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What we got is Marcon and Baynard by the nuts...and that my friend is why I love America!

— Joe · The Last Boy Scout

A red plum with a leaf and a small paper pinwheel hang from a cord beneath wooden pegs against navy.
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The speaker celebrates having two named opponents completely cornered, using a crude idiom for total control, then caps it with a cheerful patriotic sign-off. The comedy comes from the gleeful, over-the-top swagger and the odd link between that triumph and loving the country.

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