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Rudy Giuliani
@rudygiuliani· Republican · NY· Aug 31, 2004

I think we have. I think Arnold Schwarzenegger's speech last night did exactly that.

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Rudy Giuliani
@rudygiuliani· Republican · NY· Aug 31, 2004

But on the core issues, on what to do about Iraq, what to do about terrorism, what to do essentially about our economy, tax reductions rather than tax increases, which Kerry and Edwards will bring us, for most Republicans, those are the…

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Rudy Giuliani
@rudygiuliani· Republican · NY· Aug 4, 2004

John Kerry must be frustrated in his campaign if he is armchair quarterbacking based on cues from Michael Moore.

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Rudy Giuliani
@rudygiuliani· Republican · NY· May 18, 2004

If that information had been given to us or more warnings had been given in the summer of 2001, I can't honestly tell you we would have done anything differently.

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Rudy Giuliani
@rudygiuliani· Republican · NY· Mar 3, 2004

Forever and ever, in our history, his handling of September 11 is going to be part of his record.

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Rudy Giuliani
@rudygiuliani· Republican · NY· Mar 3, 2004

Vice President Cheney will be on the ticket, should be on the ticket. It is good for the country, good for my party, the Republican party.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Feb 23, 2004

And I'll be honest with you, you know, the president, he can happily stand and fly on some aircraft carrier anytime he wants but he should keep his hands off the constitution of the United States of america.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Feb 23, 2004

The truth is this is a ploy to appease the right wing of his party and change the subject from his dismal record on job creation and foreign policy. It is the president's sworn oath to uphold the Constitution and protect the civil rights…

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Feb 16, 2004

What we're trying to do is uphold the oath of office that I accepted, to bear true faith and allegiance to the constitution of the state of California and the United States.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Feb 16, 2004

The bottom line is, if you know something is wrong, you can either sit back and wait... or we can do the right thing, stand on principle and say, we don't accept discrimination.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Feb 16, 2004

We'll continue to do the right thing. We'll continue to no longer discriminate because of their sexual orientation. And I'm proud to stand on that principle and will fight hard to do the right thing and change minds and more importantly…

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Feb 16, 2004

I would argue any objective analysis. And I challenge people, and I mean this, to read their Constitution.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Feb 16, 2004

The bottom line is, what we're trying to do is uphold the oath of office that I accepted, to bear true faith and allegiance to the constitution of the state of California and the United States.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Feb 16, 2004

If you know something is wrong, you can either sit back and wait and talk about the way the world should be... Or we can do the right thing, stand on principle and say, we don't accept discrimination.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Feb 15, 2004

The same people that probably will argue against blacks marrying whites in the late '40s here in California.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Feb 11, 2004

I haven't had a chance to talk to him directly. Look, good people are going to feel strongly in opposition of what we're trying to do. I certainly respect that. I just don't share that.

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