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Doug Jurney: Can vs. can’t

At the close of President Obama’s farewell address I was reminded of his political rallying cry, “Yes, we can!”

I contrast this with the Republicans’ rallying cry, “No, we can’t!”

In just six words, this pretty well sums up the last eight years in politics.

Doug Jurney

Raleigh

This story was originally published January 12, 2017 at 4:39 PM with the headline "Doug Jurney: Can vs. can’t."

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