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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.

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

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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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

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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Sep 29, 2004

You have to pay down the deficit that Bush has run up, and guys and some women, your age, Ryan (ph), are over there in the desert tonight. And you know, as long as we have this president there, they're going to be stuck in the desert…

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Sep 29, 2004

He needs to have a big, fat reality sandwich tonight, and realize that we're in a lot of trouble in Iraq, and it's young people who are paying the price.

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Sep 29, 2004

I think there's been too much talk about Vietnam. I think we ought to have a lot more talk about the quagmire we're in today than the quagmire we were in 35 years ago.

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Sep 29, 2004

Kerry wants to tell those voters is, look, I have a plan to get us out of Iraq, I have a plan to win the thing.

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Sep 29, 2004

George W. Bush outsourced the writing of our environmental laws to Enron and Exxon and all the big polluters. And so anybody who likes to go hunt or fish or actually breathe, they ought to be for John Kerry.

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Sep 19, 2004

Bush hasn't been fully candid. If the reports that have leaked out from the Pentagon are to be believed... there is a plan to launch a major offensive in Fallujah... after the election.

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