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ihaveaquestion

(2,547 posts)
Thu Mar 5, 2020, 04:52 PM Mar 2020

I'm just starting to read "A Very Stable Genius" by Rucker and Leonning...

and before I've enen started I am tearing up because I read the quotes on the dust jacket. The last one on the page seemed so heartfelt and poinient, it just got to me.

Here's an excerpt:
"The disdain he show for our country's foundation and its principles. The disregard he has for right and wrong. Your first clenches. Your teeth grate. ...I swore to the constitution. I didn't swear an oath to this jackass."

I was reading it aloud to my daughter and almost couldn't get through it... it triggered something in me and I choked up. I think I must the identify strongly with the raw frustration and injustice expressed.

#anyoneelse

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I'm just starting to read "A Very Stable Genius" by Rucker and Leonning... (Original Post) ihaveaquestion Mar 2020 OP
I have probably read at least 20 political books in the past few dewsgirl Mar 2020 #1
I used to read more of them, but lately ihaveaquestion Mar 2020 #2

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)
1. I have probably read at least 20 political books in the past few
Thu Mar 5, 2020, 05:40 PM
Mar 2020

years, I put this one at the top of the list.

ihaveaquestion

(2,547 posts)
2. I used to read more of them, but lately
Thu Mar 5, 2020, 11:23 PM
Mar 2020

I need real substance to attract me. This seems really well written and more substantive than most.

Cheers!

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