Sat
Mar 29 2008
10:29 am
By: redmondkr
Today is the birthday of Eugene McCarthy.
Obviously the video is somewhat dated.
From today's The Writer's Almanac:
"Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it's important." - Eugene McCarthy
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