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Victimhood and a “can't do” spirit is what the Democratic Party has mostly been about since the Great Depression.

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Cal Thomas
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: December 2
Columnist
Journalist
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Washington
District of Columbia
John Calvin Thomas
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