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Paul Begala: “Yes. I think it's -- I don't want to read too much into the tea leaves -- but, look, there's clearly some there, there.…”

On the recordJuly 12, 2005
Yes. I think it's -- I don't want to read too much into the tea leaves -- but, look, there's clearly some there, there. And it could well be that Karl -- we know that Karl misled the country and misled Scott McClellan. He said he had -- I had nothing to do with this. It might have been that Karl walked into his boss and said, Mr. President, I didn't have anything to do with this, and misled him. If that's the case, then Bush should have fired him right away.
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas

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Paul Begala comments on the implications of Karl Rove's actions and suggests that President Bush should have acted decisively if Rove misled him.

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