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ew. I recently found out that the sister I "fired" seven or eight years ago (never to be rehired, thank god), who once fancied herself a Leftie firebrand because she watches MSNBC is moving to Florida and that her new "best friends" are huge fans of TFF (no, I will absolutely resist typing the name, even if avoiding doing so ruins what I like to think of as "prose rhythm") who are "wonderful people" with "some good ideas." she'll stay fired, but I understand that he enjoys the support of people who might have once been defined as "intelligent." so I figure it's just a matter of time. it's not for no reason that there are so many books published every year about American stupidity. I DO often think that the public take on him divides between The Rest of the Country (who might have been semi-"conned" by the whole Celebrity Apprentice thing) and native New Yorkers, who've had to put up with his media presence since sometime in the '70's and are, therefore, utterly flummoxed by the idea that ANYBODY takes him at all seriously as anything but a terrible human joke. I am obviously in the latter category and don't really know anybody from these parts who doesn't feel the same way. of course, I've also heard that my building is filled with TFF's supporters, so I've obviously avoided asking too many questions. I know that my ex-super adores him but thinks he's too old to run again, seeing (gulp) Jared as his natural successor. but my super (now fortunately retired from his nearly thirty years of doing nothing) is Russian, which explains pretty much everything.

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