One fine Tue in May, Eric Thompson wrote to Glenn Christensen:
GC>And yes I trust the the politicians to do what
GC>they can to fix the problem.
  ET>         *laugh*  I'd say you deserve what you'll get, Glenn, 
  ET> but I like  you.
[laughter]  Isn't that an H. L. Menckenism?  "Democracy is the notion that 
the 
common people know what they want and that they deserve to get it, good and 
hard."
 
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