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It's an appeal as old as America and its presidency: This is an extraordinary country populated by hard-working, big-dreaming, freedom-loving people graced by God when they're not pulling themselves up by the bootstraps.

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Ron Fournier
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: January 1
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