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David Cay Johnston: “I am reminded, I tell my friend from Tennessee, of the old quotation from Groucho Marx, who said, ``Politics is the art…”

On the recordJuly 17, 1995
I am reminded, I tell my friend from Tennessee, of the old quotation from Groucho Marx, who said, ``Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, and applying to it the wrong solutions.''
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David Cay Johnston
West Virginia

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Referencing a quote from Groucho Marx during a discussion on politics.

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