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18 August 2010updated 27 Sep 2015 2:14am

Is this the most honest political poster ever?

“I’ll do my best but I can’t promise anything.”

By Jon Bernstein

A Philippines politician eschews “Yes we can”-style electioneering:

Election poster

[Hat-tip: Hattie Garlick from the always entertaining, but now sadly paywalled, Comment Central blog]

 

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