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Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

Gregorian

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4. I had always thought Clinton was unable to veto that. Thanks for clarifying.

Reply to merrily (Original post)

Fri May 15, 2015, 05:09 PM

May 2015

And I had always thought that was indicative of whose side he was on. Oh well.

I just hope Americans have grown up since then. It's time to vote in your best interest: a noncorporate candidate is the only way to go.

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