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Chan790

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16. "It's the economy, stupid" was the brainchild of Paul Begala.

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Sun Aug 31, 2014, 09:35 PM

Aug 2014

Giving Clinton credit for it is like when people give credit to stage actors for great scriptwriting. Delivery, sure. Running with it? Yeah.

Bill Clinton deserves no credit for the simple breadth and depth of "It's the Economy, Stupid" as he didn't write it or conceptualize it though.

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"It's the economy, stupid" was the brainchild of Paul Begala. Chan790 Aug 2014 #16