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SUPPORTERS OF JOHN MCCAIN AND BARACK OBAMA MET IN A DEBATE. MIKE HUCKABEE, STEVE FORBES, AND RICK... |
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WE WELCOME ALL OF YOU TO THE SIXTH ANNUAL CLASH OF THE TITANS WHICH WILL BE ONE OF THE BEST UNIVERSITY... |
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THANK YOU, DOCTOR. I HAVE HAD AN EXTRAORDINARY CAREER AT NBC. I HAVE BEEN ON EVERY CONTINENT ON THE... |
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WE WILL BEGIN WITH OPENING STATEMENTS. THIS WILL BE ABOUT FIVE MINUTES EACH. THEN WE WILL HAVE A ROUNDTABLE... |
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET ME SAY THANKS FOR HAVING THE EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE WITH THESE... |
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THAT WAS RIGHT ON TIME. EXACTLY FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US, I AM DELIGHTED TO... |
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HE IS STRETCHES. -- SHE STRETCHESHE GOES RIGHT INTO THE CLOCK. |
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THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. |
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AT THANK YOU, DR. ROBERTSON, THANK ALL OF YOU. -- THANK YOU, DR. ROBERTSON. MY GRANDFATHER WAS AN IMMIGRANT,... |
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IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE THIS AFTERNOON AND TO SHARE THE STAGE WITH SOME MANY FORMER PRESIDENTIAL... |
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NOW WE WILL HEAR FROM RICK SANTORUM. |
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I APPRECIATE THIS. ONE SMALL CORRECTION, I HAVE SEVEN CHILDREN, NOT SIX CHILDREN. WE JUST HAD A BABY... |
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YOUR CLAUSES INCLUDED. |
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I WILL STOP. |
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LET'S GO TO GERALDINE FERRARO. |
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THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK DR. ROBERTSON FOR HAVING THIS. AND OF COURSE ALL OF MY PANELISTS. I THINK... |
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YES. |
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WE NEED TO GET YOU DIZZY. -- BUSY. AT THE PEOPLE RUNNING I THOUGHT I COULD SUPPORT CHRISTOPHER DODD,... |
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THANK YOU. NOW WE WILL HAVE THE ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION. THE GUEST BE TO QUESTION EACH OTHER. -- THE... |
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THANK YOU, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK STEVE FORBES WHICH STOCKS I SHOULD BUY. I'M JUST WANT TO TAKE THAT ANSWER... |
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A SUBSCRIPTION TO MY MAGAZINE WILL GIVE YOU ALL THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED. [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE]... |
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LET ME ASK YOU, IT IS INTERESTING THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT -- SENATOR SANTORUM, YOU SAID THAT AS... |
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IF A CHRISTIAN FEELS THEY'RE DOING THE WILL OF GOD AND A CHOP YOUR HEAD OFF, I WOULD HAVE A PROBLEM... |
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D.C. PEOPLE IN THE U.S. SOMEHOW BEEN FORCED INTO A FACE FOR THEY WERE SOMEHOW A VULNERABLE TO BE CONVERTED... |
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NO, BUT IT IS OVERSEAS. WE SHOULD NOT DO WITH THE EUROPEANS DO IT AND TO GIVE UP AND LET THE REST... |
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CAN I ASK MYMIKE HUCKABEE A QUESTION, WITH THE SANCTITY OF LIFE ISSUE, WOULD THAT APPLY TO THE SAME... |
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THERE IS ALWAYS THIS PROBLEM WHEN A WAR IS LOST BECAUSE THERE WILL BE PEOPLE THAT WILL BE KILLED. ... |
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TIME FOR STEVE FORCE ASK A QUESTION. -- STEVE FORBES TO ASK A QUESTION. |
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ON THIS WHOLE DEBATE ON TAX CUTS, CUTTING TAX RATES, CAN YOU CITE ANY TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY WHERE... |
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WHEN RONALD REAGAN REDUCED TAX RATES, WE WERE LEFT WITH DEFICITS. AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THOUGH CLINTON... |
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CONGRESS SPENT THE MONEY AND SPEND SOME MORE. |
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A REPUBLICAN CONGRESS. |
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SOMEHOW AND WASHINGTON,IN WASHINGTON, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT MAKES THESE PEOPLE DO STRANGE THINGS.... |
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IF I COULD PICK UP A LITTLE BIT WHAT STEVE FORBES SAID IT HAS BETWEEN 1900 AND '80 AND '84 I SERVED... |
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JUST A POINT ON THAT, IT DID WORK. WHEN YOU COMPARE THE GROWTH AND INNOVATION THE U.S. HAS EXPERIENCED... |
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IF YOU TAKE THE REASON WHY WE ENDED UP WINNING THE COLD WAR, IT IS NOT ONLY THAT PRESIDENT REAGAN... |
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IS NOW TIME FOIT IS NOW FOR DONNA BRAZILE. JOE THEPLUMBR PLUMBER RECENTLY GAINED FAME. HE WAS ASKING... |
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I THINK THAT WE SHOULD DO WITH THE RIGHT WAY AND THIS IS TO REDUCE TAX RATES. TAX RATES ARE A BURDEN.... |
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HOW WOULD YOU CLOSE THE GROWING INCOME INEQUALITY OTHER THAN HAVING SOMETHING TO TRICKLE DOWN ON THEM?... |
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1ST HE STABILIZE THE DOLLAR AND THEN YOU HAVE A TAX CUT. -- FIRST YOU STABILIZE THE DOLLAR. YOU WANT... |
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IN 2001, JOHN MCCAIN SAID HE COULD NOT SUPPORT A TAX CUT WHEN MANY OF THE BENEFITS TO GO TO THE MOST... |
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-- EASY A SOCIALIST? |
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BACK THEN HE WAS INCORRECT. WE NEED A TAX CUT INSTEAD OF CONTINUING THE TRADITION THAT YOU SEE IN... |
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SENATOR MCCAIN'S CURRENT TAX PLANS WILL GIVE TAX CUTS TO THE TOP 1% OF AMERICANS AND ALSO REWARD THOSE... |
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WHAT WE CAN DO IS TO REDUCE THE TAX BURDEN. WE HAVE A CORPORATE TAX RATE HERE OF 35%-40% WHEN YOU... |
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I KNOW UNDER SENATOR OBAMA'S PLAN THAT JOE WILL BE PLAYING ZERO CAPITAL GAINS TAXES ON HIS INVESTMENT... |
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I AM GOING TO PLAY ALAN COLMES HERE. YOU HAVE TO ANSWER MY QUESTION. SHOULD WE BE RAISING TAXES THAT... |
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HOW DO YOU KNOW IT IS NOT GOING TO RESULT IN MORE MONEY INTO THE FEDERAL COFFERED? YOU ARE GOING TO... |
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BECAUSE OF THE HISTORY OF CAPITAL GAINS TAXES, WHEN THE RATES WENT UP, WE DID NOT GET MORE REVENUES,... |
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IF YOU ARE GOING TO RAISE TAXES, THAT MONEY GOES INTO THE GOVERNMENT. THE GOVERNMENT GETS THOSE TAXES.... |
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I AM ASKING IF YOU WOULD RAISE TAXES SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU WANT TO INCREASE TAXES ON RICH PEOPLE. |
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AS SOMEONE WHO PAYS CAPITAL GAINS TAXES BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE REAL-ESTATE BUSINESS, LET ME SUGGEST... |
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25 COUNTRIES HAVE ADOPTED THE FLAT TAX. |
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IT HAS NEVER WORKED. YOU MAY LIKE IT, IT IS EASY. BUT IT IS NEVER GOING TO GO ANYWHERE IN THIS COUNTRY.... |
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THE OF LITTLE FAITH. -- YE OF LITTLE FAITH. |
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IS IT MY TURN FOR A QUESTION? BEFORE YOU SAID WE ARE A SAFER NATION NOW AND THEN WE WERE NINE OR EIGHT... |
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I AM SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT HER HUSBAND'S LOST. |
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IT IS MY COUSIN'S. |
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AS A SENATOR WHO VOTED FOR THIS WAR, I AM SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT THOSE LOSSES. |
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WOULD YOU HAVE VOTED FOR IT IF YOU KNEW THERE WERE NO WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION? |
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I DID NOT VOTE FOR IT BECAUSE OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. THIS WAS A REGIME IN POWER -- LET'S... |
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NONE OF THEM CONNECTED TO AL QAEDA. |
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THIS MAN WAS HARBORING TERRORISTS, SUPPORTING TERRORISTS. |
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WOULD YOU DO THE SAME THING? |
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USING CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS. YOU HAD AN ATMOSPHERE IN WASHINGTON D.C. AND THAT WE WERE ... |
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I AM GOING TO USE HIS 14 SECONDS. I THINK HE IS THE NEXT QUESTIONER. WOULD YOU THEN FEEL THAT WE SHOULD... |
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THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS, IN THE NEXT MONTHS, SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN IRAN. SOMETHING... |
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I WAS BEGINNING TO FEEL LIKE I WAS BACK IN THE REPUBLICAN DEBATES. |
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THAT IS THE PROBLEM THAT GOVERNORS HAVE. |
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I AM JUST TOO DARN POLITE. ONE OF THE QUESTION IS HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TAXATION,... |
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IF THIS IS GROWING UP POOR, THIS IS A CONTEST ON THIS PLATFORM TO NIGHT. WE HAVE A LOT OF US. STEVE... |
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I WILL TAKE HIM. |
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RONALD REAGAN AND JIMMY CARTER BOTH SHOWED WHERE I LIVED IN THE SOUTH BRONX WHEN I WAS A KID. I DO... |
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I DO NOT THINK THAT GIVING THE GOVERNMENT IS MEANING THAT THEY WILL SPEND IT WISELY. YOU CAN CONTINUE... |
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NOBODY WAS RIGHT WHEN HE SAID THAT PAYING TAXES WAS PATRIOTIC. IT IS PATRIOTIC TO PAY FOR SCHOOLS... |
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WE WILL TURN TO THE AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION. OUR HAVE BEEN HANDED A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS. EACH OF YOU... |
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IT HAD TO BE DONE. WE WERE IN A STATE OF CARDIAC ARREST. WE WERE IN BE IN A FAR WORSE DISASTER TODAY.... |
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AND JOE BIDEN WAS TOLD TO REHEARSE WITH A FEMALE BEFORE HIS DEBATE. DO YOU THINK THIS WAS NECESSARY?... |
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WHAT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ENJOYED DOING IN PREPARING FOR A DEBATE BEFORE AN ELECTION IT IS PRACTICING... |
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BARB BARNETT WAS THE ATTORNEY WHO WAS WITH GEORGE BUSH THE FATHER. HE WOULD SHOW UP WITH A PREPPY ... |
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PAUL BUT GALLUP PLAYED GEORGE W. BUSH IN 2000 -- BEGALA PLAYED GEORGE W. BUSH IN 2000. |
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THE NEXT QUESTION IS FOR SENATOR SANTORUM FROM VIRGINIA BEACH. CAN YOU BELIEVE THE SUPPORT FOR SARAH... |
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I THINK SARAH PALIN HAS A STRONG SUPPORT AMONG THE CONSERVATIVE RANKS. SHE INITIALLY, FROM HER PERFORMANCE... |
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DO YOU THINK SHE IS QUALIFIED? |
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IF BARACK OBAMA IS QUALIFIED, SHE IS QUALIFIED. [APPLAUSE] YOU ARE EATING INTO MY TIME. I SERVED WITH... |
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THIS IS HOW I BELIEVE THE OTHER SIDE HAS REALLY LOST THE ARGUMENT. WHEN THEY CAN NO LONGER TALK ABOUT... |
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I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET TO THE AUDIENCE QUESTIONS. IS THERE ANY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HOW THE MEDIA... |
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YES. THERE ARE QUITE A FEW DIFFERENCES. I SAID TO JOHN, HE IS MY HUSBAND. WE WILL BE MARRIED 50 YEARS... |
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BUSH WENT TO YALE, SO THAT MAKES THEM EXTREMELY BRIGHT. |
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HE HAD A FATHER THAT WENT TO YALE. LEGACY DOES WORK, TOO. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE LEGACY, AND BARACK OBAMA... |
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I AM SORRY YOU GOT -- ABOUT YOU GUYS AT REGENT, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT TO THE PRESIDENCY. |
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WE ARE COMPARING BARACK OBAMA AND PALIN. YOU WENT TO BRING SOME OF THESE KIDS UP, AND THERE ARE PROBABLY... |
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ANY TIME WE SEE THAT WOMEN IN PUBLIC POSITIONS OF LEADERSHIP IT IS SO IMPORTANT. I AGREE THAT SARAH... |
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THIS IS THE MODERATOR'S DISCRETION. YOU HAVE TWO WOMEN WHO ARE DEFENDING A REPUBLICAN WOMAN ON THE... |
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I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE 15 MINUTES. I WILL LIKE TO DEFEND A REPUBLICAN MAN, JOHN MCCAIN. I THINK... |
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I THINK JOHN MCCAIN SHOULD HAVE PICKED MIKE HUCKABEE TO BE HIS RUNNING MATE. |
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I DO NOT BODE GOOD IN SKIRTS. |
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THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM NORTH CAROLINA. DO YOU GET TO KEEP ALL OF THE CLOTHING WORN ON YOUR SHOW... |
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IT IS SEXIST TO ASK ME A CLOTHING QUESTION. JUST BECAUSE I AM A MAN . A MANSEAN'S -- I GET SEAN'S... |
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WHY DO YOU THINK THE QUESTION OF PALE AND'S LACK OF EXPERIENCE AND OBAMA'S -- SARAH PALIN'S LACK OF... |
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OBAMA HAS BEEN ON A NATIONAL STAGE FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS. HE WENT THROUGH IT DIFFICULT PRIMARY PROCESS.... |
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THANK YOU ALL FOR QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE. WE WILL WRAP UP WITH CLOSING STATEMENTS. IF THERE IS... |
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I APPRECIATE IT. BARACK OBAMA'S CAMPAIGNED ON CHANGE. ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF IT... |
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THANK YOU, SENATOR. [APPLAUSE] |
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LET ME TELL YOU HOW MUCH I HAVE ENJOYED DOING THIS. LET ME SEE IF I COULD FOR ONE MINUTE GET THIS... |
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GOVERNOR HUCKABEE. |
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I WANT TO SAY THANKS TO REGENT UNIVERSITY FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE. BELIEVE THIS OR NOT, I ACTUALLY... |
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LET ME JUST SAY SOMETHING. IF JOHN MCCAIN OR SARAH PALIN AS ELECTED, I WILL BE PRAYING EVERY DAY,... |
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THE ECONOMIC CRISIS THAT WE FACE AND THE FEELING THAT THE END IS AT HAND. SOMEBODY SAID THAT THE END... |
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LET ME ALSO THANK DR. ROBERTSON, AND THE DISTINGUISHED FACULTY AND STAFF AT REGENT UNIVERSITY AND... |
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THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH TO OUR DISTINGUISHED PANEL. WE APPRECIATE THE UNIVERSITY AND ALL OF YOU WHO... |
NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.