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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Aug 22, 2004

The Kerry campaign has challenged the president to condemn the swift boat ads.

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John McCain
@johnmccain· Republican · AZ· Aug 22, 2004

The president today missed a chance again for the 14th day in a row to say that these ads are dishonest and despicable, the words of John McCain.

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Pat Roberts
@patroberts· Republican · KS· Aug 22, 2004

Labor representatives and the Kerry campaign say the move amounts to a pay cut for six million Americans.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Aug 19, 2004

We're just going to go back to where we were with Bill Clinton, when people got rich and the country did well.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Aug 19, 2004

Kerry's campaign accuses the group of coordinating illegally with the Bush campaign.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Aug 18, 2004

If he want to have a debate about our service in Vietnam, here is my answer -- bring it on!

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Aug 17, 2004

Both Kerry and Bush have spent a lot of time and a lot of money in the Buckeye State, with good reason. It's a battleground state with 20 electoral votes.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Aug 17, 2004

I think we can significantly change the deployment of troops, not just there, but elsewhere in the world, in the Korean peninsula, perhaps, in Europe, perhaps.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Aug 17, 2004

The president's vaguely stated plan does not strengthen our hand in the war on terror. It in no way relieves the strain on our overextended military personnel...

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Aug 17, 2004

I volunteered for the duty that we had. I didn't make it controversial. The war and the times were.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Aug 15, 2004

Kerry has said he would withdraw U.S. troops from the Iraq conflict during his first six months if he were president.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Aug 15, 2004

He would withdraw U.S. troops from the Iraq conflict during his first six months if he were president.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Aug 12, 2004

Under this administration, the tax burden of the wealthy has gone down, and the tax burden of the working American middle class has gone up.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Aug 12, 2004

And guess what? Over the last four years, the wages of average Americans have gone down $1,600 on average.

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