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...I mean come on — this man has a bust of César Chávez in his office and is close friends with AFL-CIO head Richard Trumka....
...His drawing of former Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois had his head in the shape of his home state....
...Uncoincidentally, it was the Republican connoisseur of great oratory, senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois (who recorded an album of himself reciting speeches from American history), whose vote for cloture...
...However, he had retired the year before to look after his cancer-stricken wife, Joy, the daughter of Everett Dirksen, the Senate minority leader....
...That would require Mr Obama to behave like Lyndon Johnson, which he won’t, and the congressional leadership to behave as if they were Tip O’Neill and Everett Dirksen, able to ignore their screeching extremist...
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