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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 11, 2004

I think the answer is what we're doing now, write these letters, speak out, and to show people how completely biased this corporation is.

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Oct 11, 2004

But that's -- I do think, I'm, not everyone agrees with me, and I'm not saying it for partisan reasons, I think objectively, however, that is the only issue that, in the end, as of November 2, will really matter, can you protect us?

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Oct 11, 2004

I do think, though, again, the threshold issue is security. I mean, people just aren't going to vote for the candidate they think won't protect them.

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Oct 5, 2004

Bush's great gift is his emotional intelligence. He really does connect quite well.

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Oct 5, 2004

I think it's wiser to look at those swing voters. So on that, I'd have to say Edwards won.

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Oct 5, 2004

Bush could short-circuit a lot of this if he would just admit that he was wrong. But he won't.

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Oct 4, 2004

I hope John Edwards -- you like that? Gets in there and fights about it. Absolutely.

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Oct 4, 2004

I want some fisticuffs. This is important. We've got 138,000 guys out in the desert with no exit strategy and a president who doesn't know what he's doing.

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Oct 4, 2004

Even George W. Bush, with a Ph.D. in the obvious knows that we're good and the terrorists are evil.

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Oct 4, 2004

You all have a lot more at stake in this election than old guys like me. ... You are.

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Oct 4, 2004

You all ought to register and vote. At this point I don't even care which party, but you better get involved in this, because it's your rear end that's at stake, not mine.

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Oct 4, 2004

What have we gotten from Dick Cheney's experience? ... He said we didn't need 200,000 troops, and we did.

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