Despite the fact that this is a legal decision, not\u00a0a political one, I do believe that it will have at least one positive political effect.<\/p>\n

Go ahead, tell me you didn’t feel deflated last night.\u00a0 No, you’re lying.\u00a0 I read your comments on Facebook and on the blogs and on the newspaper sites.\u00a0 I know what you were thinking: France called, they want their statue back.<\/p>\n

Now, tell me you don’t at least have a little hope that we can pull back from the precipice.\u00a0 That week-long planned media celebration of historic achievements is stopped cold, even before the bill is signed into law.<\/p>\n

Tell me you don’t feel better now than you did 4 hours ago.
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