https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Thu, 08 Oct 2026 22:10:40 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 https://wist.info/gregory-dick/33057/ https://wist.info/gregory-dick/33057/#respond Fri, 18 Mar 2016 15:05:21 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/?p=33057 There are two major kinds of promises in politics: the promises made by candidates to the voters and the promises made by the candidates to persons and groups able to deliver the vote. Promises falling into the latter category are loosely called “patronage,” and promises falling into the former category are most frequently called “lies.”

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