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    American Graffiti

    If you've got a political point to make, and you're clever, you can pretty much sneak it into anything.

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    By Rob Long • Nov 5, 2015 • 3m Listen

    There's an old and utterly unverifiable story about a certain speechwriter who worked for the President of the United States. The story is old enough that no one is even sure which president the speechwriter worked for, but the specific details don't really matter.

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