"Reagan won because he ran against Jimmy Carter. If he ran unopposed he would have lost."
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Mort Sahl
Mort Lyon Sahl (May 11, 1927 β October 26, 2021) was a Canadian-born American comedian, actor, and social satirist, considered the first modern stand-up comedian since Will Rogers. Sahl pioneered a style of social satire that pokes fun at political and current event topics using improvised monologues and only a newspaper as a prop.
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