“I think that it would do us good to have some tension […]. From this weekend, I'm going to start to overdramatise things a little.”

— José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

Said to the presenter of 'Cuatro', Iñaki Gabilondo, at the end of an interview, and referring to the 2008 general election. His words were captured by microphones when Zapatero presumed that he was no longer on air.
As President, 2008
Source: "A partir de este fin de semana, voy a dramatizar un poco" http://www.publico.es/048875/a/partir/semana/dramatizar/poco:

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