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any of the candidates currently running will make a good leader - is really presidential material. Threequarters of the public might wish there was some way that none of the current candidates will end up as president of the United States on Nov. 8.
Last week, a small percentage of the voters chose to cast their ballots, each voting for the current candidate they thought was the “leastbad” of a bad selection offered.
Last week, an overwhelming percentage of the voters chose to cross their eyes and hope the whole mess will change before November. They just couldn’t bring themselves to compromise their principles.
You are right about one thing. It is a national disgrace that so few can make so many so helpless.
PATSEY McVICKERS Warrenton
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