\/a> Of course, his wives could tell you about that too. Time was when the Party of Personal Responsibility said, \u201cCharacter matters\u201d but they prostituted that to Trump along with all the rest of their integrity. <\/p>\nWhat\u2019s amazing is how his adoring fans love it when he stabs them in the back, just so long as they can savor somebody even weaker and poorer than themselves receiving even greater cruelty. They are like the Russian peasant confronted with an angel who promised him anything, but with the caveat that his enemy would get twice as much. \u201cGouge out one of my eyes and beat me half to death,\u201d said the peasant. Envy is the stupidest sin.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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