And in each election, they would come forward and say, "we are not really a left wing party, we're a centrist party these days" And people would say, we don't believe you.

每次选举的时候,他们都会声称,我们不是一个左翼政党,我们现在是中间派,但是选民都不相信他们

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So this was a highly charged political environment. Far more volatile than for example the kind of partisan quarrels we see today in our republic I hope.

所以那是十分紧张的政治环境,比我们当今所见的,共和政党争论,更加反复无常，希望如此。

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