To the editor,
This letter is directed to all Republicans, independents, those in the middle and the uninvolved.
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Ellin when you use the word "we" you assume you are speaking for more than yourself without disclosing who "we" is you infer you are speaking for "me" as I am a subset of "we" and I can tell you exactly at "you" do not speak for "me".
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