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that this large nonvoting majority has been winning every election...

for the past three decades.

And the people who win these elections are gonna be too ashamed...

or better yet, too afraid to even take power at all.

Oh, hey. Ow, man.

- Uh, Paul's moved, man. - Where did he go?

I don't know. It's like he split, man.

He's like - He disappeared. Nobody knows where he is.

But, uh, his room is, like, totally empty.

It's got everything moved out.

And on the floor there's these postcards just sitting there.

Sitting there right in the middle. It's really bizarre.

Why don't you come look? It's really weird.

So where you getting all these statistics from anyway?

Dallas Morning News, man. You ought to read it for a change.

See, he's gone. All his stuff's gone.

- Strange. - He's a strange guy.

- What do we have here? - Those are the cards he left.

There's writing on the back of them.

They're numbered. It's like a little story or something.

"Juan Apagato spends a lot of time wandering around town.

"He tried college for a while, but it consumed too much time.

"So now he's looking for a job that doesn't involve much work.

"He rents a room in a large house and rarely sees the people he lives

with.

"One is called Frank something, and he thinks there are some more...

but he can't be sure. "

I guess that means all of us.

"He comes from a light blue-collar family.

"He doesn't see his parents much anymore.

"He quit going to visit when they quit sending him money.

One of his grandparents died last month, but he can't remember which. "

It's Uncle Fester.

"Last summer he thought about sticking his index finger in a fan.

"Someone told him his fingerprints are unique, and he believes...

"there's too much direct evidence against uniqueness.

"He thinks that differences are minor compared to the

similarities.

"All his days are about the same.

"He wakes up at 11:00 or 12:00...

"eats cereal or toast, reads the newspaper...

"looks out the front door, takes a walk...

"goes to a movie matinee, listens to the radio...

"watches sitcom reruns till 1:00...

"and usually falls asleep about 2:00.

He likes to sleep. Sometimes he has good dreams. "

It's the finale.

"Watch for the next episode:

"Juan joins up with an emerging European terrorist organization...

and soon returns to the U.S. With a supply of homemade nuclear weapons. "

Huh. That's interesting.

Just a second.

- Hi. - Hey, guy. - Hi.

What's going on?

- Paul moved out, man. - Oh, yeah?

Yeah, took all his stuff, just left these cards here.

- Can I have his room? - Sure, why not?

Cool.

Hey, where you headed?

Oh, I got some band practice in about five hours...

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