This take is sad.
But true (plus, of course, applicable in so many races).
And I love it.
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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman
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![LINK: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-10-14-mn-9372-story.html
Los Angeles Times
Reagan Calls Bork Battle Ugly; Democrats Fire Back : 3 Networks Refuse to Air Talks
L.A. Times Archives
Oct. 14, 1987 12 AM PT
ASSOCIATED PRESS
[snip]
Criticizing the major networks' decision to pass up Reagan's address, White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said that he was "very disturbed" by their action and that they were "shunning an important public responsibility."
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