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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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Oct 18, 2004

I think it fits into a pattern that Kerry's trying to (UNINTELLIGIBLE). And President Bush denying reality.

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Oct 18, 2004

I think people are scared. We only have half the vaccine we need, and we're getting reports that the Bush administration did in fact drop the ball.

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Oct 18, 2004

He's not a racist at all, but that was an outrageous statement.

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Oct 18, 2004

How would you describe that strategy to say suppress the Detroit vote?

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Oct 18, 2004

This is a real problem, half the people who need flu shots aren't going to be able to get them because the president dropped the ball.

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Oct 18, 2004

President Bush is playing to fear on issues of terrorism and 9/11.

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Oct 12, 2004

I mean, George W. Bush was AWOL from the National Guard, John Kerry was fighting in Vietnam.

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Oct 12, 2004

It's George W. Bush who took the largest surplus in history and took into the largest deficit in history.

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Oct 12, 2004

He said something that's unusual for a politician. He said, you know, if the deficit is larger than we're projecting, I'll trim back on my new spending initiatives. I wish the president would be as responsible and trim back on some of his…

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Oct 12, 2004

If you think we are doing a good job of creating jobs and balancing the budget, and expanding health care, you should vote for Bush. If you want a direction, and new idea's to create more jobs and provide more health care you should vote…

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Oct 12, 2004

The president has gotten us into this quagmire by misleading us. He told it was a grave and growing threat, his words. And it wasn't a grave and growing threat.

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