Good News for Conservatives: Target-Rich Opportunity in 2010 Primaries and General Election
Written by Richard Viguerie on July 24, 2009, 10:10 AM

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Richard A. Viguerie

July 24, 2009

2010 Primaries – Once in a Lifetime Opportunity

Finally: Good News for Conservatives
Target-Rich Opportunity in 2010 Primaries and General Election


Conservatives have been justifiably and understandably discouraged, not only in 2009 but for years, as Washington, D.C. politicians engaged in a major expansion of government.

However, because President Obama--Nancy Pelosi--Harry Reid Democrats have moved so fast and far reaching in a massive expansion of government, it appears that conservatives will have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make major gains in the November general election, as well as in Democratic and Republican primaries.

All House and Senate members who are associated with Obama (including Republicans and Democrats) should be prime targets in primaries. Then if we fail, we have another bite at the apple in November.

The 2010 election almost certainly will be a referendum on Obama, Pelosi, and Reid policies.

Connecting the popularity polling dots on Obama, Pelosi, and Reid points to them having significantly lower poll numbers in 2010 – which means they will be a major drag on any candidate associated with their policies.

This election needs to be a referendum on whether politicians support Obama's radical socialist agenda, including:

  • Sotomayor and other Obama "empathetic-feeling" judicial nominees
  • Government takeover of health care (including rationing, tax increases, etc., etc.)
  • Cap and Trade: the tax increase and job destroyer
  • The unions' job-killing agenda
  • Depression-causing tax increases (including voiding Bush/GOP tax cuts)
  • Trillion-dollar bail out of Wall Street and car companies
  • Trillion-dollar Stimulus Bill for big business and Democratic Party machine politicians and patrons

Conservatives need to be engaging in candidate recruitment now.  Candidate recruitment should also definitely include articulate candidates in Democratic-held seats.  If our candidates beat the Democratic incumbent in primaries, great: We'll have two conservatives to choose from in November.

At a minimum, by challenging Democrats in primaries they will have to spend money, time, and other resources to defend their votes for the agendas of Obama, Pelosi, and Reid, thereby significantly weakening them in November. And Republicans who failed to oppose Obama-Pelosi-Reid socialism – or worse, aided and abetted it – should be prepared to be seriously challenged.

Now let's all go forth and recruit candidates to oppose Obama-supporting Democrats and Republicans.

The 2010 election could dwarf the conservative successes in 1994.

Blog Comments

Robert Founder
Obama and the Democrats are the literal wrath of God poured out on us as punishment for our turning our backs on God... God has forsaken this country and we will not reverse that fact until there is a Great Religious Awakening in this Country that can sweep the evil filth from our streets and lives... The Obama Administration is Just Deserts for a Godless and faithless people... And it will get worse, much worse and there is nothing we can do about it by using our present understanding and our present tools, however well intended... Yes, I vote, and yes, I work in campaigns, and yes, I believe in civic activism, but I know we cannot win until we take much, much stronger steps, and we cannot win without God on our side, which He presently is not... I have said, and I say again, George Bush was better than we deserved, ditto Reagan and all the Republican Presidents and officials we have selected... They correctly reflected our Godless compromised lives and our Godless gutted values... Our child killing, not just abortion, but mainly Conservative Believing couples killing their children by the tens of millions with birth control of ANY and ALL types, both "natural" and artificial... We live in a stinking culture of death, that reeks of death all over the place, and we will never restore ourselves to God's favor until we completely change our lifestyles, AND our churches which have become as corrupt as the rest of us... In that sense Obama, the false prophet, is right, WE DO NEED CHANGE AND RADICAL CHANGE. And because that is true, the people have turned to him for that change... They have had to turn to him because WE Conservative Believers offer NO CHANGE, NO CHANGE, NO CHANGE, whatsoever... Read www.ConservativeVictoryPlan.WordPress.Com www.Precinct.Weebly.Com to see just a tip of the iceberg of the kind of change we need. Write to: ... RobertFounder@Gmail.Com ... BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE...
John
Richard, something we conservatives need to add to the campaign strategy, is the fact that no legislator, no matter the party, should ever vote on a bill which he or she has not read nor knows what is in that bill. It should be stressed that any legislator who has voted on any bill that he has not read, does not deserve to be representing the people of these United States! To me, it is outrageous that an elected representative would vote on a bill strictly because his/her party leadership demanded that vote for party purposes. We need to put an end to such procedures from now on. A hit list should be kept with the names of any legislators who vote on a bill without knowledge of the bill, and their names run constantly until election day, so that the citizens of this country know who it is that is representing the party rather then their constituents.
Verne
We can put forth all the good conservative cantidates all we want, but we dont have a chance as long as the corrupt Chicago political machine (Acorn) is operating.QV We have had it control politics in Washington state too.
novi
Robert: George Bush is better than we deserve? Understand that I voted for the man twice, but save for Obama and Peanut Jimmy, I cannot imagine that there's ever been an American President more damaging to freedom and prosperity than George W. Bush. Evidence you ask? How about this: After the Inauguration in 2001, where were the investigations of the massive criminality of the former leftist regime that had assaulted our nation for eight years? As a citizen I wanted justice over "travel-gate", "the Sandy Berger files theft", the death of Vince Foster, the death of Ron Brown, and a huge volume of other legal mysteries. Afterall, this was our White House, our Presidency that had been trashed. But our new President allowed it all to be swept under the rug. Next the insane expansion of benefits for our financially failing Medicare system championed by our supposed fiscally conservative President. ?? Our nation was being badly damaged by illegal immigration and instead of protecting our nation's sovereignty, safety, and economy, "W" championed the cause of every illegal, gave them massive benefits, and fought like a tiger against every conservative voter who'd brought him to office. Through a Federal Prosecutor he vigorously attacked the Border Agents who protected the American people. President Bush called the patriots serving as "Minutemen", vigilantes. To "protect" us, he shoved the Patriot Act down our throats resulting in the biggest single loss of Constitutional rights in the history of our nation. Gone now, is your 4th Amendment right against unlawful search and seizure. While the GOP cheered the powers of the Patriot Act with "W" in the White House, it is a bit unsettling to know that our new President, the outright Marxist, has redefined "terrorist" to mean "conservatives". Can you see now how a principled approach to law and government has it's advantage? Seems to me if the GOP were really worried about our security they'd cut off benefits for illegals (they'll go home) and finish the fence. Over the years I've actually changed my mind about Bush's Iraq War, but if you still think it was justified, I can at least respect you point of view. Personally I think we attacked a nation that had not attacked us. By the way; why didn't we attack the Saudi's instead? Why do we let the Saudi's continue to fund radical Wassabi Schools right here in the U.S.? Tell me again why we lost our 4th Amendment rights under the Patriot Act? Security? The final straw, for anyone with a brain has to have been the bailout. Remember, the House voted it down. Remember too, that Republican Congressmen reported that the White House threatened them with "martial law" if they succeeded the second time in the bailout's defeat? Consider the results of the Bush / Paulsen bailout against the threats used to get it passed. Do you see anything wrong here Robert? Dick Morris reported on Nov. 19, 2008, that through the bailout, President G.W. Bush ceded away our economic national sovereignty to the EU. This is a fact Robert, not an assertion; look it up. Then there's all of that "other stuff" about the North American Union and the security and Prosperity Partnership, both parts of a plan by "W" to merge the the U.S. and our two bordering nations into a single nation, aka the EU. Ya gotta' love a GOP President that looks out for our sovereignty; right? Sorry Robert, the wrath of God on America amounts to the scales on the eyes of the GOP faithful. The overwhelming evidence is that the Democrat and Republican Parties are nothing but two rival gangs who are members of the same crime family. They sit at a poker table, call each other names and occasionally someone gets shot. But woe to the man who tries to put an end to the game. I think that was a patriot named Ron Paul. Robert, we already tried your conservative victory plan, and it led to the election of a Marxist dictator named Barak Obama. Like I said once before: I'll vote for the Republican that will campaign specifically on "un-doing" the Patriot Act, and ending all functions of government not allowed by our beautiful Constitution. That sir, is what makes me a Conservative, not membership in an infinitely corrupt political party.
Claxton
You got that right novi. And don't forget about the foreign flags being flown at post offices in our country while only our patriotic citizenery had enough duty to remove them and raise our national flag. And we are being told we need a new world order and globalism because by the selling of our country and its ownership we can no longer stand on our own two feet? Why is it Bush and Biden were pushing Congress to sign the U.N.’s L.O.S.T. treaty which, in the fine print, would allow a world entity final authority to decide, punish and force a corporation wholly within the boundaries the U.S. into compliance?
liveinthepastdemocrat
Novi, Claxton, here's a news flash: BUSH AIN'T PRESIDENT. Thought you would like to wake up from your nightmare. Unfortunately, today's reality is worse than yesterday's.
Claxton
liveinthepastdemocrat. I'm not going to easily forget the betrayal I've felt after voting for Bush twice nor the betrayal I feel now from the Congress that is selling our country down the river......White House, Dems, and Rinos. My eyes are open and I've been and will continue to be actively involved. Your post is noted, however, novi's and my responses were to an earlier post, therefore warrented. Richard, as a suggestion, in candidate recruitement, those who are members of policy-making, new world order think tanks should be excluded.
Claxton
Sorry..."warranted".
novi
liveinthepastdemocrat: Obama worse? You bet. That's why I referred to him as a Marxist dictator. My reference to Bush is to make the point to Robert that we can't restore freedom via loyalty to the GOP, and that without complicit Republicans, like Bush and McCain, we would not have a Marxist government now. RobertFounder: Here's a victory plan. Demand that in order to get your support, a candidate for any office, with any party affiliation, simply make this platform statement. "It is my goal to restore our nation to a Constitutional government by working to undo and eliminate every bureau, agency, or department that should never have be created in the first place." "TRUTH IS ELECTABLE"
alphonso
Mr. Bush 2 (it started with his father, continued with William Jefferson) is responsible for the new leadership we have today. He trashed our manufacturing base, he trashed our economy, he distroyed our freedoms etc. While our kids were killed in Iraq he was walking hand in hand with the Saudi King and was dancing with a sword in his hand and his shoes off. People out of disperation and totally confused looked on the other side not realizing that they will get something even worst. I am sure in 2010 they will look again at Republicans and we will end up with Jeb or likes who is running around the country trying to rebrand the Republican Party after his brother had grossly stained it. What a joke and travesty. They all lust power. They want to create dynasites and rule over majority forever. The irony is that I have voted for this fellow. After 8 years of Clinton I saw in him a better option than Albert the Internet-Global Warming Nobel Price guru. I was wrong.
...A.J.
Bush is no lomger the Pres., but his and the Republicans' disastrous years resulted in the current Obama socialism. Any and all Rep. "leaders" who supported Bush's insanity after 04, should get out of politics. By that time it was obvious for anyone with double digit IQ, Catastrophy will be elected in 08. Yes, an article written in the NYT 9.5 years ago predicted the economic collapse, but essentially nothing was done for 7.5 years of Bush, and BIG GOVERNMENT was his solution from the start. He and his supporters are responsible for the election of Obama. If you are one of those, you are the Fift Column and you don't even know it. You did more to destroy the US than any terrorist or communist. Enjoy! TNCAAB
Robert Founder
To: Novi and the rest of you cry-babies... There is not one single thing in any of your Posts that I do not already know... So why waste your breath?...Of course there were a thousand things GWB did, and did not do, that I disagreed with, but that is beside the point... MY POINT?... My point was that WE, WE, WE, WE, do not deserve better than GWB... Why? ... Because WE are not organized to make Bush, or any other President do what WE want them to do.... WE are asleep at the wheel... Go to my Web Site on Winning: www.ConservativeVictoryPlan.WordPress.Com ... There you can see what an actual plan looks like... Then go to another of my sites www.Precincts.Weebly.Com.... and see HOW we should organize ourselves... Then you can realize what I shouldn't have to tell you, namely that we ARE NOT organized at all.... These silly organizations that we send our money to are a joke, and that included every single Conservative and Religious organization in this country.... None of them are anywhere near the mark and not worth spit.... NOT ONE OF THESE WORTHLESS ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING NRA, RCC, RNC, ACU AND ON AND ON, HAVE ANY PLAN FOR CONSERVATIVE VICTORY AT ALL.... THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT SUCH A PLAN IS NEEDED.... Why are they bad? ... Because you and others who support them are bad.... They are bad for the same reason Bush was bad, because all of them, and Bush are mirror images of you.... America is finished: It has no children... It is fat and lazy, and it is full of legal, AND ILLEGAL drugs.... The people of this nation are a bunch of sick puppies and likely before too long you will see this country militarily occupied by the UN, or Russia, or Red China, or all three.... This country is so bad it is not even fit to govern itself, much less anyone else.... HOW DO YOU FIX THIS? Easy, Organize yourselves starting right here on this site.... Pledge your lives, your fortunes and your sacred honor like our Founders did.... That is, if your wives will let you.... American men are a bunch of castrated wimps.... IF you don't want to follow this plan, shut up and take your medicine and go join the Democrat Party where you will feel more at home.... And stop criticizing GWB. He is better than all of you....
steve youhanaie
So Robert, tell us how you really feel. Just kidding, but some good points. When the 43rd President was running in 1999, like the canary, in the coal mine, I warned my friends about him, and they said I was nuts. Actually, I told them, "I feel another Jimmy Carter coming on." They have sinced admitted that I was correct, and that they have regretted voting for 43.
Robert Founder
The Point Is: Conservative Believers just think someone should magically save them from themselves. They are brainless, overweight, out of shape, oversexed, and totally obsessed with killing their own children with Birth Control of various sorts, including Catholic "natural" Birth Control, called the Rhythm Method that kills babies just as efficiently as the Protestant "artificial" Birth Control called Condoms and the Pill etc. These baby killing Conservatives and Christians now have no children to do their work, or fight their wars, so they import other people's babies to do their work and fight their wars, and then spit on them for being foreigners. God has turned his back on this ungodly people and this ungodly nation and both are not long for this world. The Americans and America are both doomed, and will be statistically extinct by 2100, if not before. It is all over, face it, and when we and our descendants are no longer here, we won't be needing the Constitution, Bill of Rights, the Flag or even the Bible, and the people who will be here will not want or need those things for sure. So it is all over for Whitey UNLESS the castrated All American boob organizes like never before. If they do this, which is doubtful, they might get lucky and get a President and other officials that will save the Country. The likelihood of that happening? .... Near Zero!!! ... Robert Founder@Gmail.Com I see the cat has got all your tongues...
John
Hee Hee Hee, Robert you forgot to take your prozac again didn't you? Hey man, if it is all over for the U.S. why are you carrying on like a maniac? Does your plan call for hospitalization anytime in the near future? I have been trying to tell you for sometime now, that you need to go third party Robert. You can start your own party with your great plan, organize it the way you want to and take over the country. Then you can go to war with the U.N. before it becomes the official headquarters for the one world order. Go get them Bobby, I have all the confidence in the world in you. Please double up on your prozac first though, as I would hate to see you flip out entirely.
novi
Robert: Leave the name calling to the left. In a lifetime of debating liberals, it is the one thing I can count on; being void of valid arguments, liberals call me names. You keep missing the point. The Republican Party is not the solution Robert. Until the vast majority of former GOP voters understand that; we are doomed. The Democrat and Republicans Parties are the same group of elites. That is the explanation for the fact that when in the majority, the GOP always carries our culture and economy in the same direction as the Democrats. Always. This is so obvious that it is surely beyond debate by rational "conservatives". I am currently working in my home State to help nominate a GOP candidate for Governor who is decidedly, "not one of them". He is a genuine States Rights candidate who wants to limit the power of Government to only that which is allowed by our nation's Constitution. That is, of course, most distasteful to our State GOP. You continually seem to miss the vital importance of "constitutionality" as it pertains to all things government. Since you brought it up; for the record Robert; I am a believer who worships and obeys the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and am saved through the shed blood of the Messiah. We weren't big on birth control in my family, since I'm now the grandfather of a decidedly large brood of little ones. And by the way, every single one of them is home-schooled. In other words I'm as conservative as they come. Robert; it doesn't take much thought to see clearly that the Bush, Clinton, and Kennedy families are on the same side. Your "victory" plan won't work; just read the Constitution, and campaign for candidates who don't just give it lip service, but genuinly support it, regardless of Party.
novi
Read and understand your Constitution, and you'll see what the politicians, both Democrat and Republicans are doing to you. Then, educate others.
novi
Okay, here it is Robert in plain language: The elites who control government decide ahead of time whether they want red or blue. The controlled media makes it happen and if that fails, they fall back on paperless electronic voting machines. There were many many clues during the Presidential campaign that revealed the agenda of the elite, including the $100 Million donation to Harvard by traitor and globalist Republican, David Rockefeller, which money no doubt ended up in Obama's campaign coffers. If you were watching the campaign contributions at the time, you would have noticed that Obama received more funding from Wall Street than any presidential candidate in history. That was telling. It is now time now for the socialist agenda of the new world order. The global elite cannot merge America with other nations without first changing life in America to make it more compatible with other nations. To be credible in the eyes of the public, they need the democrats to hold power. People need to wake up and see the false left-right political paradigm for what it is - a DISTRACTION to keep us from noticing the real enemy - that is, the elite ruling class that controls government behind the scenes. THIS is why we must support CONSTITUTIONALISTS and demand fair and open elections Take the red pill.
Robert Founder
Novi, I have run into a thousand or more of the mentally deranged who think exactly the way you do. They are called Libertarians, the stupidest, and most evil, political party in the world, and you are a card carrying member, so don't deny it. These Tarians are worse than Democrats as they seem to sound good, but there is no basis under any of it. They dream of a time that never was and never will be, ever. That makes them live in a fantasy world. The time they dream of, of small government, was a time in which it is true government did not control people, but others did. Your family, your parents, your church, your neighbors, your employer held you in a vice-like grip and you couldn't do anything without their approval. But people just like you, didn't like that, and so we got rid of the laws that enabled your parents, your church, and your neighbors, and your employer to control your life down to the smallest detail, and that created a vacuum, a vacuum that had to be filled by something, as nature abhors a vacuum. What filled it was government, big government, if you will, and I'm betting there is absolutely no going back to your fantasy time. So you people are insane and irrelevant, and bad as they are the Democrat and Republican Party live in the real world. My take is we pick the better Party, the Republican, and take it over and make it create a GOOD big government, rather than a BAD big government. There is much more to my point, but I hit the main point. The issue now is WHO is going to control the police state, as we already have one, and NO ONE is going to disassemble it, no one. And forget the Constitution, it is an antique heirloom that is suitable for framing only. It died a while back. You are a fish out of water gasping for breath until you finally die.
John
Robert, you are the fish out of water not novi. When I saw you advocating controlling big government, you indeed made a point. You are no different then those who are in power now. You want big government and total control. All your rants about taking over the party and throwing people out of it that don't agree with you, is no different from what the Democrats and Republican parties are doing right now. Robert there is no such thing as GOOD BIG GOVERNMENT! It has never worked and never will where there are people who desire to live free of a massive government dictating to them how to live their lives. The constitution is not dead yet Robert. There are still people in this country that are ready to die defending our constitution and that may have to occur, but I would not give up on it yet. Even your democrat enemies refer to it as a living constitution, lol. Hey man, get back on your medicine and lighten up. Have some faith in the good people of this country and work with them, not against them simply because they do not agree with your plan.
novi
Ahhh, thank you Robert. The point I've been trying to make about you, to anyone left reading this, and about the rest of the infinitely immoral and corrupt Republican Party, is that you do not believe in the Constitution, you do not believe in morality, you do not believe in liberty, only in the existence of a police State, made acceptable, only if it is run by Republicans. You are the Christian Taliban. You have zero interest in the truth, but for the record, I have never given a nickel to, campaigned for, or voted for a Libertarian Party candidate. Never. I have however, stopped doing any of the above for the GOP. I can learn; you evidently, cannot.
novi
Ohhhh no!! I stated an untruth earlier when I denied ever giving money to or voting for any Libertarian ever. My wife just corrected me. I once handed a $100 bill and voted for a Libertarian running for a Senate seat that was being contested between a far left Democrat and a far left RINO. I will agree though that the superior philosophy of libertarianism has been high jacked and corrupted by the leftist drug culture. That's why I am a member of the Constitution Party.
nove
To John, Claxton, and the other patriots here, don't give up; we can win. To Robert: Wow, you've made the mean, bigoted conservative stereotype Archie Bunker creation of leftist, Norman Lear; actually come to life. Good job. As for me: "Give me liberty, or give me death."
Claxton
Actually, this last time I voted for Alan Keyes. He seemed to be the only one with his head screw on straight. I wish Zell Miller would run. We do need a plan though.
Claxton
If you want to know who is really running this country and who is setting policy, read this...especially the first four paragraphs. http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2009a/july/126071.htm And Obama is their chose one.
coriann
We conservatives need to stop being the 'strong silent type', timid about engaging the mouthy, radical, libtards who all seem to have well-rehearsed talking points for their special causes. We need to take your definition of a conservative and pare it down into simple statements and questions (challenges) to call out the enemy to face us on our own turf rather than letting people steam roll us at home, in the community or in the government. Most Americans agree with basic conservatism, but then why did over half of them fail to vote against BHO? Because they didn't want to vote for the 'lesser of two evils', so they backed away and got the Greater of Two Evils. Want better candidates? Find them, push them, BE them!!! 2010 & 2012, HERE WE COME!!!!
coriann
Hey - I just went back over some earlier comments -- All you get out of voting for a splinter party is the satisfaction that you didn't play somebody else's game. You still lose the election. If it two handed table, let's at least get someone at the table who's not in bed with marxist revolutionaries, and sort out our conservative differences among us, rather than getting no power at all and marginalizing ourselves. All the self-righteous pontificating about less than perfect politicians just blows off steam and wastes a lot of energy that reasonable people could combine into fight the real enemy, corruption and anti-americanism. You can't get lumber until you cut down a tree, no matter how you chew away at the branches and bark. Lets get together and fell a tree so we don't just waste our time whittling and calling it enough. What if we get a moderate conservative but reject a left-winger in celebrity's clothing? (Surrounded, by the way by a whole platoon of Marxist Czars and Soros' money?) Good start. Stop trying to impress each other with your purist retoric and get busy making something happen more than hot air. We can nitpick later, unless Cass and friends shut us down first. Luv ya.
coriann
Anybody there? Anybody awake? God please wake us up!! 1. First, get a minority president elected and surround him with socialist revolutionaries with broad powers over media, internet, regulation, etc. 2. Have him forward a lot of very liberal policies and legislation in quick succession, each more financially irresponsible than the last, to cripple the economy. 3. When the right finally revolts and criticizes him, label their dissent ‘racist’ to divide people into opposing factions and silent ‘neutral’ sideliners. 4. Abandon global friends and engage with socialist enemies, to weaken us internationally. 5. When the right rebukes these false charges as racist, escalate the fight until there is violence on either side, which will cause violence on both sides. 6. Immediately declare a ‘crisis’, selectively shut down the media and internet to isolate the factions and prevent uniting and mobilizing. 7. Declare martial law expecting some units to rebel along with local malitias. 8. Invite socialist governments to help maintain order and crack down on conservatives, replace the congress with a central committee. 9. Conscript men and women into military service. 10. Establish new boundaries with regional and local politbureaus. If this plan can be implemented thru step 5 before the 2010 elections we will be unable to stop it. The only way to derail this plan is to immediately organize and mobilize into an underground conservative society willing and able to neutralize liberals in congress enough to slow down the revolutionary agenda. I am afraid that the patient socialists have calculated this same scenario and fully realize that if they don’t get to step 6 before the election, they will become a minority in lawful government, and lost their window of opportunity, so that in 2012, they may lose their puppet president and more of their congressional strength. They must, therefore, either keep congress in 2010 or advance to step 6 before then. I believe the scenario will be the latter. The only miracle that can stop them now, is if we manage to resist their encroachment and remain peaceful despite their race baiting and other devisive tactics. Anything that divides us weakens us, so we must manage to shrug off and marginalize the racist accusations and support right-thinking minorities in their courageous resistance to peer pressure. We must create a creed of cheerful opposition and inscrutible immovability without creating what can be considered a ‘crisis’ they can crack down on, triggering isolation. Loud, angry voices must not seem threatening, otherwise, it’s a ‘crisis’. Gatherings and groups must not seem militant, or else it’s a ‘crisis’. Violence against us must not spark a war, or it will certainly be a ‘crisis’. Respectfully laugh off the racist prods. Not easy, but necessary to hang on by a thread until we can get the footing to push back effectively against a cunning and powerful enemy (and I don't mean BHO!)

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