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Lynn A. Westmoreland: “I love coming down and listening to the majority leader when he comes down. You know, I was a real estate salesman. I…”

On the recordJune 21, 2007
I love coming down and listening to the majority leader when he comes down. You know, I was a real estate salesman. I felt like I was a pretty good real estate salesman. And a good salesman loves to hear another salesman. And I think the majority leader could sell an Eskimo ice cubes. But let me say this. He made a statement that the Republicans did not fool the people in November. We didn't. Y'all did. And I think the joke is up. I think the gig is up. I think the foolish is up, because now the ratings of this Congress are at 13 percent, which is about half of what they were when the Republicans in charge. So you're right. You can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all the people all the time.

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Criticizing the majority leader and Congress's low approval ratings.

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