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365 w/ David French "People with Capacities, Roe Reconsidered, Malignant Forces"

The Fifth Column

CHAPTER

The Democratic Party's Electoral System Almost Collided

The political system almost collapsed. Our system depended on one dude, mike pense, saying yes or no. And you really don't want our system to hinge upon whether the vice pre dent can withstand the president and that's out tat. The thing that is scaries about all the stuff is to show everybody what it's like when a party is taken over by a cold leter. It's not, you knowik, i love the british system all of a sudden,. because watching this unfold in this way was distressing and depressing.

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