Hello Bob,   
      
    >> I am beginning to think Hillary Clinton will become   
    >> not only the first (and last) woman president of the   
    >> US, but also the last freely-elected president of   
    >> the US.   
      
    BA> Beginning to think?  I predicted Hillary would follow Obama back   
    BA> in 2008, what took you so long?   
      
   The Republican Party (as a national party) self-destructed faster   
   than I thought it would.  The Democratic Party is not far behind,   
   so don't get your hopes up too high.   
      
   A trial lawyer who writes novels as a sideline came up with this   
   on his blog -   
      
   Character - the mental and moral qualities that distinguish an   
   individual.   
      
   Caricature - a comically or grotesquely exaggerated representation   
   of someone or something.   
      
   [Bruce Hanify, http://www.brucehanify.com/]   
      
   Our politicians seem to have gone from character to caricature -   
   in both major parties.  Donald Trump as the Republican nominee for   
   president?  Hillary Clinton as the Democratic nominee for president?   
   Neither person would have been taken as being a serious candidate   
   a generation ago.  And yet one of them is most likely to become   
   our next president.  That is a scary thought.   
      
    BA> Considering that there hasn't been an honest election in this country   
    BA> in at least half a century one can say that the last freely elected   
    BA> president of this country was Eisenhower.   
      
   When given the choice between bad and worse, which do you choose?   
      
    >> Not sure what future, if any, there will be after that.   
      
    BA> I don't worry about it  I turn 71 on Sunday (6th)m, an hypertensive,   
    BA> diabetic and have stage 4 kidney disease.  I'll probably be dead in   
    BA> 2 years - and I never had any offspring   
      
   Happy birthday in advance.   
      
   If Hillary gets the nod, I am sure she will replace Obamacare   
   with Hillarycare.  No way her supporters or detractors are gonna   
   let her get away with Clintoncare.   
      
   Notice I did not say repeal Obamacare.  I said replace.  And that   
   is her winning strategy.  The reason why she wins and everybody   
   else loses.  Gotta give the voters what they want.  Even if they   
   have absolutely no idea what they want.  Give it to them anyway.   
   They will love you for it.  And thank you later.   
      
   --Lee   
      
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