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Hard for me to put my feelings to words on this one\u2026 <\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iJG-7s1e5eM<\/a>\n

(and, thank you, Bartholomew<\/a>, for both the pointer and for probing a little deeper into this bit of nastiness..<\/i>.)<\/p>\n

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Hard for me to put my feelings to words on this one\u2026 (and, thank you, Bartholomew, for both the pointer and for probing a little deeper into this bit of nastiness…)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nPolitics in Alabama Today<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hard for me to put my feelings to words on this one... 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