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Mr. Shepherd's read a lot of books, but you didn't need a Harvard degree to see this comin' a mile down the road.
— Rumson · The American President
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An editorial interpretation.
Rumson concedes Mr. Shepherd is well read. But he says you didn't need a Harvard degree to see this coming. The dig is that plain common sense spotted it, so all those books didn't help.
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