“If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, it would be Christmas everyday.”

— John Boehner

Dismissing a question on the wisdom of cutting funding to homeland security. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nick-beecroft/if-ifs-and-buts-were-cand_b_4084118.html
2010s

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