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Fat cats pulling strings

Sun., April 8, 2012

I have been following the GOP presentation of bait and switch starring Larry, Curly, Moe and Harpo. None of this will generate a majority candidate. I believe this is how the fat cats in the backroom want it. They are engineering a brokered convention.

Then they go into the smoke-filled room and – bingo – they come out with what they hope is a winner: Jeb Bush or Chris Christie, with Rick Perry for VP. Or any two of the three.

Gone is the war on women, gone is bomb, bomb Iran, gone is $2.50 gasoline. Obama’s pre-planning is short-stopped. They are hoping that we will think how clever they have been, and think we’ll vote GOP.

Not gonna happen!

Jack E. Anderson

Nine Mile Falls

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