"I think it is very difficult today to have a reasoned public discourse on any controversial subject. Certainly, election years present a complicating factor."

John Poindexter, American Public Servant

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"I think it is very difficult today to have a reasoned public discourse on any controversial subject. Certainly, election years present a complicating factor."

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