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On the recordAugust 31, 2004
It does make it impossible, I think, for the Republicans to say that Kerry's a flip-flopper when they have the guy who gave Bill Clinton's keynote address now giving George Bush's.
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas
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Begala discusses how Zell Miller's speech at the Republican convention complicates the Republican critique of John Kerry as a flip-flopper.

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