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Bill Delahunt: Well, I think what he said in a quote that appears here, really, is the summation, if you will, of his disgust with what…

On the recordJuly 25, 2006
Well, I think what he said in a quote that appears here, really, is the summation, if you will, of his disgust with what is occurring in the American political system. He described it as a broken system. These are his words, Newt Gingrich's words: ``The correct answer,'' Gingrich said, and he is speaking to the remedy, ``is for the American people to just start firing people.''
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Bill Delahunt
Massachusetts

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