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During a campaign those who run for office are held responsible for the actions of everyone they have ever known.
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During a campaign those who run for office are held responsible for the actions of everyone they have ever known.
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Would you want to run for President of the United States? It might not be a good idea unless you were conceived in a test tube and raised in a monastery, because for some strange reason during the campaign you will be held responsible the actions of everyone you ever knew. They?d certainly have a great time with me: my first psychology professor committed suicide.
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