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Joe Tooley: A pig in a poke?

We have an expression in North Carolina, “Never buy a pig in a poke.” A poke being a bag you can’t see into.

Donald Trump told us, “Trust me. I know what I’m doing, more than the generals, the Congress and President Obama.”

Well, we the people just bought the pig in the poke. We’ll see what it looks the day after the inauguration.

Joe Tooley

Raleigh

This story was originally published November 19, 2016 at 6:00 PM with the headline "Joe Tooley: A pig in a poke?."

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