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Letters: At least US voters are good for a laugh


Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump
Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump AP

Were he alive, H. L. Mencken would be giddy at today’s political scene: Boobus Americanus in thrall and embrace of a vulgar, hirsute huckster. (Dare we mention his name?)

G. Kent Krell

Columbia

This story was originally published September 5, 2015 at 3:17 PM.

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