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Thoughts on the upcoming election

Posted on October 18, 2016 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

For the first time in my adult life, I don’t like either candidate that the major parties have put forward for the office of President of the United States. I see more harm than good coming from either candidate being elected to that office. I wish we could have a do-over for the primary elections, but alas we cannot.

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