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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums“Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a Republican. But I repeat myself.”
Harry Truman
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“Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a Republican. But I repeat myself.” (Original Post)
rustydog
Jan 2012
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The list of quotes if took it from attributed it to Truman..he may have paraphrased Twain
rustydog
Jan 2012
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Unfortunately, the idiots have done a pretty good job of setting the national agenda.
Jackpine Radical
Jan 2012
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TheWraith
(24,331 posts)1. A take off on a Mark Twain quote.
The original was "Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself."
rustydog
(9,186 posts)3. The list of quotes if took it from attributed it to Truman..he may have paraphrased Twain
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)5. Quotes are like that.
Twain vilified Congress in general, and HST applied the same vilification to the Republicans in particular.
Neoma
(10,039 posts)2. I was going to guess Alan Grayson.
*sigh*
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)4. Unfortunately, the idiots have done a pretty good job of setting the national agenda.
Well, not really the idiots. I somewhat disagree with Harry on that one. The followers are idiots, and the leaders are psychopaths.