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Face it: a nation that maintains a 72% approval rating on George W. Bush is a nation with a very loose grip on reality.

Garrison Keillor

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Garrison Keillor
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: August 7
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I've seen the truth, and it makes no sense.
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