A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown in. (H. L. Mencken)

A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown in.

H. L. Mencken

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