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“When giant corporations and Wall Street investors buy up all the fire truck manufacturers, it’s a threat to public safety.”
“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
“It is imperative that FEMA helps communities quickly respond to wildfires and increase their resilience to future wildfire disasters”
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On the recordOctober 5, 2004
Bush could short-circuit a lot of this if he would just admit that he was wrong. But he won't.
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas
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Begala discusses Bush's refusal to acknowledge mistakes regarding the Iraq war.

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