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Frederick Douglass: Even when it slept it had one eye open, and saw better with that one eye than did the Republican party with its two.

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Even when it slept it had one eye open, and saw better with that one eye than did the Republican party with its two.
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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass metaphorically describes the Democratic party's vigilance and awareness, contrasting it with the Republican party's perceived blindness.

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