“Said Saint Augustine, 'The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.' The Republican Party under Bush did the devil's work. Bar the sainted Ron Paul, not a dog of a Republican lifted his leg in protest of the unjust war on Iraq. To embark on the good, the GOP must come clean about the bad.”

— Ilana Mercer

"Making America great means exposing 'W'," http://praag.org/?p=21693 Praag.org, February 20, 2016.
2010s, 2016

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