“The Democratic party of the nation ain’t dead, though it’s been givin’ a lifelike imitation of a corpse for several years. p. 88”

—  George Washington Plunkitt

Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, Chapter 22, A Parting Word on the Future of the Democratic Party in America

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