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On the recordFebruary 18, 2004
Let me tell you the last thing we need in the south, is somebody like you coming down and telling us what we need to do. That's the last thing in the world we need in the south.
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John Bel Edwards
Democratic · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

John Edwards expresses his disapproval of Howard Dean's influence in the South.

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