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Bill Clinton: I want this to be an election season of ideas, not insults.

On the recordSeptember 19, 1996
I want this to be an election season of ideas, not insults.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks on Concluding a Bus Tour in Portland, Oregon

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