Florida Man ‘Very Upset About the Election Results’ Kills Himself, Writes ‘F**k Obama’ on His Will
A Florida tanning salon owner who told his partner “if Barack gets re-elected, I’m not going to be around” was found dead two days after the election with empty prescription bottles nearby and the words “f–k Obama” written on his will, the Key West Citizen reported.
Henry Hamilton, 64, the owner of Tropical Tan in Key West, was “very upset about the election results,” his partner Michael Cossey reportedly told a police officer.
Police reported finding two empty prescription bottles, one to treat anxiety and one to treat schizophrenia.
Key West Police Department spokeswoman Alyson Crean told the Citizen autopsy results were pending but said there was “absolutely no evidence of foul play.”
Cossey told police that Hamilton “has been very stressed about his business,” the newspaper reported, and said the last time they spoke was “when we watched the election results” on Nov. 6 when Obama defeated Republican challenger Mitt Romney.
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Bluefish49
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:32amDid no one catch the part that he was taking medication for schizophrenia?
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HUGGINGMYBABIES
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:38amWe smart folks did, but the stupid left will use this against the right and bury that fact or at least omit it to support it’s argument that the right is unhinged.
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dirigo
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:40amHe came to realize meds weren’t going to continue to help under this admin! Obama will ruin anything and everything!
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pap pap
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:52amIf he’s suffering from schizophenia maybe the other half is still alive.
I’m surprised there haven’t been more suicides when the thought of another Obama Administration is looming.
What struck me was why would anyone go to a tanning salon in Key West ?
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HUGGINGMYBABIES
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:58amPap Pap I’m wondering about that myself. It’s like running an ice cube store in Antarctica.
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Gonzo
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 11:13amYep, pretty obvious fish.
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minorityconservative2
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 12:19pmCaught that but he was worried about his business as well. Obama did put a tax on tanning salons.
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tketterer
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 3:05pmI’m nt sure it says that he was schizophrenic, just says he overdosed on the pills. I ould certainly assume that he was, but the article doesn’t say that.
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Capt_Gregg
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 4:33pmAlthough the article doesn’t specify just what drugs they were, it states “Police reported finding two empty prescription bottles, one to treat anxiety and one to treat schizophrenia.†If he had been off his meds for a while (not an unusual thing with psych patients), it could result in enough mental stress to cause him to OD.
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toomuchgovt
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:31amI am so sad for him, his family and friends. I only wish in life, he sought courage through God, Faith through prayer and the answers don’t always seem what we want but they are always his answers. May the good lord have mercy.
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TH30PH1LUS
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 1:02pmObama praises suicide as political speech.
“There are times in the course of history when the actions of ordinary citizens spark movements for change because they speak to a longing for freedom that has been building up for years,†the president said, comparing Bouazizi’s actions [he burned himself to death in protest] to “the defiance of those patriots in Boston who refused to pay taxes to a king, or the dignity of Rosa Parks as she sat courageously in her seat.†– quote from Obama’s Arab Spring speech.
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Bluefish49
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:31amJust read on Drudge that Obama ( I will never call him president ) is planning a trip to Russia……no “RED FLAGS” here…..When I’m re-elected I’ll have more flexibilty…..B. Obama
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barber2
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:41amWonder what the two comrades will be discussing. Wonder if Hugo will be there. Am sure Fidel is too ill to attend.
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HUGGINGMYBABIES
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:42amShhhhhh we’re busy watching this sex scandal unfold. Wink wink :)
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Cavallo
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 12:32pmThe complete dismantling of our nuclear deterrent. In return for giving up our nukes, Russia agrees to invade and take over the Ukraine and Poland.
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Berfie
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:31amIt is people like you and your ilk that would not have problems sending Christians and Jews to camps. Be careful what you ask
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chips1
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:30amIf you feel froggy, then jump!!!
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strats
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 1:30pmThe water was simmering just below a rolling boil.
The Bamster’s got us good now. Just where he wants us.
But, I refuse to jump.
Pass the dip.
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Jon Andrew
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:29amSuicide is a very serious desperate act born from incredible despair. This man had good reason to despair. I am in despair. Yet I will not wallow in it, I will not lie down, and die. My thoughts and prayers go out to his loved ones.
However I worry about the validity of this sentence, and I hate that I have to be so skeptical of anything the press publishes.
“Police reported finding two empty prescription bottles, one to treat anxiety and one to treat schizophrenia.”
Right cause no one in their right mind would support Romney, only someone crazy enough to kill themselves if he lost. They wasted the meaning and the purpose of his sacrifice. They reduced this man’s life down to being crazy. He was a entrepreneur. A partner. A friend. He was assuredly loved and respected by someone.
I am far from endorsing or recommending what this man has done. I will ask you this simple question, whats the difference between him and Mohammed Bouazizi? The Tunisian who set himself on fire that sparked the beginning of the Arab Spring. What’s the difference between him and the Tibetans who set themselves on fire, self-immolate themselves to express their despair under Chinese oppression.
There is no difference. Henry Hamilton is Martyr. I fear the first of many to come.
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Jon Andrew
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:33amhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Bouazizi
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Platonician
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:38amAmen.
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Deuteronomy22
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 11:22amHe was psychotic. That is a relevant part of this story. Mental illness is the leading cause of suicide not presidential elections. Also, reading many posts here on the Blaze, my judgement is that the far right anger tends more toward homicide than suicide.
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jefftavolieri
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:29amRightwing conservatism is a mental disorder.
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lefty5005
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:36amIn “Man on Fire’ Denzel Washington stuffed C4 up some corrupt Mexican cops butt the detonated it.
Please play the part of the Mexican cop and have your boyfriend detonate it if the C4 would be able to stay in your enlarged rectum.
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Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:37amYep– You just said you hate the Constitution. You need to realize that. You should reflect on how you came to this point.
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PapaPatriarch
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:38amIdiot.
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SeekerEmerald
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:40amLiberals do the same things over and over and promise the voters that the results will be different “this time.”
Liberal voters beleive this, and vote for them, again and again, while the problems they are trying to solve get worse and worse.
Every single things liberals do makes the Problems they are addressing WORSE, every single time, with NO excpetions. It’s just simple history, look it up.
Yeah, liberals are the sane ones… right…
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barber2
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:44amJEFF: You just posted that same lame comment for the Krauthammer article ! Not very creative of you , White House Troll ! Are they cutting back on payouts for Trolling ?
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HUGGINGMYBABIES
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:46amWow….someone forgot to,crawl up the basement steps and ask mommy for some waffles and a Flintstone vitamin this morning.
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Bamagal0007
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 1:06pm…and liberalism is a deadly disease for which there is no cure.
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NASHTY_DOG
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:28amKeep spewing your RACIST vile. We are all onto your code words.
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1proud_Texan
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:26amIn have to be honest, I’ve had that same thought. I have a son and husband I love very much and suicide is an easy way out. It’s a permanent solution to a temporary problem. I refuse to go down without a fight. I can honestly say the last couple of years I’ve gotten to the point where I’m willing to die for my country. I’m 48 years old and admire our military that reached that conclusion at a much younger age.
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The_Jerk
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:35amIt’s not all of America. It’s half of America. The half who are addicted to handouts. It’s most women, most blacks, most Hispanics. Like all substance abusers, they can not stop using. They use knowing, full well, that it will destroy them in the end, but they can not stop. Obama is the pusher.
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PapaPatriarch
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:38amI would not have chosen this path, but now that it’s happened, IT’S GOING TO MAKE US STRONGER!
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HowTruthHurts
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:54amExactly! Suicide is the coward’s way out. It doesn’t help anybody. It doesn’t solve problems. It simply leaves behind others who still have the same problems and now the sorrow for the lost of a lost one. Suicide is for wimps.
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Deuteronomy22
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 11:19amSuicide has nothing to do with cowardice. Did you ever hear of clinical depression. Reasonable people do not kill themselves what sad. Please tell your Dr how you feel .ther are so many great medications available today. Life is too short. Deal with you depression and suicidal ideation and live life to the fullest. The world and the USA will be fine in 4 years. There’s a huge entertainment industry that thrives on fear and predictions of doom. Barry Goldwater was giving the same spiel in ’64. Obama is not a Marxist. He is not much different from W or Clinton. The administrations serve the corporate interests and the wealthy first. The rich have almost all the power and will not allow socialism unless it’s corporate welfare and bailouts. Get help. You’ll be so much happier.
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GlennaBeckski
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:26amWhat can say to a comment like that? What an attitude!!
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GlennaBeckski
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:49amThis remark was supposed to be under G.E.R.’s original comment which apparently was so vile and hateful it was removed.
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NASHTY_DOG
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 11:54am@GLENNABECKSKI – This remark was supposed to be under G.E.R.’s original comment which apparently was so vile and hateful it was removed.
@NASHTY_DOG – Keep spewing your RACIST vile. We are all onto your code words.
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Yes, you are correct. We need to start calling out this hateful Liberal tripe for what it is – RACISM
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G.E.R
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 1:26pmBeing happy a moron killed himself and hoping more of his kind follow him starting with GB isn’t racism. It’s being optimistic
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Mr.Fitnah
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:25amVery sad when these desperate people fail to find an appropriate target to eliminate .
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chips1
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:25amHe must have been on the Ambassador list.
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GlennaBeckski
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:24amBHO re-election certainly is not worth killing yourself over!! YIKES
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wealthylady
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 2:16pmI guess any excuse beats no excuse!
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Kumo
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:22amWhile I feel sorry for him, not sure what to say here. The poor guy committed one of the greatest mortal sins, which there will be no redemption for. He should have hung on and joined in on the fight.
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getitgotitgood
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:28amYou have no right to say what this person Should have done.
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The_Jerk
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:30amDon’t judge.
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csbaby
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:31amHow can you declare there is no redemption for him? “You are not his judge. Only God decides this man’s redemption. Just saying
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PapaPatriarch
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:33amThis is catholic doctrine that suicide is one way ticket to hell. Rejecting Jesus is the only one way ticket to hell. Jesus died for all sins, even really nasty ones, and great moral sins were paid for , past, present, and future, by God’s (son’s) blood. Anyone who has truly accepted the FREE GIFT of salvation, paid in advance by Christ, will be in heaven, anyone who hasn’t will be judged by the ten commandments and go to hell. There is NO sin the is not washed when one receives ETERNAL salvation, there is NO Biblical definition of any temporary salvation.
HIS blood cannot be washed away by sin, it washes sin away!
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swabby222
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:35am@getitgotitgood, …and you’ve got no right to tell anybody what they have the right to say or not say.
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Gigi42
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:54amCatholics are wrong on this. God will judge each individually. For, “the Lord looketh on the heart.”
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SeekerEmerald
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:59am@getitgotitgood
How is you telling “kumo” what he should not write ANY different than “kumo” writing what Mr. Hamilton should not do?
Either you both have the right to write these things, or you both do NOT have the right. If Kumo is wrong, then you are wrong also.
I’m not saying either is right or wrong, just pointing out the moronic logic you are using…
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HUGGINGMYBABIES
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 11:05amCatholic doctrine or not, taking ones own life is akin to taking another’s life. If you believe you were created in God’s image for his purpose and you cut that process short in ANY manner, you have gone against his will. What I won’t do is judge or reason how God will receive or deal with us if we do chose to disregard his purpose and take matters into our own hands.
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strats
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 1:49pmIf you don’t believe in Allah, a human might kill you.
If you don’t believe in Jesus, a human might kill you.
If you kill yourself because you as a human being cannot stand obvious crookedness anymore?
Well, that’s sad. Understandable to a point and not unforgivable.
Thank God you’re not God Kumo.
You could be a senator perhaps.
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claymoremacm
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:22amit has been the most hopeless week of my life
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repairsea
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:31amNo kidding. My 99 year old grandmother went into a coma after the election and died. I am sure she will still be voting in 2016 and not for her party.
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PapaPatriarch
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:40amIt was worse under Roosevelt, don’t give up.
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HUGGINGMYBABIES
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 11:19am@repairsea I’m sorry for your loss.
@claymoremacm, Don’t feel hopeless. Hope comes from within…..the Left will tell you it comes from a man they voted for again. Thats a lie. They want you to believe that all you are comes from those who govern you. The fact is, we have to keep hope alive in our hearts and in our minds. I’m a Pollyanna, I can find mounds of hope in this craptastical situation we have been forced,to endure. Go out and find it in your homes, neighborhoods, cities, counties and states. It won’t ever exist in Washington…..so we need to stop looking there to find the right answers, and start looking within and building a lasting hope ourselves.
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ADNIL
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:22amI guess he didn’t want to wait for the Obamapill.
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JohnnyBrillcream
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:18amHollywood stars claim they would leave the Country if Bush was re-elected still hung around after the election. This guy at least has the courage of his convictions, albeit a bit over the top.
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Deuteronomy22
Posted on November 15, 2012 at 12:57amI wonder if Ted Nugent will follow through with his prediction, dead or in jail, or will he be a coward.
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Yeah_Buddy
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:18amFeel so bad for this guy. I know lots of people must be feeling despondent after last Tuesday. I’m trying to counter it by purging negative thoughts and be thankful for family and health.
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HowTruthHurts
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:16amI pray for his family, but this man is a coward. What good does his death do his family, business partner, and country? If you want change, fight for it. Suicide is the easy way out.
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MAULEMALL
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:23amhe was a coward …You are a dooshbag… Seems equal..
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MAULEMALL
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:24ampray that God teaches you when to STFU…
That would be a good prayer.
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Kumo
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:25amNot to mention one of the worst sins imaginable, there will be no redemption for his recklessness.
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HowTruthHurts
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 11:06am@Kumo
I couldn’t agree more. Suicide is murdering one’s self. Therefore the subject dies in sin. Satan wants society to be OK with suicide. It only makes his job easier.
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goldmind
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:16amI think I’ll wait for Obama, to commit political suicide instead.
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GuruMeditation
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 11:06amOr do you also mean spiritual suicide. The 2nd death?
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UNBOTHERED
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 5:17pmGoldmind,
I’ll be willing to bet, you think you are a man or woman of God too right.
SMH
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BODYBAG
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:16amHis rage was pointed in the wrong direction.
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Ixion
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:30amYet his anxiety is totally understandable.
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mikem1969
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:14amHey little hitler, remember the add you ran about Romney being responsible for a womans death that were clearly not true? Well, from this man himself you ARE TO BLAME FOR HIS DEATH. I bet you don’t get any heat from it.
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SimpleTruths
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:13amCoward best describes this guy.
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G.E.R
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:16amSchmuck is another good word
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barber2
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:45amAlways impressed with the “compassion”of a Lefty…
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SeekerEmerald
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 11:12amYou seem to be very comfortable judging a man based on a short news article. No mention was made of the situation he was in financially. There could have been many other factors (that we are not aware of) that made this a VERY different decision than we all are thinking.
If I still had a business (once, not anymore) I’d be very worried about how I would be making enough money to keep my staff employed. I’ve never met a business owner who wasn’t concerned about his empoloyees, and who didn’t agonize over having to let someone go.
Why are we all so quick to judge someone based on a couple of sentences in a news article?
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TheReasonableLib
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:13amThis is very sad. We as people should never allow politics to enter our lives this way.
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Bluefish49
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:09amPoor guy…almost wish I had the balls to do it myself…
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HowTruthHurts
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:17amSuicide doesn’t take courage. It takes the lack thereof.
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repairsea
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 12:15pmYou don’t want to become one of the liberal dead voters in 2016. Be strong.
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