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“Okay, here’s the deal,” Juanita starts this morning.  It’s Friday and the line is out the door for beauty help before the VFW dance tonight.  So Juanita is combing and chattin’ and bleachin’.

“The Republicans are saying that they are opposed to Elizabeth Warren having anything to do with consumer protection because she is ‘anti-business.’  That just kinda stuns me.  Ain’t that like saying you’re against Elliott Ness because he’s anti-crime?”

“It seems to me that big business has already plucked this country cleaner than a Thanksgiving turkey and maybe, just maybe, it’s time to give the people a little protection from the very folks who have wrecked our economy in the first place.  Maybe it’s just me, but consumer protection isn’t a four letter word.  I counted.”

“The Republican Party is a wholly owned subsidiary of big bankers and they are all just about as cuddly as a hornet.  I think they both need a double shot of Elizabeth Warren.  They’ll fall apart like a two dollar wagon under her watchful eyes.”

“Ya know, a man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do and a woman’s gotta do the rest.”