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"There was more to it than that. There’s always more than what you see on the surface."

"I didn’t know if she was laughing at the irony of the whole thing, or at the futility of it all.'

God! I wonder what mama would have to say about the ugliness, the overwhelming mendacity of today's politics. This first part sounds more like a thinly disguised, one-sided lesson in political history, Ben, rather than a piece of fiction, but I will welcome part two to see what happens!

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It's pretty amazing when you consider I started writing this story about ten years ago, maybe even longer. It's just been sitting in my files -- about four parts long. Each part is probably15,000 words.

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Oct 7Liked by Ben Woestenburg

Holy crap, Ben. Now you are scaring me. I may have to cancel all my other subscriptions. ha ha ha

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Going to see where you'll go with this one, Ben.

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