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Tom Delay: “It's not good enough to defeat somebody politically or to vilify them publicly. You have got to carpet-bomb them. You…”

On the recordApril 11, 2007
It's not good enough to defeat somebody politically or to vilify them publicly. You have got to carpet-bomb them. You have got to destroy them.
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Tom Delay
Republican · Texas

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Tom DeLay describes the aggressive tactics of the left in political battles, suggesting they aim to destroy opponents rather than simply defeat them.

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