Erin couldn't remember the last time she'd stood in a voting booth. Campaigns bored her. Every politician wore the same horseshit smile and gave the same horseshit speech. Erin was amazed that anyone would believe a word.
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Orly could not decipher the problem, and delivered the distraught dancer to Shad, who was on break, reading a large-type edition of The Plague by Albert Camus. The book made Shad feel slightly better about living in South Florida.
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García said, "Are either of you history buffs? Me, I love American history." He leaned forward, dropping his voice. "I'm trying to imagine what Thomas Paine would think of a congressman who has sex with old shoes and laundry lint."
Erin agreed that the republic was doomed. She said Tasmania was looking pretty good as an alternate homeland.

- Carl Hiaasen, Strip Tease