Mc Kane's Strategy for Attacking Mc Kane Was to Show That He Could Take on Even a Hero

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Ye imean: In some ways, each time he did one of these things and people did not cross him, it sent a signal. He said i could shoot somebody on fifth enue in new york and nothing would happen to me. This was a signal he was sending to all republicans not to cross him," Ye imean says. "His reason for attacking mc cane was also an element of this strategy"

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