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The best way to take the law into your own hands is to vote.

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Dear, oh, dear, Dan, I am so happy to know you have the capacity for optimism. I have been feeling so frightened, disillusioned, and totally stressed out since the debate, and even before, if I am being completely honest. I had not watched anything political since President Biden was elected, and it has been such a peaceful four years. He may be old, but I believe he was doing his job. I couldn't say that for trump during his four years of mass hysteria. trump is old, also, besides being an evil and dangerous sociopath.

I was very saddened during the debate and the wrap-up, especially, when everyone was commenting on how bad President Biden did, but very little was said about the ranting and raving of trump. And, the long list of his lies, and pointing the finger of blame at Biden during the time he was actually supposed to be answering the debate questions, which he never really did. It was typical of the bully that he is. But, that is what, I guess, we have all become accustomed to with trump's crazy rants and inability to construct an intelligible sentence on any subject. What ever happened to the media being impartial? Isn't that how it is supposed to be, especially during such critical times as these. Did any one of them ever suggest that trump should step down, or are they so biased for whatever reason that they want him to win. They did more harm than good presenting their opinions, rather than the facts. Not much was said about trump's lies and no one took him to task for them during the debate. Please tell me where I can find any optimism in all of this in order to try to regain some semblance of respect for what is currently happening in the United States. A convicted criminal should never even be able to run for the most important job in the United States. Dan, I have always admired you and trusted you on matters of great importance. I need to rekindle some hope in the goodness of people, which is very difficult to do living in a red state. And, I won't even go into the Supreme Court's recent decision. Good grief!

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I loved the history of how the excluded groups were allowed into the "fold" to swell the numbers who could persecute the new designated "other." And yet, you remain an optimist! I'm impressed.

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A fun fact about Polk’s Vice President, George Mifflin Dallas. Dallas was a Philadelphia native. He became a Philadelphia lawyer, then a Philadelphia Mayor, then the Attorney General of Pennsylvania, then a US Senator from Pennsylvania (for just two years), and then Vice President where he aided President Polk in his expansion of the west. Dallas County, Texas is named after Mr. Dallas. According to the Philadelphia Bar Association, the city of Dallas, Texas is also named after Mr. Dallas.

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