| 词汇 | politician who is poor is a poor politician |
| 词源 | politician who is poor is a poor politician. In his obituary (New York Times 12/13/01) veteran Mexican politician Carlos Hank González (1928–2001) is cited as “famous for coining the phrase a politician who is poor is a poor politician.” These mem- orable cynical words were uttered by a man who “used his fame as a politician to enhance his private ventures” and was “the most powerful figure in Mexican politics for thirty years.” |
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