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I voted for Gary Johnson for prez.\u00a0 He did a fine job in the RT debate last night on the issue of Iran and the folly of\u00a0 making another 100 million enemies of America.<\/p>\n

I wasn’t sure whether I’d bother to vote – but I had to go out and get beer anyhow – and there was no line at the polling place, so….<\/p>\n

As I was leaving, one of the poll workers thanked me for voting. I burst out laughing. I did not explain to her that I favored destroying almost all the jobs of the govt. workers & govt. contractors within a 30 mile radius.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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