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Chris Pappas: every once in a while a politician will commit a major blunder by doing something that is known as blurting out the…

On the recordNovember 7, 1997
every once in a while a politician will commit a major blunder by doing something that is known as blurting out the truth. This occurs when the politician accidentally tells us how he really feels about an issue, and it can become very controversial if that is how people suspected all along that he really thinks. We had a wonderful example of that earlier this week. President Clinton was campaigning in Alexandria, VA on behalf of a fellow Democrat and he told a crowd of Democrat supporters what he really thinks about those who want to keep more of what they earn. We heard that right. They are selfish. We heard that the President of the United States thinks that it is selfish to think that government takes too much of our money. Yes, here is the vision of the liberal elite. It is morally wrong to think that people are a better judge of how to spend their own money than are the politicians. The liberal elite want to spend our money, and how dare us to think that we should be able to spend our money the way we wish. Mr. President, thank you for blurting out the truth.
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Chris Pappas
Democratic · New Hampshire

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Criticizing President Clinton's comments on taxpayers during a campaign event.

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