Posted on 10/15/2012 8:52:54 PM PDT by DestroyLiberalism
Please pass this on to anyone you know who is not yet committed to voting for a particular candidate in the upcoming presidential election. Now more than ever, America needs them to make the right choice on November 6...
1) If a presidential candidate were to promise to violate or circumvent the U.S. Constitution at every opportunity in order to advance his personal ideology, would you vote to elect this candidate President of the United States?
Read: http://dailycaller.com/2012/02/16/obamas-doormat-the-u-s-constitution
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VEQbtzMzxA
Read: http://www.heritage.org/constitution
2) If a presidential candidate were to promise to forcefully ram a highly unpopular 2,700 page health reform bill into law that will cause your health care costs, insurance premiums, and taxes to skyrocket; allow the federal government to become directly involved in all personal health care decisions between you and your doctor; and put the federal government on a direct path to take over the U.S. health care system (one-sixth of the U.S. economy), would you vote to elect this candidate President of the United States?
Video: http://blog.heritage.org/2010/03/26/video-what-obamacare-means-for-americans
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE-WXvQ-QeM&feature=plcp
Read: http://www.heritage.org/research/projects/the-case-against-obamacare
Read: http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2010/11/repealing-obamacare-and-getting-health-care-right
3) If a presidential candidate were to promise to pass a law empowering the federal government to force you to purchase a health insurance plan, make you pay a steep monthly penalty if you don’t, and even throw you in jail if you choose not to comply with either option, would you vote to elect this candidate President of the United States?
Read: http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/the-best-life/2012/07/13/how-the-health-insurance-mandate-penalty-will-work
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrYRai1pGXM&feature=related
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Wxei4leyqM
4) If a presidential candidate were to promise that under his watch he will oversee an increase in the number of Americans who are out of work despite promising to create millions of “shovel-ready” jobs, maintain the unemployment rate at over 8% for 43 consecutive months despite passing a record-breaking $862 billion stimulus bill, and then later joke that the promised jobs were “not as shovel-ready as we expected”, would you vote to elect this candidate President of the United States?
Chart: http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS14000000
Read: http://cnsnews.com/news/article/bls-obama-unemployment-rate-above-8-longer-any-other-president-1948
Read: http://www.forbes.com/sites/charleskadlec/2012/08/13/president-obamas-smashing-success-story-greatly-increasing-the-power-of-government
Video: http://nation.foxnews.com/president-obama/2011/06/13/obama-jokes-jobs-council-shovel-ready-was-not-shovel-ready-we-expected
5) If a presidential candidate were to promise that under his watch the average median household income will fall by 8.2% and the number of Americans on food stamps will soar by over 65% to nearly 47 million (approximately 1 out of every 7 Americans), would you vote to elect this candidate President of the United States?
Read: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/26/household-income-down-82-percent-since-obama-took-office-study-shows
Chart: http://news.investors.com/photopopup.aspx?path=WEBhsld0926.gif&docId=626958&xmpSource=&width=800&height=492&caption
Video: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7421590n
Read: http://blog.heritage.org/2012/09/19/food-stamp-participation-doubled-among-able-bodied-adults-after-obama-suspended-work-requirement
Charts: http://www.trivisonno.com/food-stamps-charts
6) If a presidential candidate were to promise to illegally bypass Congress to issue an executive order that allows for removing all work requirements from President Bill Clinton’s 1996 Welfare Reform Act so that welfare recipients can receive free entitlements without needing to seek or train for a job, would you vote to elect this candidate President of the United States?
Read: http://blog.heritage.org/2012/07/12/obama-guts-welfare-reform
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MylSrsC6Fg
7) If a presidential candidate were to promise to become the first president in U.S. history to accumulate over $1 trillion in deficit spending every year in office, allow the national debt to skyrocket by more than 50% to $16+ trillion after four years, and then insist on increasing government spending even more, would you vote to elect this candidate President of the United States?
View: http://www.usdebtclock.org
Read: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2009/10/620000005/1#.UGuyRNIookg
Read: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/04/who-do-owe-most-that-16-trillion-to-hint-it-isnt-china
Read: http://dailycaller.com/2012/07/27/obama-offers-10-year-42-6-trillion-spending-plan
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbJ9ICG3Z_I
8) If a presidential candidate were to promise to not act in stopping the U.S. defense budget from being slashed and therefore severely eroding and compromising military readiness, would you vote to elect this candidate President of the United States?
Read: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/09/14/obama-says-sequestration-would-be-disaster/70000363/1#.UHD0WNIookg
Video: http://blog.heritage.org/2012/07/12/sequestration-will-damage-an-already-weakened-air-force
9) If a presidential candidate were to promise to sue states that try to crack down on illegal immigration and then illegally bypasses Congress to issue an executive order granting some illegal aliens a path to amnesty, would you vote to elect this candidate President of the United States?
Read: http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/07/06/us-obama-immigration-lawsuit-idUSTRE6653Q320100706
Read/Video: http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/15/politics/immigration/index.html
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wD5Y88UWno
10) If a presidential candidate were to promise to apologize for America’s “arrogance” while on foreign soil, alienate our closest allies (notably Israel), and respond to a radical terrorist group’s premeditated brutal killing of a U.S. ambassador by blaming it on an anti-Islamic movie made by an American citizen and then apologizing for it during a speech to the United Nations, would you vote to elect this candidate President of the United States?
Read: http://frontpagemag.com/2012/frontpagemag-com/editorial-obamas-foreign-policy-is-a-national-disaster
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLMfMssJaPM
Read: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/7521220/Obama-snubbed-Netanyahu-for-dinner-with-Michelle-and-the-girls-Israelis-claim.html
Read: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2206105/White-House-admits-attack-Libya-killed-ambassador-Chris-Stevens-act-terror.html
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-nT9cfWsmg
11) If a presidential candidate were to promise to refuse an offer to build an oil pipeline in the U.S. which would create thousands of new jobs for Americans, make the nation more energy independent, and help lower the cost of gasoline, would you vote to elect this candidate President of the United States?
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJjnaYCt1mk&feature=related
Read: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/obama-administration-to-reject-keystone-pipeline/2012/01/18/gIQAPuPF8P_story_2.html
Read: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/04/obama-faces-dem-pressure-over-keystone-pipeline/1
**Important Note: Although it can be said that neither candidate in the 2012 presidential race ever explicitly promised any of the horrific scenarios outlined in the above questions, it is plainly evident that one candidate has the dubious distinction of being on record for having actually accomplished every single one of these things as president. So if you find yourself answering “no” to all or most of the above questions, the good news is you aren’t undecided and you do have a far better option to choose from at the ballot box on Tuesday, November 6…
12) If a presidential candidate were to promise to uphold our Constitution, repeal Obamacare, grow the economy, cut government spending and taxes, create jobs, and strengthen our military and national security, would you vote for this candidate to be elected President of the United States?
Read: http://www.mittromney.com/issues
Read: http://www.mittromney.com/issues/health-care
Read: http://www.mittromney.com/jobsplan
Read: http://www.mittromney.com/issues/national-defense
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKMUHcgsbag
In summary:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dDhSEw7BOmg
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/flashback-obama-my-presidency-will-be-one-term-proposition-if-economy-doesnt-turn-3
How do I activate the hyperlinks in the preceding post so that readers can simply point and click on them?
If a candidate was honest and run as a far left idealogue, could he actually be elected in the US?
Yes (2008)
You must first set your beeber to “stune”.
Sorry, but I’m not sure I follow...
1) If a presidential candidate were to promise to violate or circumvent the U.S. Constitution at every opportunity in order to advance his personal ideology, would you vote to elect this candidate President of the United States?
Read: http://dailycaller.com/2012/02/16/obamas-doormat-the-u-s-constitution
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VEQbtzMzxA
Read: http://www.heritage.org/constitution
2) If a presidential candidate were to promise to forcefully ram a highly unpopular 2,700 page health reform bill into law that will cause your health care costs, insurance premiums, and taxes to skyrocket; allow the federal government to become directly involved in all personal health care decisions between you and your doctor; and put the federal government on a direct path to take over the U.S. health care system (one-sixth of the U.S. economy), would you vote to elect this candidate President of the United States?
Video: http://blog.heritage.org/2010/03/26/video-what-obamacare-means-for-americans
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE-WXvQ-QeM&feature=plcp
Read: http://www.heritage.org/research/projects/the-case-against-obamacare
Read: http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2010/11/repealing-obamacare-and-getting-health-care-right
3) If a presidential candidate were to promise to pass a law empowering the federal government to force you to purchase a health insurance plan, make you pay a steep monthly penalty if you don’t, and even throw you in jail if you choose not to comply with either option, would you vote to elect this candidate President of the United States?
Read: http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/the-best-life/2012/07/13/how-the-health-insurance-mandate-penalty-will-work
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrYRai1pGXM&feature=related
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Wxei4leyqM
4) If a presidential candidate were to promise that under his watch he will oversee an increase in the number of Americans who are out of work despite promising to create millions of “shovel-ready” jobs, maintain the unemployment rate at over 8% for 43 consecutive months despite passing a record-breaking $862 billion stimulus bill, and then later joke that the promised jobs were “not as shovel-ready as we expected”, would you vote to elect this candidate President of the United States?
Chart: http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS14000000
Read: http://cnsnews.com/news/article/bls-obama-unemployment-rate-above-8-longer-any-other-president-1948
Read: http://www.forbes.com/sites/charleskadlec/2012/08/13/president-obamas-smashing-success-story-greatly-increasing-the-power-of-government
Video: http://nation.foxnews.com/president-obama/2011/06/13/obama-jokes-jobs-council-shovel-ready-was-not-shovel-ready-we-expected
5) If a presidential candidate were to promise that under his watch the average median household income will fall by 8.2% and the number of Americans on food stamps will soar by over 65% to nearly 47 million (approximately 1 out of every 7 Americans), would you vote to elect this candidate President of the United States?
Read: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/26/household-income-down-82-percent-since-obama-took-office-study-shows
Chart: http://news.investors.com/photopopup.aspx?path=WEBhsld0926.gif&docId=626958&xmpSource=&width=800&height=492&caption
Video: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7421590n
Read: http://blog.heritage.org/2012/09/19/food-stamp-participation-doubled-among-able-bodied-adults-after-obama-suspended-work-requirement
Charts: http://www.trivisonno.com/food-stamps-charts
6) If a presidential candidate were to promise to illegally bypass Congress to issue an executive order that allows for removing all work requirements from President Bill Clinton’s 1996 Welfare Reform Act so that welfare recipients can receive free entitlements without needing to seek or train for a job, would you vote to elect this candidate President of the United States?
Read: http://blog.heritage.org/2012/07/12/obama-guts-welfare-reform
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MylSrsC6Fg
7) If a presidential candidate were to promise to become the first president in U.S. history to accumulate over $1 trillion in deficit spending every year in office, allow the national debt to skyrocket by more than 50% to $16+ trillion after four years, and then insist on increasing government spending even more, would you vote to elect this candidate President of the United States?
View: http://www.usdebtclock.org
Read: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2009/10/620000005/1#.UGuyRNIookg
Read: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/04/who-do-owe-most-that-16-trillion-to-hint-it-isnt-china
Read: http://dailycaller.com/2012/07/27/obama-offers-10-year-42-6-trillion-spending-plan
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbJ9ICG3Z_I
8) If a presidential candidate were to promise to not act in stopping the U.S. defense budget from being slashed and therefore severely eroding and compromising military readiness, would you vote to elect this candidate President of the United States?
Read: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/09/14/obama-says-sequestration-would-be-disaster/70000363/1#.UHD0WNIookg
Video: http://blog.heritage.org/2012/07/12/sequestration-will-damage-an-already-weakened-air-force
9) If a presidential candidate were to promise to sue states that try to crack down on illegal immigration and then illegally bypasses Congress to issue an executive order granting some illegal aliens a path to amnesty, would you vote to elect this candidate President of the United States?
Read: http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/07/06/us-obama-immigration-lawsuit-idUSTRE6653Q320100706
Read/Video: http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/15/politics/immigration/index.html
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wD5Y88UWno
10) If a presidential candidate were to promise to apologize for America’s “arrogance” while on foreign soil, alienate our closest allies (notably Israel), and respond to a radical terrorist group’s premeditated brutal killing of a U.S. ambassador by blaming it on an anti-Islamic movie made by an American citizen and then apologizing for it during a speech to the United Nations, would you vote to elect this candidate President of the United States?
Read: http://frontpagemag.com/2012/frontpagemag-com/editorial-obamas-foreign-policy-is-a-national-disaster
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLMfMssJaPM
Read: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/7521220/Obama-snubbed-Netanyahu-for-dinner-with-Michelle-and-the-girls-Israelis-claim.html
Read: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2206105/White-House-admits-attack-Libya-killed-ambassador-Chris-Stevens-act-terror.html
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-nT9cfWsmg
11) If a presidential candidate were to promise to refuse an offer to build an oil pipeline in the U.S. which would create thousands of new jobs for Americans, make the nation more energy independent, and help lower the cost of gasoline, would you vote to elect this candidate President of the United States?
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJjnaYCt1mk&feature=related
Read: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/obama-administration-to-reject-keystone-pipeline/2012/01/18/gIQAPuPF8P_story_2.html
Read: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/04/obama-faces-dem-pressure-over-keystone-pipeline/1
**Important Note: Although it can be said that neither candidate in the 2012 presidential race ever explicitly promised any of the horrific scenarios outlined in the above questions, it is plainly evident that one candidate has the dubious distinction of being on record for having actually accomplished every single one of these things as president. So if you find yourself answering “no” to all or most of the above questions, the good news is you aren’t undecided and you do have a far better option to choose from at the ballot box on Tuesday, November 6…
12) If a presidential candidate were to promise to uphold our Constitution, repeal Obamacare, grow the economy, cut government spending and taxes, create jobs, and strengthen our military and national security, would you vote for this candidate to be elected President of the United States?
Read: http://www.mittromney.com/issues
Read: http://www.mittromney.com/issues/health-care
Read: http://www.mittromney.com/jobsplan
Read: http://www.mittromney.com/issues/national-defense
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKMUHcgsbag
In summary:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dDhSEw7BOmg
You’re making this way too hard. If a person is really undecided about the 2012 Presidential election, there is only one question:
“Do you have a brain?”
I did it.
Put an < a href= > before each link without the spaces before the < and > than put your text for the link followed by a < /a >. You'd have to do this for every link but you can copy and paste everything so it's not as daunting as it sounds. Hope that helps a little.
test it out at this link to help learn it.
Jet Jaguar wrote:
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I did it.
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Thank you VERY much!
1) If a presidential candidate were to promise to violate or circumvent the U.S. Constitution at every opportunity in order to advance his personal ideology, would you vote to elect this candidate President of the United States?
Read: http://dailycaller.com/2012/02/16/obamas-doormat-the-u-s-constitution
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VEQbtzMzxA
Read: http://www.heritage.org/constitution
2) If a presidential candidate were to promise to forcefully ram a highly unpopular 2,700 page health reform bill into law that will cause your health care costs, insurance premiums, and taxes to skyrocket; allow the federal government to become directly involved in all personal health care decisions between you and your doctor; and put the federal government on a direct path to take over the U.S. health care system (one-sixth of the U.S. economy), would you vote to elect this candidate President of the United States?
Video: http://blog.heritage.org/2010/03/26/video-what-obamacare-means-for-americans
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE-WXvQ-QeM&feature=plcp
Read: http://www.heritage.org/research/projects/the-case-against-obamacare
Read: http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2010/11/repealing-obamacare-and-getting-health-care-right
3) If a presidential candidate were to promise to pass a law empowering the federal government to force you to purchase a health insurance plan, make you pay a steep monthly penalty if you don’t, and even throw you in jail if you choose not to comply with either option, would you vote to elect this candidate President of the United States?
Read: http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/the-best-life/2012/07/13/how-the-health-insurance-mandate-penalty-will-work
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrYRai1pGXM&feature=related
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Wxei4leyqM
4) If a presidential candidate were to promise that under his watch he will oversee an increase in the number of Americans who are out of work despite promising to create millions of “shovel-ready” jobs, maintain the unemployment rate at over 8% for 43 consecutive months despite passing a record-breaking $862 billion stimulus bill, and then later joke that the promised jobs were “not as shovel-ready as we expected”, would you vote to elect this candidate President of the United States?
Chart: http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS14000000
Read: http://cnsnews.com/news/article/bls-obama-unemployment-rate-above-8-longer-any-other-president-1948
Read: http://www.forbes.com/sites/charleskadlec/2012/08/13/president-obamas-smashing-success-story-greatly-increasing-the-power-of-government
Video: http://nation.foxnews.com/president-obama/2011/06/13/obama-jokes-jobs-council-shovel-ready-was-not-shovel-ready-we-expected
5) If a presidential candidate were to promise that under his watch the average median household income will fall by 8.2% and the number of Americans on food stamps will soar by over 65% to nearly 47 million (approximately 1 out of every 7 Americans), would you vote to elect this candidate President of the United States?
Read: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/26/household-income-down-82-percent-since-obama-took-office-study-shows
Chart: http://news.investors.com/photopopup.aspx?path=WEBhsld0926.gif&docId=626958&xmpSource=&width=800&height=492&caption
Video: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7421590n
Read: http://blog.heritage.org/2012/09/19/food-stamp-participation-doubled-among-able-bodied-adults-after-obama-suspended-work-requirement
Charts: http://www.trivisonno.com/food-stamps-charts
6) If a presidential candidate were to promise to illegally bypass Congress to issue an executive order that allows for removing all work requirements from President Bill Clinton’s 1996 Welfare Reform Act so that welfare recipients can receive free entitlements without needing to seek or train for a job, would you vote to elect this candidate President of the United States?
Read: http://blog.heritage.org/2012/07/12/obama-guts-welfare-reform
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MylSrsC6Fg
7) If a presidential candidate were to promise to become the first president in U.S. history to accumulate over $1 trillion in deficit spending every year in office, allow the national debt to skyrocket by more than 50% to $16+ trillion after four years, and then insist on increasing government spending even more, would you vote to elect this candidate President of the United States?
View: http://www.usdebtclock.org
Read: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2009/10/620000005/1#.UGuyRNIookg
Read: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/04/who-do-owe-most-that-16-trillion-to-hint-it-isnt-china
Read: http://dailycaller.com/2012/07/27/obama-offers-10-year-42-6-trillion-spending-plan
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbJ9ICG3Z_I
8) If a presidential candidate were to promise to not act in stopping the U.S. defense budget from being slashed and therefore severely eroding and compromising military readiness, would you vote to elect this candidate President of the United States?
Read: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/09/14/obama-says-sequestration-would-be-disaster/70000363/1#.UHD0WNIookg
Video: http://blog.heritage.org/2012/07/12/sequestration-will-damage-an-already-weakened-air-force
9) If a presidential candidate were to promise to sue states that try to crack down on illegal immigration and then illegally bypasses Congress to issue an executive order granting some illegal aliens a path to amnesty, would you vote to elect this candidate President of the United States?
Read: http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/07/06/us-obama-immigration-lawsuit-idUSTRE6653Q320100706
Read/Video: http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/15/politics/immigration/index.html
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wD5Y88UWno
10) If a presidential candidate were to promise to apologize for America’s “arrogance” while on foreign soil, alienate our closest allies (notably Israel), and respond to a radical terrorist group’s premeditated brutal killing of a U.S. ambassador by blaming it on an anti-Islamic movie made by an American citizen and then apologizing for it during a speech to the United Nations, would you vote to elect this candidate President of the United States?
Read: http://frontpagemag.com/2012/frontpagemag-com/editorial-obamas-foreign-policy-is-a-national-disaster
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLMfMssJaPM
Read: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/7521220/Obama-snubbed-Netanyahu-for-dinner-with-Michelle-and-the-girls-Israelis-claim.html
Read: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2206105/White-House-admits-attack-Libya-killed-ambassador-Chris-Stevens-act-terror.html
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-nT9cfWsmg
11) If a presidential candidate were to promise to refuse an offer to build an oil pipeline in the U.S. which would create thousands of new jobs for Americans, make the nation more energy independent, and help lower the cost of gasoline, would you vote to elect this candidate President of the United States?
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJjnaYCt1mk&feature=related
Read: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/obama-administration-to-reject-keystone-pipeline/2012/01/18/gIQAPuPF8P_story_2.html
Read: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/04/obama-faces-dem-pressure-over-keystone-pipeline/1
**Important Note: Although it can be said that neither candidate in the 2012 presidential race ever explicitly promised any of the horrific scenarios outlined in the above questions, it is plainly evident that one candidate has the dubious distinction of being on record for having actually accomplished every single one of these things as president. So if you find yourself answering “no” to all or most of the above questions, the good news is you aren’t undecided and you do have a far better option to choose from at the ballot box on Tuesday, November 6…
12) If a presidential candidate were to promise to uphold our Constitution, repeal Obamacare, grow the economy, cut government spending and taxes, create jobs, and strengthen our military and national security, would you vote for this candidate to be elected President of the United States?
Read: http://www.mittromney.com/issues
Read: http://www.mittromney.com/issues/health-care
Read: http://www.mittromney.com/jobsplan
Read: http://www.mittromney.com/issues/national-defense
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKMUHcgsbag
In summary:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dDhSEw7BOmg
> I did it.
You didn’t do it, others did it. - Barack Hussein Obama.
Great effort, excellent work. Thank you.
Note to undecideds:
Think Supreme Court Justice Eric Holder before you vote
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