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And — Why Don’t We Do It in The — Seats??
Last but not least: All the Cool Scribes want this shirt . . .
Oh wait — All Joking Aside, Don’t Forget! Stay Strong, UAW!!
Gwynne Dyer — Sept. 18, 2023
Guyana is not a ‘hellhole country’ of the sort Donald Trump complained about when he said he wanted immigrants to come to the US from white places like Norway instead, but it did used to be poor, tropical and largely populated by people of colour.
As a Mormon, Mitt Romney presumably does not believe in Karma. But maybe, more informally, he could nod glumly at the non-theological adage that what goes around comes around.
Or, more biblically, does he acknowledge that the scripture says we reap what we sow?
I have a feeling he does, now.
Or he should, at least when his money manager passes on the invoices for the $150K+ monthly he’s paying for 24/7 security for his four houses and his family.
And what about when he ponders the fact that all his five sons have already quit the GOP.
(The figures come from published excerpts from the forthcoming book, Romney: A Reckoning,, by reporter McKay Coppins.)
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