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Decoding a president’s prose

Patterson, left, and Clinton share an agent, who suggested they write together

THE PRESIDENT IS ABOUT TO BE IMPEACHED. A progressive Southerner with a common touch, he’s squaring off against a conservative House that is trying to remove him from office. “Savagery in the quest for power is older than the Bible,” he gripes, “but some of my opponents really hate my guts.”

It’s hard to miss the parallels between the fictional President Jonathan Duncan and a

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