Yeah, we shot ourselves in the foot right out of the gate. The guy who…

Al Franken
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Yeah, we shot ourselves in the foot right out of the gate. The guy who ran it at first misled pretty much everybody about how much capital we had. He said we had enough to go three years without making money, and we had enough to go three weeks. ✨ Interview with Stephen Thompson, progressive.org. July 2, 2009.
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