Never say anything in a national campaign that anyone might remember.

Eugene McCarthy (1916-2005) American politician, poet, activist
“McCarthy’s First Law of Politics”

Quoted in John Leo, "Wit is the Opiate of Politics," US News & World Report (26 Nov 1990)


 
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