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Eric Greitens Proves It Again: Politics Attracts Sociopaths

In Jerks We Trust

Greitens and that other Eric (Schneiderman) and the president prove the point. Politics attracts raging egomaniacs. But the real problem may be the people who elect them.

Matt Lewis
Matt Lewis 

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