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Paul Begala: “The problem is the president has adopted so much of Senator Kerry's verbiage. He doesn't mean it, but he's stolen so…”

On the recordJuly 29, 2004
The problem is the president has adopted so much of Senator Kerry's verbiage. He doesn't mean it, but he's stolen so much of Kerry's verbiage all of a sudden now the president's for the 9/11 commission report, now he's for more of a United Nations role, now he for a larger NATO role.
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Begala critiques President Bush for adopting Kerry's language without genuine intent.

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