"There is only one thing more harmful to society than an elected official forgetting the promises he made in order to get elected that's when he doesn't forget them.“


-John McCarthy

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There is only one thing more harmful to society than an elected official forgetting the promises he made in order to get elected that's when he doesn't forget them.

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