"...voters crave the anti-status-quo politician. They want results. They need a fighter. They need someone to fire all the political-c...

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Proposed resolution [parody] submitted by the Louis Lingg Memorial Chapter, Students for a Democratic Society, June 1969. (printer's bu...

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