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There is a grand tradition in this great country of ours.

Each quadrennial presidential contest shall be followed by anyily, by a thorough and robust

congressional referendum, and in such instance, whereupon the president's party receives

onto it, hooping of ass, the president shall then induhaste, present-forth, in obligatory

post-electorial, red carpeted, impotient walk of shame.

So it is written so say we all.

After what I'm sure was a long night for a lot of you, and needless to say it was for me,

I can tell you that, you know, some election nights are more fun than others.

Like, I remember this one two years ago, when I won, it was awesome.

There were balloons and they had a big flag cake and a wreath of Franklin, where this crazy

hat, or was it a bird or a turd apple?

Anyway, go on, people are frustrated, they're deeply frustrated.

Over the last few months, I've had the opportunity to travel around the country and meet people

where they live, and where they work, from backyards to factory floors.

I did some talking, but mostly I did a lot of listening.

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