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To the editor.

Saturday evening, at the SperryviUe Carnival, watching French Slaughter meeting, greeting, shaking hands with, and talking to Rappahannock County citizens, I could not help thinking what a shame it is that so many people think of politicians as "they” and “them,” and of themselves as “we” and “us.”

Ideally, every American citizen would be so actively involved in politics, from the local variety straight through to the presidency, that nobody could ever again say “we” or “they” without realizing that we are all both.

Attending local party meetings, a voter gives himself a chance to derail a bad idea before it gains too much momentum and clear the tracks for a good

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