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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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Nov 28, 2018

I think through the speaking indictments, real lawyers call them, and through other mechanisms, the Democrats will soon control the House of Representatives, they'll have subpoena power, and interesting, most Americans, even defenders of…

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Nov 14, 2018

I think the senator is right, it's not obstruction to criticize Mueller, either.

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Nov 14, 2018

I want this president, under oath, asked why he took these steps to obstruct justice.

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Nov 14, 2018

I think he wants the obstruction questions face to face, so he can look the president eye to eye and size him up.

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Nov 14, 2018

This president, God bless him, he's so transparent. It's interesting. He lies all the time about matters in substance, but about his own thoughts and feelings, I really admire how he's so wide open.

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Nov 14, 2018

The job is to starve the Mueller probe. It's the words that Mr. Whitaker used.

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Sep 4, 2018

This person should have the guts to stand up. If he or she believes the president is a threat to the nation, he or she should stand up and say so-so we can act on it. The 25th Amendment is there.

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Sep 4, 2018

The bigger question, is the President fit to lead the greatest country on God's earth? And I think the evidence is no.

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Jul 12, 2018

If our President is going to meet Mr. Putin, I think it's a big mistake. He needs to walk in there... and you bring in Bob Mueller, or at least you say you have 24 hours to turn over those -- I think it's two dozen Russians now that are…

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Jul 12, 2018

Now we know from Mr. Mueller's indictment today that on that day, the Russians tried to hack Hillary Clinton's and other people close to her e-mails, 76 different accounts they targeted on that same day. That is literally collusion.

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May 30, 2018

President uses that all the time. He used describing what happen to D'Souza, although Mr. D'Souza pled guilty. He said I did it. I'm guilty but still the President somehow feels like that was unfair to Mr. D'Souza.

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May 29, 2018

He -- this is the odd thing, people say it's a time of change, it's the first time since the founding generation that we've had three two-term Presidents in a row.

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May 29, 2018

When a Klansman burned a cross in a Maryland family's house, Ronald Reagan went there and had lunch with that family. He called out that racism and embodied unity.

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May 29, 2018

We have only one President -- we have lots of comedians, we even have lots of senators, but then we have one President.

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May 21, 2018

But he has set -- the President has set the bar for this agreement in the way he has analyzed and criticized the Iran deal.

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May 21, 2018

No one is above the law and this is an incredibly easy case for Mueller to win.

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May 14, 2018

That's not any longer Donald Trump's fault, that's the Republican Party's fault. They're so cowed by this man, they can barely move.

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May 14, 2018

The President of the United States has a staff member who mocked and disparaged a war hero who is facing cancer. That's appalling.

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May 14, 2018

I feel like the President is like a teenager learning to drive. It's flooring the gas and then slamming the brake.

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May 13, 2018

That can't be a pro-life thing to do not, right, to mock a man who's fighting a brain tumor?

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May 9, 2018

You can never imagine Ronald Reagan saying this. You could never imagine Barack Obama or Bill Clinton or George Bush. We have never seen a president so loathsome in conducting himself in the public discourse.

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May 9, 2018

If you fire this woman, which any decent White House would. If she publicly apologizes, which she must, it puts the presidents in the horn of a dilemma because Donald Trump doesn't apologize for these lies and personal insults.

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May 9, 2018

It is as Zeleny points out, because the president sets the tone.

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