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John Kerry: The president kept responding, It is hard work. It is hard work. It is hard work. Well, my fellow Americans, I am ready…

On the recordOctober 24, 2004
The president kept responding, It is hard work. It is hard work. It is hard work. Well, my fellow Americans, I am ready, and I would be privileged, and I am impatient to relieve this president of that hard work.
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John Kerry
Democratic · Massachusetts

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John Kerry critiques President Bush's repeated claims about the difficulty of his job and expresses his eagerness to take over.

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