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We need to rally without partisan divisions

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Well, another four years has rolled around, it’s election season again, and thus I feel compelled to write my quadrennial letter to the editor at the Northside Sun. When I last wrote in 2008, I was appealing to the best in all of us as Americans to accept that we all loved our country dearly, regardless of race, religion or party affiliation. This year, I’m not going to mention the two primary opposing sides at all, because you all know them well, and it’s what I call the Human Being Party that I really want to talk to you about.

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