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alarimer

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15. It does now, but it seemed like an exaggeration at the time.

Reply to yallerdawg (Reply #6)

Mon Feb 13, 2017, 02:41 PM

Feb 2017

It was literally unbelievable that he could be so bad. And so it didn't resonate. Maybe with an little,"Well, could he really be so bad?" We knew the answer was yes, but politicians lie and exaggerate almost as much as they breathe, so it's no wonder people didn't believe it.

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