Walter Shapiro

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Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@LachlanMcIntosh @nathanlgonzales Alex Sanders is one of the funniest people I've met in politics. I haven't checked, but I have a hunch that the earliest version of that line came from prankster Dick Tuck, who lost a California state senate race in the 1960s. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 11, 2019 Hibernated

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Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@nathanlgonzales My favorite entry for a losing candidate (and I hope somebody really said it): "The voters have spoken -- the bastards." — PolitiTweet.org

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Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@LachlanMcIntosh @nathanlgonzales I was right. The original version of the line was coined by Dick Tuck in 1966: https://t.co/EZUsyO2Xfp — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 11, 2019 Hibernated