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President George] Bush talked to us like we were a bunch of morons and we ate it up. Can you imagine, the Pledge of Allegiance, read my lips-can you imagine such crap in this day and age?

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John Updike
Age: 76 †
Born: 1932
Born: March 18
Died: 2009
Died: January 27
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