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A post-election reply to Mortimer and Stanley

Wikipedia Here are excerpts from a reply to two dear friends - disguised with two fake names - Mortimer and Stanley.    These guys fall at opposite ends of the political spectrum, but their exchanges are always respectful.  The three of us have been "sparring" since our teens.  Some text changed, but it is close to the original version when I responded to their post-election e-mail dual of 11/3/2010... "Dear Mortimer and Stanley, I love your passionate sentiments about today's political landscape and all that ails us.  I'll begin with the standard (but in this case truthful) comment - I agree with both of you - to an extent. Ah, the fun of going last... I'll start with Stanley and his Mortimer rebuke - " Greed and avarice are as old as the Bible, Morty. And the Democrats are experts on that ."   Stanley, I assume you mean Dems are experts on greed, not the Bible.  Well, some Republicans also know greed, as do some Libertar...