although there were some problems last time<\/a>.<\/p>\nBut all of a sudden, the back-to-back political ads on TV don’t bother me as much. It is as though they are advertising remedies for a disease that I don’t have. What a relief.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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