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Boozing, Bribing and Brawling on Election Day

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George Washington was 24 years old when he first ran for a seat in the Virginia House of Burgesses. Washington lost that first time and learned his lesson. Since market day was Wednesday in most towns, that day didn’t work. Things could be worse, folks. Boozing it up with George. Election campaigns were a booze fest back then.

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Mo Rocca on Creativity, Comedy, and Obit Con vs Comic Con

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But it’s so that’s one thing I I actually lost my voice at one point because I was doing so many interviews and I was talking If I needed you know, somebody in Nebraska to hear me without any amplification hear me? Because it’s Washington. It was the most circulated obituary that year in the Washington Post. Yeah, yeah.