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In reply to the discussion: Weekend Economists Batten Down the Hatches October 26-28, 2012 [View all]bread_and_roses
(6,335 posts)57. and this time around, there aren't even promises
... except maybe for more drones. What does that tell us? Last time, we heard promises we hadn't heard in - what? I can't remember. Certainly not from the timid and uninspiring Gore and Kerry. But after 8 years of Bush, we had to have promises that things would "change."
This time, not even that.
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