Martin O'Malley - My all-time favourite political promise - more a boast than a promise, really ...

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My all-time favourite political promise - more a boast than a promise, really - came from former Montreal mayor Jean Drapeau, who said in the lead-up to the 1976 Olympics, 'The Olympics can no more lose money than a man can have a baby.'

Martin O'Malley

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Mein allseits beliebtes politisches Versprechen - eigentlich eher ein Prahler als ein Versprechen - kam vom ehemaligen Bürgermeister von Montreal, Jean Drapeau, der im Vorfeld der Olympischen Spiele von 1976 sagte: „Die Olympischen Spiele können nicht mehr Geld verlieren, als ein Mann haben kann ein Baby.'

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