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It doesn't matter what kind of poltroon parks his or her butt in the Oval Office, or how they get in there; they will be presented to the people as a figure of moral authority and gravitas -- and be accepted as such by large swathes of the public.— Chris Floyd - Empire Burlesque
This once again proves one of the reasons that inexperience is a dangerous political flaw because the media, who spent months preening the poltroon are now set to kneecap the knob ..— Capitol Hill Coffee House
I called myself a poltroon, and fingered my neck-tie, and smoothed my hair before the mirror.— Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War
I must do that, or else proclaim myself a poltroon--I feel myself one--a self-accusation that would give me a life-long remorse.— The Lone Ranche

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