“Maybe that’s a way of killing them.”

— John McCain

Making a wisecrack http://www.miamiherald.com/692/story/598054.html about the health impact of cigarette smoking on Iran's citizens, 8 July 2008
2000s, 2008

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If nobody kills me or thrills me soon,
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“Now look at them yo-yo's, that's the way you do it
You play the guitar on the MTV.
That ain't workin', that's the way you do it.
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Now that ain't workin', that's the way you do it
Lemme tell ya them guys ain't dumb.
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2012-10-04
Piers Morgan Tonight
CNN
Television, quoted in * 2012-10-05
Rick Santorum: "You can kill things and still like them"
Rachel Weiner
The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2012/10/05/rick-santorum-you-can-kill-things-and-still-like-them/
2014-10-07
Referring to his voting to defund the public television station PBS. Big Bird is a character on Sesame Street, a prominent children's show on that network.

“some changes happen deep down inside of you. And the truth is, only you know about them. Maybe that's the way it's supposed to be.”

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“Maybe that’s a way of killing them.”

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