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In today's print edition of the New York Times, a letter to the editor from Jimmy Stewart's daughter (Original Post) demmiblue Aug 2020 OP
Checkmate! nt Hotler Aug 2020 #1
That's clear and concise. Well done! k&r n/t Laelth Aug 2020 #2
K&R gademocrat7 Aug 2020 #3
Love it malaise Aug 2020 #4
Kick dalton99a Aug 2020 #5
I hope that makes a small dent in the seniors who are still supporting Trump. CTyankee Aug 2020 #6
If Trump is anyone from "It's a Wonderful Life," it's Mr. Potter. Music Man Aug 2020 #7
Banker and ruthless real estate broker... Wounded Bear Aug 2020 #9
K&R for the bygone Repubs of Olde, STEWART. But actors read what others wrote for them. UTUSN Aug 2020 #8
A more apt comparison would be to Goethe's Faust who sold his soul RestoreAmerica2020 Aug 2020 #10

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10. A more apt comparison would be to Goethe's Faust who sold his soul
Thu Aug 27, 2020, 11:41 AM
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..to the devil (mephistopheles) for riches, power [eerily describes trump, his ghoulish sycophants, family, gop] yet in the end Faust finds redemption--with this evil cabal no ser posible obtener perdon [may not be possible to obtain forgiveness.]

Faust makes a pact (an agreement) with Mephistopheles who promises him all his soul can wish for: fine living, gold, women and honour. Faust signs the pact with his blood. Faust uses magic in the hope that it will tell him everything about life. However, in the end Mephistopheles wins his bet.
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Ultimately, Faust goes to Heaven, for he loses only half of the bet. Angels, who arrive as messengers of divine mercy, declare at the end of Act V: "He who strives on and lives to strive/ Can earn redemption still" (V
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