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Flashback Quote of the Day

November 3, 2011 · 1:16 pm ET · Leave a Comment

“I don’t have any of those kind of skeletons in my closet. And what I have told people is if they come up with something to try to damage my reputation, they will have made it up.”

— Herman Cain, recorded at a March 2011 meeting with conservative bloggers.


Here’s the audio via Matt Lewis:

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