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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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Jul 18, 2004

He chose to go to war there, I think in good faith but I think he was wrong and I do think he misled us and tried to hype the intelligence and arguments going into it.

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Jul 18, 2004

The war in Iraq is very much George Bush's war. It was a war of choice.

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Jul 14, 2004

He couldn't even testify before the 9/11 commission without Dick Cheney holding his hand.

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Jul 14, 2004

Bush is actually a very gracious guy, President Bush let me not call him by his last name. He's a very gracious guy, he would have done very well there.

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Jul 14, 2004

They can't dump him and they won't because he does hurt the ticket, actually.

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Jul 5, 2004

Well, excitement. John Kerry has a lot going for him, but he's not the most charismatic, exciting guy you've ever seen on the stump. John Edwards is.

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Jul 5, 2004

I think there's no doubt about it. In fact, there's hundreds of thousands of Americans who already voted for John Edwards to be the president.

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Jul 5, 2004

In fact, there's hundreds of thousands of Americans who already voted for John Edwards to be the president, and so he definitely crosses that threshold.

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Jul 5, 2004

When George W. Bush rejected John McCain, for fear that he'd be overshadowed, rejected Rudy Giuliani, for fear he'd be overshadowed, and took the most dull, drab and unassuming person -- really on the face of the earth, I think -- in Dick…

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