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On the recordJune 15, 2004
From the highest courts in America to the most elite newspapers in America, they were all wrong and they were swept up in an era of madness and they were used as tools of hatred.
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas

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Paul Begala critiques the media and political institutions for their role in the controversies surrounding Bill Clinton.

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