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Paul Begala: “I think you make a good point. People might get confused. But what bothers me -- and it's not just Christine O'Donnell…”

On the recordOctober 18, 2010
I think you make a good point. People might get confused. But what bothers me -- and it's not just Christine O'Donnell, I think, who can plainly plead ignorance as a defense -- but across the conservative movement, there is this schizophrenia, this claimed fidelity to the Constitution, when in fact, they want to shred a whole bunch of it.
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas

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Begala critiques the inconsistency of some conservatives who claim to uphold the Constitution while wanting to change it.

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