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In reply to the discussion: Anthony Weiner is trending on Twitter again [View all]TheBlackAdder
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I met that guy, over at the MSNBC Studios in NYC.
While he was having make-up applied to appear on the Rachel Maddow show, he called us in to chat with him, as we were sitting in Morning Joe's Green Room (a shared converted broom closet that sits four--stretching your arms, you could practically touch both walls). He started with a canned story about how when he was a young kid he wanted to run for his class office. He rode his bicycle around the block, handing out fliers and talking to the neighborhood kids. When it was election day, he says he lost handily because the other kid gave out lollipops to the class. That taught him a lesson on how to win people over to vote for you.
Wow! Retaining an elementary grade bribery story as a basic tenet of personal politics--amazing!
He's just handing out his lollipop to get some future voters. That's all!
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