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Extra Bonus Quote of the Day

March 3, 2015 at 3:13 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 20 Comments

“We often hear that words can’t hurt you. But that’s simply not true… Words do hurt. Words can kill. That has been proven right here in our home state.”

— Former Sen. John Danforth (R-MO), quoted by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, at the funeral for Missouri state Auditor Tom Schweich (R), who killed himself last week.

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Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: John Danforth, MO-Gov, Tom Schweich

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goddard-bw-snapshotTaegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.

Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.

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