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In 2004 Professor Stephen Farnsworth, when I report saying that I got about five minutes on all the networks after Labor Day to election day: only five minutes even though I, like you, were representing majoritarian issues.

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Ralph Nader
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: February 27
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