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		<title>Ivins, Molly -- Essay (1998-01), &#8220;Introduction,&#8221; You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You (1998)</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our politicians have truly made a pact with the Devil. One watches them spend more and more of their time and energy grubbing, coaxing, flattering, and whoring for money. Terrified of being cut off from the mother&#8217;s milk, they stand like morons in the rising sea of contempt that threatens to drown the whole system. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our politicians have truly made a pact with the Devil. One watches them spend more and more of their time and energy grubbing, coaxing, flattering, and whoring for money. Terrified of being cut off from the mother&#8217;s milk, they stand like morons in the rising sea of contempt that threatens to drown the whole system. Then they wonder why no one likes them anymore.</p>
<br><b>Molly Ivins</b> (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]<br>Essay (1998-01), &#8220;Introduction,&#8221; <i>You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You</i> (1998) 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/You_Got_to_Dance_with_Them_What_Brung_Yo/rwP9b10b5aEC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22our%20politicians%20have%20truly%22" target="_blank">Source</a>)
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		<title>Rogers, Will -- Column (1931-06-28), &#8220;Daily Telegram: The First Good News of the 1932 Campaign! Mr. Rogers Says He Will Not Run for Anything&#8221;</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Politics has got so expensive it takes lots of money to even get beat with nowadays. Written in Santa Monica, California.]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Politics has got so expensive it takes lots of money to even get beat with nowadays.</p>
<br><b>Will Rogers</b> (1879-1935) American humorist<br>Column (1931-06-28), &#8220;Daily Telegram: The First Good News of the 1932 Campaign! Mr. Rogers Says He Will Not Run for Anything&#8221; 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Will_Rogers_Daily_Telegrams/liQeAQAAMAAJ?gbpv=1&bsq=%22so%20expensive%22" target="_blank">Source</a>)
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Written in Santa Monica, California.
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