That is it right there, and you cannot do those things when you are hampered every day by having to answer questions from reporters and from your constituents on your ethical lapses and on the corruption accusations and on cronyism. We all know that those things are distracting. When you have to concentrate all of your energy and effort and attention on corruption and cronyism and your incompetence, how are you going to be able to focus on innovation? How are you going to be able to focus on the future?
Debbie Wasserman Schultz: “That is it right there, and you cannot do those things when you are hampered every day by having to answer questions…”
On the recordDecember 8, 2005
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