The Diet Coke Register

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When John Edwards returned to North Carolina in the course of his long quest for the presidency, Andrew Young always met him at the airport in Edwards’ big black Chevy Tahoe. Young drove, and Edwards rode shotgun, silently raising his left hand whenever he wanted a Diet Coke, which Young would wordlessly supply.

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Politico

William Clinton

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He is seated in a helicopter, glancing down at the mansions and mobile homes of America as they scroll past his window. And he is playing cards. He has extremely long, tapered fingers, and the deck seems miniature as he shuffles and deals. The ever-present can of Diet Coke seems miniature; his aides seem miniature. Even the earth below--the hazy hummocks of Connecticut that give way to the Hudson River that shoulders past the borough of Manhattan--it all seems somehow miniature, simply waiting there to be touched, to be animated by the man.

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Esquire

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A painting of Trump drinking a Diet Coke and hobnobbing with former Republican presidents now hangs in the White House. Viewers spotted the painting during an episode of “60 Minutes” that aired Sunday night. “The Republicans Club” by Missouri artist Andy Thomas shows Trump sitting around a table cracking a smile and drinking with former Republican presidents such as Abraham Lincoln, Richard Nixon and Theodore Roosevelt. Thomas, who spoke to the Daily News on Monday, said he researched the Presidents’ drinking habits — thus, Lincoln is seen with water and Nixon with red wine.

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New York Daily News

Lawrence Summers

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By now, I’d lost track of Larry’s diet cokes, and our table was strewn with bits of food and spilled sauces. Larry leaned back in his chair and offered me some advice. I had a choice. I could be an insider or I could be an outsider. Outsiders can say whatever they want. But people on the inside don’t listen to them. Insiders, however, get lots of access and a chance to push their ideas. People — powerful people — listen to what they have to say. But insiders also understand one unbreakable rule: They don’t criticize other insiders.

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Metropolitan Books

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A: I have not seen the CBO report. I ingested a Diet Coke not long before coming out here. I don’t think those are in any way linked”.Q: That’s not a policy pronouncement you’re making with that ingestion of the Diet Coke?A: No, an individual selection on a carbonated beverage. You know, I don’t have any response to the report.

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UC Santa Barbara American Presidency Project

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