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The reason I'm voting for Barack Obama is that it's either him or a police state - someone who's carrying on policies that are clearly stated and directed at subverting liberty. He's definitely the lesser of two evils.

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Naomi Wolf
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: November 12
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