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Naked truth: Emperor candidate is a fake

We listen to a candidate who claims he will bring jobs back to America, while he has hired foreigners to build his golf courses and buildings. The claims of bringing manufacturing back to America rings hollow when he has been in the forefront of manufacturing overseas. His birther stance and subsequent reversal were and are ludicrous. His pandering and lack of critical thinking is obvious. It goes on and on.

As a child, I read “The Emperor’s New Clothing”. As an adult, I read the story to many children. It is a universal story for a reason. Does it take a child to blurt out, “He’s naked. He’s wearing no clothes?”

Tom Peratt, Clovis

This story was originally published September 25, 2016 at 2:18 PM with the headline "Naked truth: Emperor candidate is a fake."

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