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Stop projecting, here.
“I think the American public is smart enough to know right from wrong... and do what is in their best interest.”
That brought us Reagan and also the Republican takeover of Congress in the 1990’s. It also gave us Bush I and Bush II.
The fact that you can’t even realize that also ‘tells me all I need to know’.
Oh yeah, that worked out well. Aside from a fantastic response and reaction to 9-11, I find nothing to celebrate. Not that I would have wanted the Democrat opponents in office, but we could have had far better candidates of our own.