"People are always angry at America. They're absolutely certain that America either caused their problems or is deliberately not fixing their problems....

People say, 'Oh, politics is so polarized today,' and I'm thinking... '1861, that was polarized.'
~ P. J. O'Rourke ~












People say, 'Oh, politics is so polarized today,' and I'm thinking... '1861, that was polarized.'
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