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Sunday, August 14, 2016 Rated "G" by the Author.

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hmmm... what would my revolutionary war ancestors have to say about the sordid reality of our treasured "state of the union"?
~reality check~ democracy indeed party elite deem what's best we peons must capitulate established order we must retain for that one percent to remain copyright 2016 by c. g. mcgovern-bowen

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Reviewed by John Domino

Reviewed on August 14, 2016

Great awareness poem. Politics suck! What more can I say.

Reviewed by Ronald Hull

Reviewed on August 14, 2016

It's always been so. Our forefathers were the rich elite. True democracy will not be obtained until everyone participates. Most don't care until it gets to a situation like this where we have two very weak presidential candidates and no dark horse out there to save the day.

Ron

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton

Reviewed on August 14, 2016

Yep. we are absolutely in a "fix," C.G.

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