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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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Apr 30, 2017

If he wants it to be number one, it will be. That's maybe why he raised it. I've been scratching my head about this one because it's demonstrably false. And yet he repeats it.

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Apr 25, 2017

It's a tough deal, because his base wants it. Rush Limbaugh though like why he went on a radio today and attacked Donald Trump, said that this was a cave.

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Apr 24, 2017

The first Republican President Abraham Lincoln said you can fool some of the people some of the time. And that's how Donald Trump got to become president.

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Apr 19, 2017

It's just bizarre to me, as if they don't understand who their voters are.

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Apr 19, 2017

Donald Trump's strongest age core was senior citizens, 65 and over. The proposal would end Medicaid as we know it.

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Apr 19, 2017

That means if your preexisting condition is serious like metastatic cancer your premiums will go up $142,000.

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Apr 19, 2017

It's just too much all at once for one thing. And the healthcare plan, at least the last one, was desperately unpopular, 56-17 of the Quinnipiac polled people disapproved of it.

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Apr 18, 2017

I really want him to succeed. But he's not up to this. And he needs to be quiet. He needs to let Gen. McMaster speak.

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Apr 11, 2017

I've never seen it like this. There's always turbulence, you know, I understand, but nothing like this.

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Apr 11, 2017

You have to be very careful who you hire in the White House, but you also have to be very careful of who you fire.

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Apr 10, 2017

The problem with the Trump administration is not the administration, it's Trump.

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Apr 10, 2017

It's not just this outrage about the Holocaust, and he apologized, and I think I have to accept that apology. It's the whole pattern.

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Mar 29, 2017

It's not a smoking gun, it's a smoke screen. And Donald Trump is not very good being president. He's only had 10 weeks, but he's driven himself to the lowest percent of approval in American history for an incoming president.

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Mar 29, 2017

I just want the facts. I want the truth, that's why I've been wanting an independent commission as well as a special prosecutor, who kind of keep the politics out of it.

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Mar 29, 2017

Immunity does not immunize you from perjury. The most important thing for all these witnesses is to tell the truth.

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Mar 29, 2017

The way to handle these scandals, and I've handled a lot of them, is not distracting with other things. It's actually to tell the American people, I know other people that are worried about General Flynn and his testimony. I'm here to…

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Mar 29, 2017

He uses weapons of mass distraction. That's what the Farkas fracas is. It's just a way to distract us.

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Mar 28, 2017

Nunes is no longer credible nor seen as bipartisan at all. He has destroyed his own credibility for the good of the Trump White House.

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Mar 28, 2017

If there is no collusion, then the thing that the President needs most is a credible, bipartisan investigation to clear his good name.

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Mar 19, 2017

So, yeah, there's a lot of bitterness in this. But it was striking that even a guy like Comey stood there and called the president of the United States a liar, he might used a formal terms but our president is a liar. And he lies.

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Mar 19, 2017

President Trump overturn the 65 years of bipartisan foreign policy visa be the Atlantic Alliance. That's a very big deal.

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Mar 13, 2017

Those guys get hammered by this bill. Bloomberg looked at which counties get more and which get less. By three to one counties that voted for Hillary get more.

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Mar 13, 2017

The smoke is we know that the Russians illegally hacked into the Democratic Party to try to tip the election to Trump.

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