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I try to avoid saying anything positive about any presidential candidate for fear that if I actually like them then I will kill their campaign.

Jack Abramoff

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Jack Abramoff
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: February 28
Film Producer
Lawyer
Lobbyist
Atlantic City
New Jersey
Trying
Campaigns
Like
Avoid
Kill
Positive
Saying
Candidate
Actually
Campaign
Fear
Candidates
Anything
Presidential

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