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A lot of ifs

If you believed that President Barack Obama, who as a community organizer from Chicago accomplished nothing, and was so proud of his accomplishments in college that his transcripts are sealed from the public, and who as a U.S. senator accomplished another nothing, is qualified to be president of the most powerful nation in the world, look in the mirror.

If you believe that this president, by taking his phone and pen, can make or break laws just to benefit himself and the Democratic Party, look in the mirror.

If you believe that you can make threats, and then ignore those threats without negative opinions from around the world, look in the mirror.

If you are of Jewish or Christian faith and voted for Obama, look in the mirror.

If you didn’t vote for Mitt Romney for president, look in the mirror.

If you’re not watching Fox News to get the real truth about Obama and his administration, look in the mirror.

If you don’t vote the Democrats out of the Senate in November, look in the mirror.

America and the world are in a crisis. If you looked in the mirror and saw yourself, you are part of the problem.

Jim Barbieri

Spokane Valley

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