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Bumpkin of the Week

On May 29, 2018

A political ‘platform’ in ten words or less, from the bumpkin of the week (in the current Ontario election campaign):  “You know me, folks.  I’m for the little guy.”  Moral of the story:  If patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel, then ‘getting tough on crime’ takes second place in any political charlatan’s bag of tricks, with bogus concern for the plight of the common man (or woman) hard on the heels of the first two frauds.

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