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Election: Are we buying candidates' hype?

With the intensity of the current presidential race, I thought of the late Robert Preston's role as Professor Harold Hill in "The Music Man" (1962), selling the local folks with his "Ya Got Troubles" number.

We all need to be very careful while listening to the hype the politicians are selling. Is it real?

This story was originally published April 21, 2016 at 9:59 AM with the headline "Election: Are we buying candidates' hype?."

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