It is shocking to think that anyone in the White House was involved in a dirty trick designed to prevent Americans from exercising their democratic rights. Unfortunately, after this year’s revelations about the firing of United States attorneys for partisan political reasons, the possibility cannot be dismissed out of hand. —official NY Times editorial

As Captain Renault of the movie Casablanca said just before taking his winnings: "I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!"

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