Before a crowd in Ohio, some guy in a red tie is reading a poem called “The Snake” from a script.
He’s talking a lot about crime and prisons.
Haven’t heard these old, shopworn “sir” stories for awhile.
For some reason, tonight we haven’t heard him say, “I built a great company."
Guess he’s not having himself “reinstated” tonight.
George H.W. Bush to Bill Clinton in handwritten letter on inaugural day 1993, “I am rooting hard for you. Good luck."

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