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Why Do Our Political Options Suck?

By Jon Hersey

Jan 05, 2023
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The stalemate over house speaker brings to mind a question: Isn’t it strange that in a nation of such ambition and inventiveness, our options for political candidates basically range from bad to worse, from senile morons with no understanding of basic economics to ditzy Marxists and outright frauds and crooks? Not every politician is awful, but I think …

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