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James Bovard Quotes: If an election is simply a one-day snapshot of transient mass delusions, then this is not a very noble form of government.
         

If an election is simply a one-day snapshot of transient mass delusions, then this is not a very noble form of government.


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If an election is simply a one-day snapshot of transient mass delusions, then this is not a very noble form of government.
         



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