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Paul Begala

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Paul Begala is a prominent American political consultant, strategist, and television personality, best known for his role as a senior advisor to President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, he has been influential in shaping political discourse and strategy in the United States. Begala has also made a name for himself as a commentator on various news networks, where he provides insights on political issues and campaigns.

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Dec 18, 2005

An enormous amount of time, absolutely. He's got to fix Iraq.

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Dec 18, 2005

But Iraq makes everything worse because Iraq goes at the central pillars of his presidency, that he is competent and strong in defending America, that he is trustworthy and honest.

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Nov 6, 2005

I think Democrats should say, we are for energy independence, period. And here's how.

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Oct 5, 2005

Support for the war is collapsing and a speech can't reverse that.

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Jul 18, 2005

I just wish the president would stand up and say, look -- hey, I think abortion is murder; it ought to be outlawed. I don't like gay rights; I want to stop it.

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Jul 18, 2005

I think he has. And he should be respected for that. The president was re-elected despite being relatively unpopular, and despite having a soft economy and an unpopular war.

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Jul 12, 2005

The president told the country that Saddam Hussein had tried to buy yellow cake uranium in Africa. Now that turned out not to be true. Mr. Wilson went and investigated it.

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Jul 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…

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Dec 19, 2004

The policy, yes. Bob is right. Democrats and a lot of Republicans no longer support the way that the president, through his defense secretary, is prosecuting.

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Dec 19, 2004

Not to rest. Obviously, the secretary serves at the pleasure of the president. He clearly has the president's support. But that does not stop people from speaking out.

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Nov 18, 2004

Some people were right about the war, some were wrong. The ones who were right are getting fired.

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