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The Herman Cain award made me sad. It's people who are just the right mix of stubborn, alienated, uneducated, and gullible to dig their heels into something that really made no sense. And then dying because of it.
I wish I was smart enough to find a way to help them instead, but I always get too frustrated talking with them before I even begin to get close.