"John Ashcroft is not a patriot, John Ashcroft is a descendant of Joseph McCarthy."
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"Look, I'm not a perfect person. I have my warts. I sometimes say things that get me in trouble. I wear suits that are cheap. But I say what I think and I believe what I say, and I'm willing to say things that are not popular but ordinary people know are right."
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"Hypocrisy is a value that I think has been embraced by the Republican Party. We get lectured by people all day long about moral values by people who have their own moral shortcomings."
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"There are no ideas in the Republican Party right now in the Congress. They're the party of no. They desperately need some intellectual leadership. And whatever you think of Newt Gingrich, he can supply intellectual leadership. So I hope he does run."
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"That's one of the things about the Tea Party people. They think corporations have too much influence in American life and they do."
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"We've not had one Republican president in 34 years balance the budget. You can't trust right-wing Republicans with your money. You ought to hire somebody who has balanced a budget. I'm much more conservative with money than George Bush is."
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"Real Democrats don't make promises they can't keep."
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"Every single American has a voice and ... it ought to be heard in the halls of power every day."
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"I've always been endorsed by the National Rifle Association."
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"The issue is not abortion. The issue is whether women can make up their own mind instead of some right-wing pastor, some right-wing politician telling them what to do."
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"I think most people... would be glad to pay the same taxes they paid when Bill Clinton was president, if only they could have the same economy they had when Bill Clinton was president."
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"I supported the war in Afghanistan because 3000 of our people were murdered and I thought we had a right to defend the people of the United States."
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"George Bush calls his biggest fundraisers Rangers and Pioneers. But today, we stand together, and we call ourselves, simply, Americans."
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"If you're really worried about the effect of "Silent Night" on the kids, you need a hobby or something, and I'm glad you're pointing that out."
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"The capture of Saddam has not made America safer."
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"The real truth is, there's no such thing as a red state or a blue state, they're all purple. Some are more purple than others and our job is to get them all deep purple and then blue. And we can do that."
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"If money is a form of speech, as the Supreme Court has regrettably found, rich donors will always be the loudest speakers."
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"The fact that the president was willing to reveal classified information for political gain and put the interests of his political party ahead of America's security shows that he can no longer be trusted to keep America safe."
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"The Republicans are all about suppressing votes."
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"I actually spoke in an African-American church yesterday."
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