Eleventh Commandment of Politics (dead woman or live man)

[Fred Shapiro]

On Mon, 8 Jan 2007, Baker, John wrote:

>        This appears to be an antedating.  YBK quotes Louisiana
> politician Edwin Edwards, from his 1983 run for governor of Louisiana:
> "The only way I can lose this election is if I'm caught in bed with
> either a dead girl or a live boy."  Incidentally, YBK gives a 1985 cite

I like YBK.  Short for Yale Book of Kwotations, no doubt?

I appreciate the earlier evidence brought forward by Barry, which seems to
point toward Edwin Edwards not being the originator of this saying.

Fred Shapiro


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