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avuncular (http://definr.com/avuncular)
adj 1: being or relating to an uncle
2: like an uncle in kindness or indulgence; "showed avuncular
concern"
First there was the Ron Paul revolution, in which an avuncular 10-term Representative from Brazoria County, Texas, raised more than $34 million as a pseudo-Republican candidate, garnered more than a million primary votes and outperformed Rudy Giuliani and Fred Thompson, all on the back of a get-government-off-my-back platform.
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