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I JUST WROTE A BUCK ABOUT MARTIN VAN BUREN, ALL THE WAY BACK TO 1840, BUT THAT WAS AN ELECTION I FOUND FASCINATING. ONE OF THE FIRST ELECTION WHERE...
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NOT HIS OWN FAULT. THERE WAS A TERRIBLE DEPRESSION. BUT UNFORTUNATELY. HE DECIDED TO RENOVATE THE WHITE HOUSE AND SPENT MONEY DOING THAT. THE WHITE HOUSE...
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WHICH THEY RAN ONLY ONCE,
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SUGGESTING IF GOLDWATER GOT ELECTED, WE WOULD HAVE A ANYTHING LOW A WAR. HAZMAT NEW OPINIONSKER, HOW ABOUT YOUR CHOICE? >> Guest: I FEEL LIKE EVEN THOUGH...
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YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU FIRST GOT INTERESTED IN THE HISTORY OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS? >> Guest: I'VE ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED IN BOTH PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS...
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I REMEMBER STUDYING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. THE I WROTE MY FIRST TYPED PAPER EVER ABOUT THE ELECTION OF 1860, BECAUSE I WAS SUCH...
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TYPIST. >> Guest: WHEN YOU COMBINE THE THREE CANDIDATES, THERE ARE MORE POPULAR VOTES THAT ABRAHAM LINCOLN GOT. WHAT WAS THE PERCENTAGE? >> Guest:...
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A CLEAR ELECTORAL MAJORITY. THAT'S ONE OF THE LESSONS YOU LEARN FROM STUDYING THE PAST IS THAT THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM PROVIDES A MANDATE IN A WAY
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THAT POPULAR VOTES DONE. >> Host: LEE EDWARDS, CAN YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU FIRST GOT INTERESTED IN HISTORY. >> Guest: IT WAS MY FATHER WHO WAS A JOURNALIST...
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BEING INTRIGUED BY THE BALLOONS AND -- I REMEMBER THERE WAS NO AIR-CONDITIONING, AND THERE
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WERE SPEECHES BY BOB TAFT AND TOM DOOLEY AND SO
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FORTH AND ALL OF THIS PASSION. AND I FIGURED THIS IS SOMETHING I WANT TO GET MORE INVOLVED WITH AND HERE I AM. >> Host: ARE A FELLOW AT HERITAGE AND...
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I WANT TO PAY TRIBUTE TO HIM AS HE PASSES. WHAT YEAR DID YOUR DAD
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DIE. >> Guest: 1990. >>
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Host: TED WIDMER WHEN DID YOU FIRST GET INTERESTED IN PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS. >> Guest: IT GOES BAX TO 1968, I WAS 5 YEARS OLD. MY FAMILY WAS IN TAIWAN,...
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AND THERE WAS INTENSE INTEREST IN THAT ELECTION. AND ALMOST
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MY FIRST MEMORY IS A NEWSPAPER WITH THE NEWS OF ROBERT KENNEDY'S
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ASSASSINATION. AND EVEN IN KINDERGARLTEN THEY WERE CANVASSING THE STUDENTS TO SEE WHICH WAY WE WERE LEANING, AND I ACCIDENTALLY RAISED MY HAND AND...
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SOCIALLY. I
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WAS A SPEECH WRITER IN THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION. I MET HIM THROUGH FRIENDS AND HE COULDN'T HAVE BEEN A KINDER MENTOR.
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JUST A GREAT, GREAT GUY. >> Host: ON BOOK NOTES HE TALKED ABOUT HIS BOOK "THE ELECTION OF
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1912." HERE'S AN EXCERPT OF IT.
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LET'S SEE WHAT OUR GROUP THINKS
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OF THIS ELECTION. >> IF YOU PUT THE VOTES TOGETHER FOR REPUBLICANS AND PRESIDENT, IF YOU ARE ASSUMING THAT THEODORE ROOSEVELT GOT THE
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NOMINATION, THEN YOU GET OVER 7 MILLION VOTES, YOU SEE. YOU CAN'T BE THIS EXACT BECAUSE SOME WOULD CROSS OVER. BUT ONCE YOU LOOK AT THAT, IT'S HARD...
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WOULD HAVE WON THAT, OF COURSE, THE ELECTORAL VOTERS WE KNOW, DOESN'T REFLECT THE POPULAR VOTE. FOUR YEARS AGO, AL GORE ONE BY 50,000 VOTES, A FAIR...
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AMEND THE CONSTITUTION TO CHANGE THAT. I'M NOT SURE IT'S A TERRIBLE THING. IT
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CREATES A MANDATE WHERE THERE ISN'T RUN. WE COULD PROBABLY DO REFORMS SHORT OF ABOLISHING THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE THAT WOULD STILL ADDRESS SOME OF THE...
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IN FIVE STATES IN THE DEEP
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SOUTH. HE WON ARIZONA, HIS HOME
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STATE, ONLY BY A WHISKER. AND, OF COURSE, THE GUY WHO BEAT HIM WAS LYNDON JOHNSON. AND AFTER THE ELECTION PASSED, AND IT'S THE WEDNESDAY AFTER THE...
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CONSERVATISM WAS FINISHED FOR GOOD. WE NOW LIVED IN A LIBERAL REPUBLIC,nd IF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY EVER VEERED FROM THE CENTER, THERE WOULD WOULD NOT...
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WHICH HAS MADE HIM A POLITICAL STAR
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OVERNIGHT. I WAS MENTIONING EARLIER THAT COMING OUT OF THAT, SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE GOT INVOLVED IN POLITICS, AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS AS A RESULT OF THE GOLDWATER...
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IF PRESIDENT BUSH IS REELECTED. BECAUSE I DON'T THINK I THINGS ARE GOOD IN IRAQ AND THEY AREN'T GOING TO GET BETTER. THEY ARE GOING TO GET SIGNIFICANTLY...
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DATE. I THINK PEOPLE ARE HONESTLY CONFUSED ABOUT THIS WAR NOW. AND OVER TIME IT WILL BECOME CLEARER THAT IT WAS A MISTAKE. IF KERRY IS ELECTED, I HONESTLY...
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ME. I BELIEVE THAT THE CHALLENGE FOR
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THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY FOR THE FUTURE IS TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO BREAK THE STRONG HOLD ON THE SOUTH. THAT CREATES AN ENORMOUS DISADVANTAGE FOR THE DEMOCRATS...
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OFFICE IN TOO 0.
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SO I THINK IF FREE-ELECTED. HE WILL TAKE A SERIOUS COMMITMENT TO DOING ENTITLEMENT REFORM AND THAT COULD BE ENORMOUSLY IMPORTANT FOR THE HISTORY OF...
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| 00:12:59 |
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OF ONE OF THE ISSUES IS THE WAR RECORD OF BOTH OF THE MAJOR CANDIDATES IN TOO
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4. BUT JEFFERSON'S WAR RECORD WAS AN ISSUE IN THE ELECTION OF 1800. JEFFERSON HAD NOT SOLDIERED DURING THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE. HE SPENT ALMOST ALL...
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IN CASES FROM EITHER PARTY OR SOME OF THE INDEPENDENT OPERATIVES IN A WAY YOU DON'T SEE ANY
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MORE. AS TOUGH AS IT IS NOW, I THINK ELECTIONS HAVE ALWAYS HAD A TRADITION OF GETTING ROUGH. AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY SHOULD BE SHOCKED BY IT AND IT'S...
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| 00:14:37 |
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THE COMMUNISTS WANTED DUE QLI TO BE
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ELECTED PRESIDENT. SO WE'VE HAD OTHER EXAMPLES, AND I AGREE THIS IS NOT THE NASTIEST. IT IS VERY PASSIONATE. A LOT ISN'T ANGER HERE. BUT THAT IS...
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KNOW A LOT MORE ABOUT IT THAN ANYBODY HERE -- WELL, THAT'S AN OVERSTATEMENT. BUT ANYWAY, GIVE US A CALL. THE NUMBERS ARE ON THE SCREEN -- >> Host:...
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| 00:16:01 |
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THEY THOUGHT THE END OF THE WORLD WOULD COME, AND THAT WAS THE ELECTION WITH THE HIGHEST VOTER TURN OUT ARE REGISTERED VOTERS, 81%. >> Host: EXCEPT...
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Guest: GOOD POINT, WHITE MALES, AND IN MANY PLACES YOU NEEDED TO OWN PROPERTY. BUT STILL, MUCH HIGHER. WE WERE A LITTLE ABOVE 50% IN THE LAST ELECTION....
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I HAVE ABOUT HOW, IN
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OUR DEMOCRACY WE CAN STILL CALL OURSELVES, AND WE CALL OURSELVES THE GREATEST DEMOCRACY IN THE WORLD, YET, PEOPLE ALL AROUND THIS COUNTRY WHO REGISTER...
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| 00:16:46 |
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THEIR VOTES CHALLENGED AND PEOPLE EVEN YOU KNOW IN THAT FLORIDA THIS
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WAS A PROBLEM WHERE 20,000 PEOPLE DID NOT HAVE THEIR VOTES COUNTED OR WERE TURNED AWAY FROM THE POLLS, OR THEY SAID THEY WERE FELONS. WHAT WE DON'T...
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| 00:17:39 |
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THERE WASN'T AN EXPLICIT RIGHT TO VOTE. AND OVER THE YEARS, WITH THE 14th, 15th, 19th
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AMENDMENT, THE VOTE EXTENDING THE VOTE
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| 00:17:50 |
Host, -
TO 19-YEAR-OLDS, THERE'S BEEN THIS ASSUMPTION THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
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| 00:17:54 |
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IS GOING TO GUARANTEE THE RIGHT TO VOTE. BUT IT SHOULD BE MORE THAN A NATIONAL ISSUE. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE DIGS PAIRTY IN BALLOTS, AND THE QUESTIONS...
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INDICATED, 50 DIFFERENT WAYS OF REGISTERING WITHIN COUNTIES AND STATES. >> Host: WE ARE TALKING HISTORY, VIRGINIA YOU OR THE AIR. >> Caller: I WOULD...
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IMMEDIATELY STARTED A
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FOUR-YEAR CAMPAIGN TO SEIZE THE PRESIDENCY IN 1828. VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT HAPPENED AFTER DECEMBER OF 2000 WHEN THE DEMOCRATS BEGAN IMMEDIATELY, THE...
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| 00:20:31 |
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INTO CONGRESS FOR THE SECOND TIME. IT WENT TO CONGRESS IN 1800, ALSO.
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AND DURING NEGOTIATIONS FINALLY TILTED TOWARDS JOHN QUINCY ADAMS AND THERE WERE A LOT OF CHARGES AGAINST ADAMS AND CLAY, FOR WHAT THEY CALLED THE CORRUPT...
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TO THE CHARISMATIC, AND LEADERS
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THAT THEY FEEL THAT THEY COULD INVITE INTO THEIR HOMES THAT THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH. AND ALSO A COMMENT ON THE 529 ADS, IN THAT I THINK WHAT A LOT...
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FACTS ARE TRUE OR NOT TRUE. >> Host: WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? WHY ISN'T THAT THE SAME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
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529 ADS? >> Guest:. >> Caller: I THINK PEOPLE DO HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT. BUT IT'S HARDER FOR PEOPLE TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE 529 ADS. >>...
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ARE CELEBRITIES, RATHER THAN PEOPLE WHO CAN RUN THE COUNTRY? >> Guest: GOOD
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| 00:24:06 |
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QUESTION. WHEN YOU WERE SHOWING THE
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Caller, -
CLIP ABOUT THE 1800 ELECTION. IN THAT ELECTION THERE WERE ABOUT 200 NEWSPAPERS IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY. NOW WE HAVE
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| 00:24:15 |
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AN EXPLOSION OF MEDIA OUTLETS. IT'S A 24/7 PROCESS. BUT IT MAKES THE CHALLENGE INFIN KNITLY MORE DIFFICULT FOR
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THESE CANDIDATES TO BREAK THROUGH THE NOISE, AND ANY CANDIDATE THAT CAN FOCUS THE PUBLIC MIND IS A GENIUS IN THIS KIND OF COMPLEX POLITICAL WORLD....
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AND STUFF LIKE THAT. NOW OUR CULTURAL ISSUES IN THE LAST MAYBE 30 YEARS ARE
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STARTING TO BECOME SO STRONG ON BOTH SIDES, PEOPLE FEEL THAT THEY ARE RIGHT IN THEIR BELIEFS. WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU ALMOST GET TO A POSITION WHERE YOU...
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ALWAYS HAD THAT IN OUR HISTORY. WHETHER IT WAS THE QUESTION OF SLAVERY.
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YOU GENTLEMEN KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT THAN I DO. WHAT I HAVE READ IS PEOPLE FELT VERY STRONGLY ABOUT IT. AND THERE WERE RIOTS, AND PEOPLE DEMANDING ONE...
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CLEVELAND'S ILLEGITIMATE CHILD
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WAS GRADUATE OUT TO THE PUBLIC. THEN BLAINE WAS ACCUSED OF HAVING A SHOTGUN WEDDING THAT HE HAD TO MARRY HIS WIFE, AND THEN THERE WAS THE ROMANISM...
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AT THE TIME IT WAS SO BITTER. BUT, OBVIOUSLY, IT WAS THE FORERUNNER TO THE KINDS OF ELECTIONS WE WOULD HAVE THROUGHOUT OUR HISTORY. THE IF YOU LOOK...
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| 00:29:17 |
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THE SENATE. ANYBODY KNOW HERE AT THE TABLE? >> Guest: DON'T KNOW. >> Host: MAYBE ONE OF OUR VIEWERS KNOW. LET'S GO TO OCALA, FLORIDA. >> Caller: GOOD...
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BE DONE ABOUT IT. THE REASON PEOPLE
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CAN'T DECIDE WHO TO VOTE FOR IS WE'VE REACHED THE POINT
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WHERE THERE'S NO LESSER OF THE TWO EVILS BY THESE TWO MEN WHO ARE RUNNING. BUT THEY'VE BEEN PICKED BY, WHAT TEN STATES? >> Host: WHAT DO YOU THINK...
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| 00:30:23 |
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YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND IN OUR OWN AGE WE DON'T
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| 00:30:26 |
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SEE THESE MEN AS GOODS OR EVEN HEROES. BUT IN HISTORY SOMETIMES YOU CAN GET AN APPRECIATION ON FOR THE CHALLENGES THEY FACED AND THE EFFORT THEY MADE....
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DID EVERYBODY WANT VAN BUREN, OR DID THEY NOT WANT THE OTHERS. >> Guest: I THINK FEW PRESIDENTS HAVE BEEN BELOVED AT THE TIME OF RUNNING FOR OFFICE....
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OF AFFECTION AND ADMIRATION FOR HIM. AND IF YOU LOOK AT FDR, IN 1936, AFTER BEGINNING TO BRING US OUT OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION, HE HAD THAT SAME KIND...
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| 00:31:56 |
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WAS NOT LOVED, HE JUST MADE MOST OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SCARE THE HELL OUT OF HIM BY BARRY GOLDWATER. RONALD REAGAN WAS LOOKED UPON AS SOMEONE SPECIAL....
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| 00:32:37 |
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A DIFFICULT PRESIDENCY. SO
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I'M NOT SURE POPULARITY IS THE RIGHT MEASURE OF A MAN. WHEN I STUDY THESE CAMPAIGNS, THE LESSON YOU LEARN, IT'S NOT ABOUT POPULARITY BUT THE PARTNERSHIP....
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PEOPLE IN SOME WAYS, HIS FAILURE TO CHASTISE SENATOR McCARTHY. BUT CERTAINLY HE WAS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR PRESIDENTS. >> Host: ONE OF THE THINGS THAT...
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| 00:33:30 |
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IS THE WEBSITES. I I PULLED OFF WICK-O-PEDIA AND HERE'S THE ANSWER TO MY QUESTION TO YOU, FINALLY THE ELECTION IS THE FIRST AND TO DATE THE ONLY TIME
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| 00:33:49 |
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WHEN A VICE PRESIDENT CANDIDATE FAILED TO RECEIVE A MAJORITY OF ELECTORAL VOTES. JOHNSON WAS ULTIMATELY ELECTED BY THE UNITED STATES SENATE AND THERE...
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WAS OPENLY PROCLAIMING HIS LOVE FOR THIS WOMAN AND THEY COULDN'T HANDLE IT SO THEY WERE TRYING TO GET HIM OFF THE BALLOT. >> Host: OUR THREE GUEST IS,...
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| 00:35:04 |
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WHITSON OF PRESIDENT ELECT.ORG. WHAT DOES YOUR WEBSITE DO IN KENTUCKY. >> GOOD MORNING. THE WEBSITE IS A REPOS SIT TOREY OF THE PAST ELECTION RESULTS...
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| 00:35:32 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
LOOK BACK AT THE RESULTS FROM EVERY ELECTION HISTORY AND SEE MAPS JUST LIKE YOU WILL ON ELECTION NIGHT FROM 1789, AND ALSO SOME
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| 00:35:42 |
Host, -
ANALYSIS OF 2004 ELECTION, AND SEE OUR ANALYSIS OF HOW THE
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| 00:35:48 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ELECTION MIGHT TURN OUT AND YOU CAN SEE A
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Host, -
LIST OF ELECTORS FOR ALL OF THE STATES WITH THE
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Unidentified Speaker, -
TOP CANDIDATES. >> Host: IS THIS YOUR QD AND DO YOU MAKE MONEY WITH IT, OR IS IT A FULL-TIME JOB. >> Guest: THIS IS MY IDEA. THIS WAS ALL POPULAR VOTE...
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| 00:36:16 |
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MAKE ANY MONEY ON IT. >> Host: WHAT'S YOUR FULL-TIME JOB? >> I'M
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| 00:36:24 |
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A STAY-AT-HOME DAD. >> Host: HOW IS THE TRAFFIC ON THIS WEBSITE. >> I AM SPENDING EVERY FREE MOMENT ON THIS. WE ARE REACHED ALMOST 10,000 HITS A DAY....
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| 00:36:41 |
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WEBSITE? >> MY FAVORITE PART IS LOOKING BACK TO THE
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Unidentified Speaker, -
HISTORIC ELECTIONS AND SEE HOW THEY
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CHANGE, AND BASED ON THE TRAFFIC MOST PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN
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OUR ANALYSIS OF 254. >> Host: HOW MANY PEOPLE WORK ON THIS? >> JUST ME. >> Host: WHERE DID YOU GET
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| 00:36:59 |
Host, -
YOUR INTEREST IN ALL OF THIS? >> I'VE ALWAYS
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| 00:37:03 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
BEEN INTERESTED IN THE HISTORY. I LOVED WATCHING THAT MAP IN THE BACKGROUND. >> Host: SO IF YOU WERE -- YOU ARE
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| 00:37:16 |
Host, -
ABOUT 32
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Unidentified Speaker, -
TODAY? >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> Host: WHERE
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| 00:37:19 |
Host, -
DID YOU GET YOUR EDUCATION. >> I WENT TO THE UNIVERSITY
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| 00:37:23 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OF TENNESSEE BUT HISTORY WAS ONLY WHAT I LIKED TO DO. WHAT I MAJORED IN WAS MUSIC. >> Host: WHAT'S YOUR MAIN SOURCE. HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE YOU ARE ACCURATE....
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BOOKS, WEBSITES. ONE OF THE BIGGEST SOURCES
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| 00:37:38 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WE USE IS
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| 00:37:40 |
Host, -
ELECTION QUARTERLY WHICH HAS ELECTION RESULTS FROM
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| 00:37:43 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WAY BACK. AND A LOT OF THE POPULAR VOTE STUFF IS KIND OF CHANGES. WE TRY TO
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| 00:37:50 |
Host, -
USE ONE SOURCE FOR THAT POPULAR VOTE INFORMATION. >> Host:
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| 00:37:54 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE ELECTION OF ALL TIME? >> OF ALL TIME? 1824 WAS FUN, IT WAS A REALLY CONFUSING ONE, WHERE THE POPULAR VOTE WINNER, AND THE ELECTORAL...
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| 00:38:15 |
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YOU, JAMES WHITSON FOR JOINING
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| 00:38:19 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
US. WHAT DO YOU THINK? THERE'S AN AVERAGE CITIZEN. I'M NOT SURE HE'S AVERAGE, BUT A CITIZEN WHO PUT THIS ALL TOGETHER. IS THIS GOOD OR BAD FOR THIS...
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| 00:38:36 |
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AND IT'S A THROWBACK TO AN EARLIER ERA THAT WAS HURLLY BURLLY, PEOPLE CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT. SH PEOPLE WILL COMPLAIN ABOUT THE GRUDGE VERSION,...
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| 00:38:55 |
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IN PERSPECTIVE AND RECOGNIZE IF HAD A FREE MARKETPLACE OF IDEA IS, A COUPLE OF SHARP ELBOWS. >> Host: KENTUCKY WHAT DO YOU THINK. >> Caller: IT'S A...
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| 00:39:26 |
Host, -
HEARD MR. WIDMER SAY AS
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Caller, -
A REPUBLIC, AND OUR FOUNDERS WERE A ADAMANT THAT AMERICA WOULD NOT BECOME A DEMOCRACY. AND A REPUBLIC IS A PLACE WHERE THE LAW RULES, VERSUS A DEMOCRACY...
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| 00:40:17 |
Host, -
NOT VOTE. WOMEN COULD NOT VOTE. SO WE'VE COME A LONG WAY FROM THAT.
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| 00:40:22 |
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I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION SOMETHING WHICH OCCURRED TO ME, TALKING ABOUT THE INTERNET. WE ARE ALL AGREED, OF COURSE, THAT THE INTERNET HAS MADE THIS ENORMOUS...
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Host, -
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Caller, -
VICTIM OF -- WITH PENNSYLVANIA WE HAVE REPUBLICAN LEGISLATURE WHO REDISTRICTED AFTER THE 2000 CENSUS, AND I LOST MY DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS SHALL REPRESENTATIVE....
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| 00:42:08 |
Host, -
TO TED AND ASK HIM
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| 00:42:11 |
Caller, -
ABOUT REDISTRICT. >>
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| 00:42:13 |
Host, -
Guest: THE WORD GERRY MAN DERING COMES
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| 00:42:18 |
Caller, -
FROM AN INDIVIDUAL FROM THE NORTH SHORE OF MASSACHUSETTS. HE SHAPED A DISTRICT THAT SOME THOUGHT LOOKED LIKE A SAL LA MAN DER ON A
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| 00:42:30 |
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MAP, SO THE WORD WAS COINED AND GOT INTO
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| 00:42:35 |
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THE LANGUAGE. IT'S BEEN A PATTERN THROUGHOUT OUR HISTORY. BUT A CALLER IS RIGHT, AND YOUR COMMENT IS RIGHT. IT'S IS DISTURBING THAT LEGISLATORS WANT...
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| 00:43:23 |
Caller, -
TO HOW HE SAID TO PICK THEM, MEN WHO COULD BE LEADERS OF OTHER MEN, NOT NECESSARILY SCHOLARS. IN HIS TRUST DOCUMENT HE EVEN SAID, IN ORDER TO TAKE...
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| 00:44:07 |
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HIS OWN ARMY THERE. HE SPELLED
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| 00:44:10 |
Caller, -
OUT THE KIND OF PEOPLE. THE WHOLE POINT WAS TO TAKE OVER THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE UNITED NATIONS WITH A ONE-WORLD GOVERNMENT. >> Host: WHAT COUNTRY WAS...
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| 00:44:40 |
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OF THE WORLD THE WAY THIS WOMAN HAS? >>
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| 00:44:44 |
Caller, -
Guest: I DON'T AGREE WITH THE CALLER, BUT SHE RAISES AN OBSERVATION. SO MUCH HAS CHANGED IN THIS SYSTEM. THE ELECTORATE HAS CHANGED, THE MEDIA HAS
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| 00:44:55 |
Host, -
CHANGED. BUT IN AN IRONIC WAY, THE TYPE OF CANDIDATE WE GET IN A PRESIDENTIAL RACE HAS REMAINED CONSTANT. KERRY AND BUSH WITH
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| 00:45:05 |
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ARE TWO FIGURES WHOSE BAX GROUNDS WOULD BE GENERALLY FAMILY TO THE FOUNDERS. AND I BELIEVE THAT'S A COMPELLING ISSUE TO THINK ABOUT. WE HAVE HAD RELATIVELY...
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| 00:45:50 |
Host, -
SECONDS. >> IT WAS A LANDSLIDE, AT LEAST IN THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE. IT WAS THE LARGEST ELECTORAL COLLEGE VICTORY SINCE THEth CENTURY. ON THE POPULAR...
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| 00:46:12 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
LIKE, 3.1 MILLION VOTES CAST. >> THAT'S RIGHT. EVEN THEN IT WAS ONE OF THE LOWER TURNOUTS OF THE 19th CENTURY. >> Host: HERE'S A MAN A GENERAL IN THE...
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| 00:46:31 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
BOTTOM OF THE LIST, DO YOU AGREE THEY HAVE ALL COME FROM THE SAME BACKGROUNDS, ALL OF
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| 00:46:38 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OUR PRESIDENTS? >> NO, I DON'T, IN THE SENSE YOU COULD SAY WE HAVE HAD TWO
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| 00:46:44 |
Host, -
KINDS OF CANDIDATES, THE ELITISTS, AND THE POPULACE. OF COURSE, THERE CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN ELITEISTS, LIKE FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT, A ROADS SCHOLAR, BUT HE...
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| 00:47:01 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
SO DID RICHARD NIXON. SO DID RONALD REAGAN. SO DID HARRY TRUEMAN. SO IT'S A LITTLE MORE MIXED PICTURE THAN THAT, THAT IS SUCKED BY -- >> Host: MR. WIDMER....
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| 00:47:36 |
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LEVELS OF WEALTH. I DON'T THINK
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| 00:47:39 |
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PIERCE WAS FROM A WEALTHY FAMILY. BODEN GOD INTO A SMALL COLLEGE, AND FROM A TINY STATE AND HE WAS HARDLY REPRESENTATIVE OF AN EAST COAST ELITE. >>...
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| 00:48:15 |
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OTHER FORM OF DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT. >> Host: WHY DO YOU THINK IT'S IMPORTANT? >> Caller: BECAUSE WE CAN'T ALL
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Caller, -
GO AND DECIDE WHO IS GOING TO BE PRESIDENT. >> Host: WHY NOT? >> Caller: BECAUSE WE, AS A COUNTRY HAVE BEEN DUMPED DOWN. WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE OUT THERE...
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OF THEIR HEADS. >> Host: HOW DOES THE
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Caller, -
ELECTORAL COLLEGE MAKE US SMARTER? >> Caller: IT DOESN'T MAKE US SMARTER,
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IT ALLOWS US TO SEND PEOPLE WHO
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HAVE COOLER HEADS, WHO HAVE THOUGHT MORE CALLLY ABOUT THING, WHO HAVE WATCHED THINGS AND KNOWS THESE THINGS, NOT JUST SOMEBODY WHO TOLD SOMEBODY SOMETHING
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| 00:49:01 |
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AND GOT UPSET ABOUT IT. >> WHAT WOULD YOUR
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REACTION BE IF JOHN KERRY GOT ELECTED? >> Caller: I THINK I WOULD MOVE TO RUSSIA. >> Host: THANK YOU. >> Guest: I BE STAND BY MY COMMENTS. THE POINT ABOUT...
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OF CANDIDATES THAT CHANGE THE LEAST OVER THE
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YEARS. AS FAR AS THE WOMAN'S COMMENTS, I WOULD JUST SAY
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| 00:49:34 |
Host, -
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS
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| 00:49:36 |
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WE COULD DO TO ADDRESS THE QUESTION OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE. AND I DISAGREE THAT THE PEOPLE ARE DUMPED DOWN. I THINK THE ELECTORATE IS AS SMART AS...
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MEAN, IF WE HAD JUST DIRECT REPRESENTATION, THEN PEOPLE WOULD SPEND ALL OF THEIR
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TIME IN NEW YORK, AND CALIFORNIA AND SO
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| 00:50:39 |
Guest, -
FORTH. BUT THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, AS I THINK WE WILL KNOW FROM 2004 ON TUESDAY, BRINGS THAT INTO PLAY. >> Host: BUT, INSTEAD, THOUGH, THIS ELECTION,...
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| 00:51:08 |
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RICHARD NIXON PLEDGED HE WOULD VISIT ALL 50 STATES, WOUND UP GOING TO ALASKA IN THE LAST 48, AND LOST AS A KEY RESULT OF THAT. MOST OF THE STATES,
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| 00:51:23 |
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WHETHER IT'S OHIO, FLORIDA, MISSOURI, WISCONSIN, A LOT OF STATES THAT WE DON'T THINK ARE IMPORTANT, HAVING BROUGHT INTO PLAY LU THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE....
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IT
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CHANGED PREDOMINANTLY TO REPUBLICANS. I THINK THAT HAS HAD A TREMENDOUS EFFECT ON THE ABILITY OF THE REPUBLICANS TO GAIN CONTROL IN THE LAST 20 YEARS....
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| 00:52:32 |
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THE CIVILIZATIONS WERE GOING DOWNHILL, THEY BECAME MORE
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Unidentified Speaker, -
CONSERVATIVE. >> Host: YOU ARE, UNFORTUNATELY, YOUR CELL PHONE WAS FATING. TED WIDMER PICK UP ON ANY ONE OF THOSE. >> Guest: THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT...
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| 00:53:02 |
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AND THE REPUBLICAN STRENGTH IS GROWING IN THE NORTH AND CITIES, AND IT'S
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| 00:53:08 |
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ALL BACKWARDS. I WAS LOOKING AT A MAP YESTERDAY AND IT'S INVERTED. WHAT WAS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WAS ALL IN THE SOUTH, NOW IT'S ALL IN THE NORTH....
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| 00:54:25 |
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YOU THINK WE WILL CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION AND LET A NONAMERICAN
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RUN? >> Guest: I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL 457, I THINK IT'S IT SHOULD. WHEN YOU SAY A NONAMERICAN THAT'S NOT TRUE. >> Host: A
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| 00:54:41 |
Host, -
NONE AMERICAN BORN. >> Guest: RIGHT. THERE SHOULDN'T BE TWO CLASSES OF CITIZENS. ANYBODY WHO BECOMES A CITIZEN DESERVES THAT RIGHT
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| 00:54:52 |
Guest, -
EVEN MORE. >> Guest: I AGREE 100%. >> Guest: I AGREE, AND I LIKE WHAT I HEARD A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. WHY
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| 00:55:01 |
Host, -
DON'T WE
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| 00:55:02 |
Guest, -
LET SCHWARZENEGGER RUN AND LET BILL CLINTON RUN. >> Host: DO YOU THINK HE WAS IMPLYING THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TWO TERMS. >> Guest: HE WAS. >> Host: WHAT...
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| 00:55:14 |
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Guest: TWO TERMS, YET. IN PRACTICE WE HAVE FOUND THAT'S JUST ABOUT
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| 00:55:18 |
Guest, -
WHAT A PRESIDENT CAN HANDLE, WHAT HIS STAFF CAN HANDLE, WHAT AN ADMINISTRATION, WHAT A CABINET CAN HANDLE. WHAT ALSO HAPPENS IS THE PEOPLE DETERMINE...
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| 00:55:29 |
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GO ONTO ANOTHER
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CANDIDATE
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HAZMAT NEW? >> Guest: I
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DON'T SUPPORT TERM LIMITS. >> Host: ILLINOIS GOOD MORNING. >> Caller: HI, I THINK YOU TOUCHED ON IT, BUT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO COMMENT ON THE TIME THAT...
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| 00:55:56 |
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ANDREW JACKSON WHO JUST
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HAD
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Caller, -
OVERWHELMING POPULAR SUPPORT. AND IT WAS LESS DRAMATIC THAN 1824 WHEN IT WAS JUST A STRAIGHT DEFEAT FOR ADAMS. IN A WAY IT WAS
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| 00:56:09 |
Host, -
INTERESTING, BECAUSE THE DEMOCRATS USED A LITTLE BIT OF CHEAP STRATEGY
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| 00:56:13 |
Guest, -
AGAINST HIM. THEY SAY HE INSTALLED AN EXPENSIVE POOL TABLE IN THE WHITE HOUSE, AND LUXURY SEEMED TO CONVINCE PEOPLE THAT HE WAS SOMEHOW A BAD PERSON,...
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| 00:56:54 |
Host, -
THE SUMMER, AND HUMPHREY FINALLY DECLARED HIS OWN IDENTITY AND WAS WORKING TOWARDS A PEACE AGREEMENT
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OR A HALT TO BOMBING AND SOME KIND OF MEANINGFUL DIALOGUE WITH THE NORTH VIETNAMESE, AND IT WAS TORPEDOED BY ANNA CHENAULT WORKING WITH THE NIXON CAMPAIGN...
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| 00:57:44 |
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AS 2000, VERY, VERY CLOSE. NIXON WAS INVOLVED IN CLOSE OF THEM AND IT WAS VERY CLOSE AND I REMEMBER I WAS HERE IN TOWN AND MAYBE YOU WERE HERE, TOO,...
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| 00:58:31 |
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HAD ARRESTED OVER 14,000 PEOPLE WITHOUT HABS CORPUS RIGHTS
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WAS A BIG DEAL. HE SAID A PRESIDENT COULD SUSPEND HABEAS CORPUS BUT HE HAD TO SUBJECT HIMSELF TO THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE. >> Host: OHIO GOOD MORNING....
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WAS NEVER THERE?
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IS THERE ANY POLICIES THAT THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW? IS THERE ANY GUIDELINES? DO THEY NEVER HAD TO SHOW UP AND GET PAID? >> Host: LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION...
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JOB. BUT IF THIS IS TRUE THAT WE KEEP HEARING THAT KERRY HAS NEVER SHOWED UP, WOULD YOU KEEP YOUR JOB IF YOU NEVER SHOWED UP FOR 20 YEARS? >> Guest:...
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| 00:59:58 |
Caller, -
THE SENATE YOU COME UP FOR ELECTION, AND PEOPLE CAN FIRE YOU IF THEY DON'T THINK YOU ARE PERFORMING YOUR JOB. SAME FOR PRESIDENT OR CONGRESS, YOUR...
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| 01:00:16 |
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ABOUT JOHN KENNEDY IN 1960 THAT HE WAS NEVER THERE, HE WAS OUT CAMPAIGNING, WASN'T DOING HIS BUSINESS ON THE SENATE FLOOR. EVEN LEADING UP TO THAT...
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| 01:00:35 |
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PEOPLE TAKE NOTICE OF THAT, THEY DO HAVE TO GO TO CERTAIN COMMITTEE HEARINGS, PARTICULARLY IF THEY ARE A CHAIR. >> Guest: IT'S A FACT OF LIFE THAT...
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| 01:01:04 |
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IN FOUR YEARS IF JOHN McCAIN IS RUNNING, YOU WILL SEE THE SAME THING. I WOULD POINT OUT IT IS THE SAME THING WHEN PRESIDENT BUSH IS CAMPAIGNING IN...
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| 01:01:47 |
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AMERICAN BORN. I'M
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Caller, -
BRITISH NATURALLIZED AND I FIND THE IDEA OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE BACKWARDS. I DON'T THINK THE SYSTEM IS DEMOCRATIC. AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW, THIS...
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| 01:02:39 |
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VISIT MANY STATES, REQUIRES HIM TO BUILD BROAD SUPPORT AND NOT JUST TO BE ABLE TO DEPEND UPON ONE OR TWO STATES TO PUT HIMSELF, THE MOST POPULAR TEAMS...
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Host: MR.
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PINSKER? >> Guest:
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LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA. >> Host:
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| 01:03:24 |
Guest, -
TEXAS GOOD MORNING. >> Caller: I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, COULD YOUR PANEL TELL ME WHEN THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, WHEN THERE WERE CHANGES? IT SEEMS...
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| 01:03:33 |
Host, -
REMEMBER AS A YOUNG PERSON THAT WHEN PEOPLE WENT
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TO CONVENTIONS, YOU HAD TO SWEAR OR SOMETHING, THAT YOU WOULD GO ALONG,
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| 01:03:40 |
Host, -
YOU KNOW, WITH THE
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PARTIES. IT SEEMS LIKE
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| 01:03:44 |
Host, -
THERE'S BEEN CHANGES IN
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Caller, -
THAT PROCESS. ALSO, THE PEOPLE, WE USED TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE PARTY. AND AS FAR AS THE NASTINESS OF CAMPAIGNS, I UNDERSTAND THROUGHOUT HISTORY, THERE...
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| 01:05:03 |
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IF AT ALL THAT THEY COULD BE BOUND BY THAT. SO IN THE PAST, ELECTORS WHO HAVE BEEN
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| 01:05:09 |
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PLEDGED TO ONE CANDIDATE OR ANOTHER IN A FEW CASES, ABOUT A DOZEN OR SO, HAVE VOTED FOR SOMEONE ELSE. IN THE LAST 50 YEARS, THE NUMBERS OF STATES...
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| 01:05:55 |
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THEY BECOME MUCH MORE INTENSE, BECAUSE
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THEY ARE SEEN AND REITERATED. FOR EXAMPLE. THIS RECENT CASE ABOUT MUNITIONS IN IRAQ, SO-CALLED MUNITIONS, CNN RAN WITH THAT STORY 50 TIMES IN ONE...
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| 01:06:47 |
Host, -
CSPAN IS CONSIDERABLY BETTER. THE PROBLEM IS THE FIVE-SECOND SOUND BYTE AND THE PRESSURE TO SAY SOMETHING DRAMATIC IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WHICH MEANS...
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| 01:07:09 |
Guest, -
OTHER GUY'S CHARACTER. >> Host: UTAH YOU ARE NEXT. >> Caller: ONE OF YOUR PEOPLE ON YOUR PANEL EARLIER SAID THE SMALLER STATES ARE REPRESENTED BY THE...
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| 01:07:33 |
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HAS NI OF THE
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| 01:07:34 |
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FOUR MAJOR CANDIDATES COME TO UTAH DURING THIS CAMPAIGN. >> Caller: VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY STOPPED IN FOR A LUNCH, IN AND OUT IN ABOUT TWO HOURS. AND...
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| 01:07:52 |
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TIME. >> Guest: NOT THAT IT'S A SMALL STATE IN ELECTORAL VOTES, BUT IT'S
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| 01:08:01 |
Caller, -
SO SOLIDLY REPUBLICAN NO ONE NEEDS TO GO TO DISPUTE IT. >> Host: MAINE, GOOD MORNING. >> Caller: FIRST-TIME CALLER. YOU KNOW, THE TOPIC IS HISTORY ...
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| 01:08:18 |
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ON THIS ELECTION, THE IMPORTANCE OF ORGANIZED RELIGION AS A FACTOR IN THE RATIONALE FOUR VOTING, PARTICULARLY FOR GEORGE
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| 01:08:27 |
Host, -
BUSH THIS YEAR AND LAST
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| 01:08:30 |
Caller, -
YEAR. IT SEEMS LIKE TALKING HEADS AND PEOPLE WHO STUDY THESE THINGS DON'T DISCUSS THAT MUCH. BUT TO ME IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS ELECTION,...
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| 01:09:02 |
Host, -
BEEN FAITHFUL AND LARGELY A CHRISTIAN AND PROTESTANT. ANY CANDIDATE THAT YOU STUDY HAS TO APPEAL TO
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| 01:09:13 |
Guest, -
THED YOM OF THAT ELECTORATE. JAMES CHASE'S BOOK DESCRIBES ROOSEVELT AT THE BULL MOOSE CONVENTION, TALKING ABOUT HOW WE STAND AT ARMAGEDDON AND FIGHT...
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| 01:10:09 |
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Guest: YOU CAN STILL FIND THAT ALBUM IN DOLLAR RECORD BINS ACROSS AMERICA. >> Host: HAVE YOU EVER LISTENED TO IT. >> Guest: I HAVE. >> Guest: PICKING...
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| 01:10:23 |
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KENNEDY HAD TO EXPLAIN TO THE AMERICAN
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| 01:10:26 |
Host, -
PEOPLE AND A BUNCH OF BAPTIST MINISTERS THAT
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| 01:10:30 |
Guest, -
THE VATICAN WOULD NOT DICTATE TO HIM PUBLIC POLICY. IN 1980
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| 01:10:35 |
Host, -
RONALD REAGAN WOULD NOT HAVE
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| 01:10:37 |
Guest, -
BEEN ELECTED WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF WHAT WAS
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| 01:10:40 |
Guest, -
THEN CALLED THE MORAL MAJORITY, THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT. SO THIS HAS BEEN A THEME OF THE ELECTIONS. >> Host: JOHN ANYTHINGENSALER DID A BOOK. >> Guest:...
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| 01:11:20 |
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WOMEN? >> NO WOMEN. >> NO BLACKS? >> NO BLACKS. >> AND YOU POINT OUT
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| 01:11:25 |
Guest, -
THAT THE DIFFERENCE IN THE VOTE WAS BETWEEN HENRY
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| 01:11:28 |
Host, -
CLAY AND JAMES BUCHANAN, 1.4%. >> 38,000 VOTES. NOW, THE EELECTRIC TOREAL COLLEGE, 36 VOTES IN NEW
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Unidentified Speaker, -
YORK REALLY GAVE
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Unidentified Speaker, -
IT TO POKE.
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| 01:11:41 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
HAD NEW YORK GONE FOR CLAY, CLAY
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Unidentified Speaker, -
WOULD HAVE BEEN THE
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Unidentified Speaker, -
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| 01:11:45 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
PRESIDENT. INTERESTINGLY, AND YOU SAY THERE ARE ECHOES FROM THIS TIME TO OUR TIME, JAMES POKE
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| 01:11:53 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
FAILED TO CARRY HIS HOME STATE OF TENNESSEE, WHICH REMINDS US THAT IN 2000, IF AL GORE HAD CARRIED HIS OWN STATE OF TENNESSEE, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN THE...
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| 01:12:29 |
Host, -
SOME CASES THEY LEAD TO DISPUTES. WE HAVE HAD THREE ELECTIONS THAT WERE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WE HAVE HAD SOME VERY TIGHT CONTESTS. WE...
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| 01:12:40 |
Guest, -
OF CONTESTS WHERE THE ELECTORAL VOTE WINNER DID NOT WIN THE POPULAR VOTE. IT'S HAPPENED RECENTLY. LEE MENTIONED WHERE THE CONTEST WAS CLOSE ENOUGH...
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| 01:13:24 |
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POWER. AND I WOULD LIKE TO
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| 01:13:26 |
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HEAR HIM COMMENT ON THAT. >> Guest: I SHOULD BEGIN BY ASKING THE CALLER WHY SHE ISN'T AT THE RED SOX PARADE THIS MORNING. IT'S ASK ONE OF THE GREATEST...
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| 01:13:52 |
Guest, -
1796, AND ANDREW JACKSON ALSO GAVE AN IMPORTANT ONE. BUT MANY PRESIDENTS HAVE NOT. EISENHOWER USED THIS PHRASE "THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX" THE...
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| 01:14:50 |
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CHILD WAS BORN IN THE HAGUE AND HE'S NOT ELIGIBLE TO RUN FOR
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| 01:14:54 |
Caller, -
THE PRESIDENCY. WE HAVE BEEN FOR GENERATIONS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FAMILY CITIZENS. AND IT,ED ME THAT ALL OUR FRIENDS IN THE HAGUE WHO WERE IN THE EMBASSY...
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| 01:16:16 |
Host, -
MR. CLINTON. WE DO HAVE THIS PERMANENT CAMPAIGN WHICH, BECAUSE OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF BEING PRESIDENT
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| 01:16:21 |
Guest, -
OF THE UNITED STATES, LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, IF YOU WILL, OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY, COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF ALL THAT YOU SURVEYS...
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| 01:17:08 |
Host, -
THIS, HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS? >> Guest: IT'S INTERESTING TO ME BECAUSE THE ABSENTEE BALLOT QUESTION, OR THE IDEA OF ABSENTEE BALLOTS WAS A...
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| 01:17:34 |
Guest, -
BE FURLOUGHED. AND IN OTHER CASE IS THE REPUBLICANS OR UNIONISTS WORKED BEHIND THE SCENES TO GET ABSENTEE BALLOT LAWS PASSED. THEY WERE CONVINCED THAT...
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| 01:18:28 |
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TOLEDO? LET'S GO TO --
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| 01:18:33 |
Guest, -
WHERE ARE YOU COMING FROM IN. >> Caller: TOLEDO, OHIO. MY QUESTION IS FOR ALL
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| 01:18:40 |
Host, -
THREE OF THE MEN, THEY KEEP SAYING THIS IS THE FREE WORLD. BUT THROUGHOUT HISTORY THERE'S ONLY BEEN ONE TYPE OF PRESIDENT, A WHITE MAN, NO WOMAN, NO...
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| 01:18:58 |
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A WHITE MAN CAN RUN FOR PRESIDENCY, AND NOW YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT FOREIGNERS GETTING IT BEFORE A WOMAN OR A BLACK HAHN. >> Host: AFRICAN-AMERICANS...
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| 01:19:32 |
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THROUGHOUT HISTORY, IT'S BEEN WITHOUT BLACK MEN AND
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| 01:19:35 |
Caller, -
WOMEN. WOMEN HAD TO FIGHT TO GET THEIR RIGHTS,
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| 01:19:38 |
Host, -
AND BLACKS HAD TO FIGHT FOR THEIR RIGHTSES. >> Guest: I AGREE
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| 01:19:42 |
Caller, -
WITH THE CALLER'S FRUSTRATION. IT'S
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| 01:19:46 |
Host, -
COMING.
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| 01:19:47 |
Caller, -
WE
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| 01:19:48 |
Host, -
HAVEN'T GOT THERE DEMOCRACY IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. WE TOOK A
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| 01:19:52 |
Caller, -
BIG STEP FORWARD IN 1965, AND WE WERE NOT A MEANINGFUL DEMOCRACY BEFORE THAT. WE ARE NOW. I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO VOTE. I AM STILL APPALLED BY THE LOW...
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| 01:20:04 |
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2000. AND IF MORE PEOPLE VOTED, THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENT RESULT. BUT I THINK THERE'S REASON FOR OPTIMISM. WE'VE GOT A LONG CENTURY AHEAD ...
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| 01:20:46 |
Host, -
WERE A COUPLE THAT APPROACHES THE 80% TO 82%. THOSE ARE OUR BEST ESTIMATES. THERE AREN'T ENOUGH RECORDS. >> Guest: WE HAVE ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE THAT THIS...
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| 01:21:05 |
Guest, -
THIS AND THE 527s ON BOTH SIDES. SO I THINK THERE WILL BE A MAJOR TURNOUT. LET ME SAY WITH REGARD TO WHAT THE CALLER SAID, I THINK THAT COLIN POWELL
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| 01:21:18 |
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WOULD HAVE BEEN, IF HE HAD BEEN ON THE TICKET AS VICE PRESIDENT EARLIER, HE COULD BE SOMEBODY THAT COULD BE ELECTED PRESIDENT, I THINK THE AMERICAN...
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| 01:21:59 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF
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| 01:22:01 |
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DESIGN, WROTE FOR NEWSPAPERS, AND BECAME A CLINTON SPEECH WRITER NOW AT WASHINGTON COLLEGE IN MARYLAND. >> Host: DID YOU
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| 01:22:08 |
Guest, -
OFFER FLEE HELP TO THE PRESIDENT IN MISS MEMOIRE MEMOIRES? >> Guest: I DID. HE WANTED SOMEONE TO SPEAK TO AS HE WAS GATHERING HIS MEMORIES, AND I WORKED...
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| 01:22:28 |
Host, -
I WAS BORN IN CHICAGO. MY FOLKS MOVED HERE WHEN I WAS 2 YEARS OLD SO
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| 01:22:33 |
Guest, -
WASHINGTON, D.C. HAS BEEN MY HOME. THE I WENT TO DUKE UNIVERSITY A COUPLE -- SEVERAL YEARS LATER. I WENT BACK TO SCHOOL AND GOT A PH.D. AT CATHOLIC...
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| 01:22:47 |
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I WAS VERY MUCH INVOLVED IN
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| 01:22:49 |
Guest, -
POLITICS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS HERE. BUT I HAVE GONE STRAIGHT THE LAST 20 YEARS, DOING MOSTLY TEACHING AND WRITING SINCE THEN. >> Host: AND WHO DID YOU...
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| 01:23:19 |
Host, -
FOR UNDERGRADUATE AND THEN
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| 01:23:22 |
Guest, -
OXFORD. I'VE BEEN TEACHING AT SCHOOLS IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. NOW I'M AT DICKENSON COLLEGE AND I WORK AT A CONSULTING...
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| 01:23:35 |
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Host: HAVE YOU DONE MUCH POLITICAL STUFF. >> Guest: I HAVE. >> Host: NEXT CALL FROM WHERE YOU LIVE, PENNSYLVANIA YOU ARE ON THE AIR. >> Caller: THANK...
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| 01:23:58 |
Host, -
IN 2000 WHERE ONE CANDIDATE RECEIVED THE POPULAR
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| 01:24:01 |
Guest, -
VOTE AND LOST
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| 01:24:02 |
Host, -
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE AND HE WAS NOT DECLARED PRESIDENT. I AM A REPUBLICAN
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| 01:24:07 |
Caller, -
AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE WAY THE ELECTION WORKED OUT BUT IN SOME TODAY'S AGE EXPLAIN TO ME WHY WE DO NOT HAVE ONE MAN, ONE VOTE, SIMPLY A POPULAR...
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| 01:24:59 |
Host, -
AND CANDIDATES WOULD
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| 01:25:00 |
Guest, -
GO TO HAWAII. THEY WOULDN'T BE ANY MORE LIKELY TO TRAVEL WITHOUT AN ELECTORAL COLLEGE BECAUSE THEY WOULD CONGREGATE. ONE THING IT DOES IS FORCE CAMPAIGNS...
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| 01:25:43 |
Guest, -
GOOD OF OUR NATION, OUR TWO-PARTY SYSTEM HAS WORKED OUT WELL OVER 200-SOME YEARS, EVEN THOUGH THE FOUNDERS WERE NOT FOR POLITICAL PARTIES, AS WE KNOW....
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| 01:26:22 |
Guest, -
CHANGED. ELECTORSES WERE TO THINK OF THEMSELVES. BUT WE HAVE THAT BALANCE THAT IS TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT. >> Host: WE GO TO COLORADO. GOOD MORNING....
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| 01:26:53 |
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YOU THINK? >> Caller: THAT'S WHAT I
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| 01:26:55 |
Caller, -
HEAR. I AM PERSONALLY FOR IT. THE REASON THERE IS SO MUCH APATHY IS BECAUSE WE ARE NOT REPRESENTED WHEN WE VOTE. >> Host: IF THIS INITIATIVE PASSED,...
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| 01:27:07 |
Host, -
WOULD CHANGE? FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, HOW WOULD IT WORK? >> Caller:
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| 01:27:15 |
Caller, -
RIGHT NOW COLORADO AND THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, YOUR STATE GOES THE WAY THE MAJORITY VOTES, AND THIS WOULD REPRESENT US MORE EQUALLY. >> Host: IN
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| 01:27:24 |
Host, -
MAINE AND NEBRASKA THEY SPLIT ACCORDING TO DISTRICTS THERE. WHAT DO YOU THINK WOULD HAPPEN IF COLORADO PASSED THIS? >> Guest: IT WOULD CREATE CONSTITUTIONAL
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| 01:27:35 |
Caller, -
QUESTIONS. I DON'T EXPECT IT TO PASS AND I DON'T THINK PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION IS GOOD. >> Guest: I WOULD AGREE, I DON'T BELIEVE
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| 01:27:45 |
Host, -
IN SPLITTING UP THE VOTE BADLY. I THINK THE IDEA, PERHAPS OF DISTRICT, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED. >> Guest:
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| 01:27:54 |
Guest, -
I'M INTRIGUED. I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH TO HAVE A CONCLUSIVE OPINION. I THINK IT HAS PROMISE. BUT IF IT GOES THROUGH, YOU NEED IT TO GEE THROUGH IN ALL...
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| 01:28:04 |
Guest, -
BE MEANINGFUL. IT WOULD CHANGE THINGS SIGNIFICANTLY. WE WOULD HAVE MORE THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES THIS WAY. >> Host: MICHIGAN GOOD MORNING. >> Caller:
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| 01:28:14 |
Guest, -
GOOD MORNING. I HAVE HEARD A LOT OF PROBLEMS THAT DIFFERENT STATES DOESN'T REPRESENT THEMSELVES. THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT WE ARE DOING ZERO SUM,...
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| 01:28:33 |
Host, -
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| 01:28:34 |
Caller, -
PROPORTIONS? WHY IS ELECTORAL BASED ON THE PRO POREION OF PEOPLE VOTING FOR THEIR OWN CANDIDATES? >> Guest: THE SHORT ANSWER IS WE DON'T WANT TO BE LIKE...
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| 01:29:06 |
Guest, -
PARTIES. THE TWO-PARTY SYSTEM HAS BROUGHT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF STABILITY TO THIS COUNTRY AND I AM ALL FOR THAT. >> Host: I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHEN THE...
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| 01:29:38 |
Host, -
8:00, ALABAMA, CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, THREE VOTES, ILLINOIS, KANSAS, MAINE, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS MISSISSIPPI. ALSO MISSOURI,...
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PROPERLY. >> Host: WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER FROM PAST EXPERIENCE? >> Guest: WE DIDN'T HAVE A SINGLE ELECTION DAY UNTIL 1845. STATES WERE ALLOWED TO SET...
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| 01:31:22 |
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ON EASTERN RETURNS HAD BEEN CONTROVERSIAL BECAUSE
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IT SEEMS TO SUPPRESS TURNOUT IN THE WEST. >> Host: I AM WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT NETWORKS ARE GOING TO HOLD TO THIS PLEDGE OF THEIRS, SUPPOSE MR. GRUDGE...
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WISCONSIN GOOD MORNING. >> Caller: I WAS WONDERING, NOT MANY YEARS AGO. WHAT WE HEARD ABOUT IRELAND IS THE TERRORISM BETWEEN
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| 01:32:01 |
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THE CATHOLICS AND PROTESTANTS, AND
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NOW WE HEAR IRELAND IS KIND OF THE ENVY OF EUROPE'S
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ECONOMY. AND HOW WAS THAT
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RESOLVED AND IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN USE TO HELP SOLVE OUR CURRENT PROBLEM? >> Host: NOT QUITE ON THE SUBJECT. YOU WERE SHAKING YOUR HEAD, THOUGH....
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IT HAS BEEN GOING BETTER. NOT PERFECTLY. THERE ARE PROBLEMS STILL,
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BUT THE PIECES ARE HOLDING TOGETHER. >> Host: WE ARE TRYING TO FIT IN HISTORY HERE BEFORE THE ELECTION. MAT THREW PINSKER AT DICKENSON COLLEGE, BEEN...
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| 01:33:09 |
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GRADES OR SOMETHING. >> Host: DID YOU GIVE THEM EXTRA CREDIT IF THEY WATCHED. >> Guest: I DIDN'T BUT THEY ARE VERY ENGAGED. IT'S A SMART CLASS AND THEY'RE...
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| 01:33:19 |
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SUBJECT. FOR ME IT'S A SOURCE OF OPTIMISM. THEY ARE REALLY INVOLVED IN THIS RACE. >> Host: LEE EDWARDS HOW MUCH COURSES DO YOU TEACH. >> Guest: I TEACH...
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| 01:33:31 |
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AMERICAN POLITICS. WE SPEND ALL OF OUR TIME LOOKING
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| 01:33:35 |
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AT THE IMPACT OF THE MEDIA ON THE POLITICS OF THE DAY. >> Host: IF WE HAD MORE TIME, I WOULD ASK YOU IF THERE WAS EVER A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE "NEW...
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| 01:33:46 |
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Guest: YES, THERE IS. >> Host:
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| 01:33:49 |
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TED WIDMER. >> Guest: TEACHING A COURSE CALLED BECOMING AMERICA, A STUDY OF A SMALL TOWN, THE TOWN I LIVE IN, AND HOW IT CHANGED IN THE
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| 01:34:00 |
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18th CENTURY. >> Host: THAT TOWN? CHESTERTON MARYLAND. IT'S ABOUT 60 MILES FROM HERE, BUT
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| 01:34:07 |
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IT TAKES A WHILE TO GET
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| 01:34:09 |
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OUT THERE. >> Host:
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TUSCON, ARIZONA GOOD MORNING. >> Caller: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS. THAT ONE CALLER THAT TALKED ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE RUNNING FOR
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| 01:34:22 |
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PRESIDENT. RIGHT UP FRONT. I WOULD VOTE FOR CONDOLEEZA RICE OR COLIN POWELL BECAUSE I THINK BOTH ARE UPSTANDING PEOPLE. THEY ARE THE ONLY TWO THAT...
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RUN FOR
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PRESIDENT. I'M A VETERAN AND ALSO BEEN A DEMOCRAT FOR YEARS, AND I AM GOING TO CHANGE MY POLITICAL AFFILIATION TO REPUBLICAN, BECAUSE I AM FED UP WITH...
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| 01:35:12 |
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WAS FREDERICK DOUGLAS IN 72. >> Guest: I WOULD SAY SHIRLEY CHISHOLM. >> Host: 1972? AND ANY OF
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| 01:35:21 |
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YOU HAVE A PREDICTION WHEN THE FIRST BLACK OR WOMAN MIGHT BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES? LEE
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| 01:35:27 |
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EDWARDS? >> Guest: I THINK IT COULD HAPPEN IN THE NEXT DECADE OR A LITTLE BIT
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| 01:35:32 |
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LONGER. I THINK IT'S QUITE POSSIBLE. I THINK THE REPUBLICAN PARTY LOOKING OUT TO TRY
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| 01:35:38 |
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TO DEMONSTRATE IT'S NOT AGAINST CIVIL RIGHTS,
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| 01:35:40 |
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NOT AGAINST AFRICAN-AMERICANS. I THINK THE LIKELIHOOD IS THEY WOULD NOMINATE ONE AND THEY WOULD REALLY GET BEHIND THAT PERSON WITH
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| 01:35:49 |
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ENTHUSIASM. >> Host: PENNSYLVANIA GO AHEAD. >> Caller: I WOULD LIKE TO ASK WHY THE PANELISTS BELIEVE THAT THE CONCEPT OF LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD, WORLD...
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| 01:36:10 |
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VOTES TO MAINTAIN, I
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BELIEVE SOME SANCTIONS OF SOME SORT AGAINST CUBA. THAT WAS ISRAEL, THE UNITED STATES, THE MARSHALL ISLANDS, AND PILAU. NOW, WHEN EUROPE AND ASIA ARE...
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| 01:37:08 |
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THE COLD WAR, WE ARE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CONFLICTS AND HOW WE DEFINE OUR ON ROLE IS CRITICAL AND BOTH CANDIDATES HAVE TRIED SERIOUSLY TO ADDRESS...
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| 01:37:42 |
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WAS MR. BUSH OR MR. KERRY OR WHOEVER WAS OUR PRESIDENT, THERE WOULD BE INEVITABLE JEALOUSY, CHALLENGING BY NATIONS FOR ALL SORTS OF REASONS TO THAT...
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| 01:38:17 |
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HUGE QUANTITY OF PAST ELECTION DATA PRESENTED IN FORMS OF MAPS, TABLES, GRAPHS AND YOU NAME IT. >> Host: WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS. >> Guest: WHY? OH,...
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| 01:38:33 |
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ME, I FOUND THE ELECTIONS IN PARTICULAR IN 1992, WHEN THERE WAS A THREE-WAY RACE, A TREMENDOUS INTERESTING ELECTION POLITICALLY AS QUELL
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| 01:38:46 |
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AS GEOGRAPHICALLY, I FOUND VERY
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| 01:38:48 |
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INTERESTING. SECONDLY THERE WAS THIS DESIRE PARTICULARLY AMONGST PEOPLE I HAD TALKED TO BEFORE THAT DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS OF ELECTING A PRESIDENT...
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| 01:39:34 |
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POLITICAL VIEWPOINTS. I AM
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NOT
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ACTUALLY INVOLVED IN POLL SICKS,
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| 01:39:40 |
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PER SE. >> Guest:
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| 01:39:43 |
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DO YOU SLANT
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| 01:39:46 |
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YOUR WEBSITE. >> Guest: NO, ANYBODY CAN COME TO THE WEB SIDE GRAB THE
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| 01:39:50 |
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INFORMATION AND USE IT IN WHATEVER ARGUMENTS
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| 01:39:52 |
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THEY WANT TO PRODUCE. >> Host: HOW MANY HITS ARE YOU GETTING. >> Guest: I'M GETTING 15,000 TO 20,OOO VISITORS A DAY, AND HIT WISE, IT'S OVER 2 MILLION...
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| 01:40:06 |
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TO KEEP THIS THING GOING. >>
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Guest: IT'S GOTTEN EXPENSIVE. IT'S HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS A MONTH. >> Host: DO YOU END UP PAYING
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| 01:40:15 |
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MORE MONEY A MONTH IF MORE PEOPLE GET ON
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| 01:40:18 |
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THE WEBSITE. >> Guest: RIGHT. >> Host: ARE YOU GOING TO KEEP THIS UP. >>
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| 01:40:25 |
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ABSOLUTELY. THERE ARE A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO VISITED THE SITE AND SORT OF BECOME MEMBERS
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| 01:40:30 |
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OF THE SITE THAT THEY ARE -- THAT THEY DISCUSS ON THE FOR RUM. THEY
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| 01:40:34 |
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SEND ME E-MAIL AND ASK ME TO ADD THIS FEATURE OR THAT FEATURE
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| 01:40:40 |
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AND I GET A LOT OF PRAISE FROM VISITORS WHO LIKE
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| 01:40:43 |
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THE INFORMATION THEY RECEIVE. THAT'S
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| 01:40:45 |
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ALL VERY REWARDING. >> Host: ANYTHING YOU ARE NOTICING AS YOU LOOK AT THIS ELECTION? >> THIS ELECTION IS A CONUNDRUM FOR ME, I HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS...
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| 01:41:08 |
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ARE BOUNCING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN ONE CANDIDATE AND ANOTHER CANDIDATE. THE POLLING IS A LOT MORE DIFFICULT
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| 01:41:15 |
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NOW TO ISSUE PEOPLE ON CELL PHONES, LACK OF BEING HOME. YOU KNOW, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. I'M NOT ACTUALLY SURE HOW THIS IS GOING TO COME OUT IN THE END....
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| 01:41:49 |
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OUR GROUP HERE? >> Guest: WELL, MY STUDENTS IN MY PRESIDENTIAL
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| 01:41:54 |
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CAMPAIGN CLASS HAVE USED DAVE'S WEBSITE AND IT'S VERY GOOD. >> Host: HAVE THEY USED
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| 01:42:00 |
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OTHER WEBSITES. >> Guest: YEAH, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WEB SITES PUT TOGETHER THAT ARE INCREDIBLE
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| 01:42:06 |
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RESOURCES FOR
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| 01:42:07 |
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ANYONE IN THE HISTORY OF CAMPAIGNS, NORTHERN UNIVERSITY HAS A SITE NATIONAL
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| 01:42:12 |
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CAMPAIGN MATERIALS, THAT COVERS CAMPAIGNS FROM THE 1840s, AND HARSH WEEK
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| 01:42:20 |
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INCLUDES CARTOONS
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| 01:42:22 |
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AND INFORMATION. AND THE NEW YORK TIMES HAS THIS WEBSITE THAT COVERED THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS. AND THEN THERE'S THIS NYE WEBSITE DEVOTED TO THE...
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| 01:43:12 |
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EVERY ONE OF MY STUDENTS, I
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| 01:43:14 |
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HAVE 28, IS REGISTERED AND IS GOING TO VOTE. >> Host: DO YOU HAVE ONE. >> Guest: A STUDENT TOLD ME ABOUT ONE THAT IS EITHER BE NATIONAL PRIORITIES.ORG...
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| 01:43:39 |
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CONFLICT. >> Host: ARKANSAS? YOU ARE ON THE
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| 01:43:41 |
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AIR, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO ASK ABOUT OR TALK ABOUT IN HISTORY. >> Caller: THE QUESTION OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE. I AM SOMETIMES AMAZED AT HOW FAR ...
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| 01:44:00 |
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HAD NO VOICE IN WHAT WAS GOING ON. IN WE WENT TO A TRUE DEMOCRATIC VOTING SITUATION WHERE IT WAS
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A DIRECT POPULAR VOTE, THE CONCENTRATION OF VOTING BLOCKS IN NEW YORK, OR SAN FRANCISCO OR L.A. WOULD ESSENTIALLY SHUT OUT US FOLKS OUT HERE IN FLYOVER...
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| 01:44:49 |
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OF THEM. LET'S LISTEN. >> THE STEVENSONS REALLY STAND FOR THIS IDEA THAT POLITICS SHOULD BE ISSUE-ORIENTED, THAT IT SHOULDN'T INVOLVE 30-SECOND SOUND...
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| 01:45:12 |
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NEGATIVE POLITICS, DO YOU THINK IT PAID OFF FOR HIM? IS. >> Guest: OBVIOUSLY IT DIDN'T PAY OFF IN THE SENSE HE WON OFFICE. THE FAMOUS QUOTATION IS FROM...
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| 01:45:31 |
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THE REALITY OF POLITICS TO THINK YOU CAN REJECT NEGATIVE POLITICS IN ANY
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| 01:45:38 |
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CAMPAIGN. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO BE NEGATIVE TO BRING OUT TOUGH ISSUES. >> Host: HIS GRANDFATHER WAS VICE PRESIDENT FOR WHICH PRESIDENT. >> Guest: CLEVELAND....
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| 01:46:09 |
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ARCHAIC, ANTIDEMOCRATIC DINOSAUR THAT NEEDS TO BE FLUSHED DOWN
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| 01:46:13 |
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THE NEAREST
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| 01:46:15 |
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TOILET. WHY ARE WE THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ALLOWING
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| 01:46:18 |
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FREE ELECTIONS, ALLOWING THE
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| 01:46:20 |
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PEOPLE OF IRAQ AND THE PEOPLES OF AFGHANISTAN TO VOTE DIRECTLY FOR THEIR PRESIDENT WHEN THIS IS NOT ALLOWED HERE. >> Host: LEE EDWARDS? >> Guest:...
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| 01:46:48 |
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THE
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| 01:46:50 |
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MULTIPLE POPULATIONS OF CALIFORNIA OR TEXAS OR CALIFORNIA, AND ALTHOUGH THE CALLER MAY NOT DEGREE, BELIEVE ME, IN MY OPINION, ANYWAY, HIS ARE INTERESTS...
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| 01:47:31 |
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YOU HAD TWO FOR THE
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| 01:47:37 |
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DEMOCRAT AND THE BOY UNDERER KINDERGARTEN WHO WAS THE STANDARD BEARER THAT YEAR, AND YOU HAD TWO PARTIES WHO HAD SPLINTERED OFF FROM THE DEMOCRATS, ONE...
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| 01:48:55 |
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DON'T WANT TO SEE ANY PROPORTIONAL SYSTEM THAT WOULD DENY A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TO WIN A MAJORITY. SO MY ANSWER IS AMBIGUOUS, BUT I WOULD SAY THIRD...
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| 01:49:35 |
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BASED UPON IDEAS, AND IN THAT SENSE THEY MAKE AN IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION. BUT IN TERMS
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| 01:49:40 |
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OF ELECTORAL POLITICS, WE DON'T WANT THIS NATION DIVIDED INTO FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX PARTIES WITH THAT KIND OF REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS. >> Host: I TOTALED...
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| 01:50:11 |
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WAS -- CAME IN SECOND, WITH 4.1 MILLION VOTES. THE PRESIDENT AT THAT TIME, TAFT ONLY GOT EIGHTY ELECTORAL VOTES. WHAT'S YOUR TAKE ON ALL THIS? >> I'M...
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| 01:50:46 |
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ADDRESS IT. THAT'S WHY THE PEB PARTY CAME INTO BEANING. WITH THE CURRENT SITUATION, IT'S MORE OF A DISTRACTION. WE HAVE PRIMARIES, AND THERE'S CAMPAIGNS...
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| 01:51:35 |
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WERE VERY WEAK,
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| 01:51:36 |
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AND I THINK HE SEWED THE SEEDS OF TERRORISM IN THE MIDDLE EAST BY ACTING SO WEAKLY, I GUESS, HOSTAGE TAKING. AND THEN CLINTON, HE, UNFORTUNATELY, THE...
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| 01:52:24 |
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WAR TIME INCUMBENT QUESTION. >> Host: EXCELLENT QUESTION. >> Caller: AND MY SECOND QUESTION, DID OUR FOUNDING FATHERS FOR SEE A TIME WHEN ECONOMIC POWER...
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| 01:52:38 |
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SEIZE AND USURP POLITICAL POWER AND IF SO ARE THERE FAVOR GUARDS TO PREVENT THIS? >>
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| 01:52:47 |
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Host: GO BACK TO
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| 01:52:49 |
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THAT FIRST QUESTION. >> Guest: LBJ DIDN'T RUN IN '68, BUT IN EFFECT HE WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE RACE BY HIS WEAK PERFORMANCE IN THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARYIS....
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| 01:53:10 |
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IN 1952, BUT THE KOREAN WAR WAS
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| 01:53:13 |
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NOT GOING WELL, AND IKE SAID I WILL GO TO KOREA, AND THAT WAS THAT HAZMAT NEW, BACK IN THE 1865, WHEN
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| 01:53:24 |
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS ASSASSINATED, YOU READ THE HISTORY OF THAT PERIOD AND IT'S ALL ABOUT TERRORISM. DID IT SCARE THE NATION THEN AS MUCH AS THIS PARTICULAR...
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| 01:53:57 |
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THERE WAS ANOTHER WAY TO DESCRIBE IT. BUT PEOPLE WERE AFRAID FOR SECURITY IN THAT ELECTION AND IT PLAYED A ROLE IN THE OUTCOME. >> Host: LET'S GO TO BUCK...
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| 01:54:26 |
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ELECTORS IN AN EXTREMELY CLOSE RACE FACE. I UNDERSTAND
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| 01:54:30 |
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THERE WOULD BE LOBBYING TO GET THEM TO CHANGE THEIR RESPECTIVE VOTES. >> Host: I HAPPEN TO HAVE, FROM THE WORLD ALMANAC, TO SAVE YOU FROM -- THE, SOME...
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| 01:54:55 |
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FOR STEVENSON. HARRY BYRD RECEIVED 15 ELECTORAL VOTES. THAT WAS TIGHT. ANY OTHERS? >> Guest: THE LAST ONE WAS 8, A DUKAKIS ELECTOR ACTUALLY CAST A...
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| 01:55:27 |
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WAS CLOSE IN IT TERMS OF THE POPULAR VOTE, JUST 112,000 VOTES BETWEEN
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| 01:55:34 |
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KENNEDY AND NIXON, KENNEDY WON PRETTY EASILY IN THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, 303-219. SO THOSE 15 ELECTORAL VOTES WOULD NOT
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| 01:55:45 |
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HAVE SWUNG THE ELECTION. >> Host: WHERE WOULD THEY HAVE GONE? WOULD VIRGINIA HAVE GONE FOR KENNEDY OR NIXON? >> Guest: I THINK THEY WOULD HAVE GONE FOR...
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| 01:56:07 |
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CALLING ABOUT THE SIMILARITIES OF YOUR GUESTS. MY COMMENT ON THE SIMILARITIES
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| 01:56:13 |
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IN 1862, TO THE PREST DAY, THE
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| 01:56:17 |
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COUNTRY WAS DIVIDED ON THE CIVIL WAR,
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| 01:56:20 |
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AND THE UNION ARMY WAS DOING BADLY. GENERAL BURNSIDE HAD BEEN DEFEATED. THE ELECTIONS WERE IN THE FALL OF 1862, AND THE UNION CLUB IN MASSACHUSETTS...
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| 01:57:29 |
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THE LINCOLN ADMINISTRATION AND THEIR FIGHT ON BEHALF OF UNIONS SPENT
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| 01:57:36 |
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AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY ON HIS BEHALF. UNREGULATED COMPLETELY. THERE WERE NO CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAWS, AND THEY WERE VITAL TO HIS REELECTION. >> Host:...
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| 01:58:07 |
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MORE. HARVARD WAS ALSO THE FIRST CORPORATION IN AMERICAN HISTORY. IT HAD ESSENTIAL
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| 01:58:13 |
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CORPORATE PRIVILEGES. THERE WAS A FERRYBOAT ACROSS THE CHARLES RIVER AND ALL THE PROCEEDS WENT TO HARVARD DURING THOSE EARLY DAYS. I AM WONDERING WHY...
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| 01:58:52 |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE.COM, DES MOINES REGISTER AND THE
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| 01:58:55 |
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POST AND LOTS OF OTHER, PLUS LIVE COVERAGE OF
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| 01:58:59 |
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A BUSH/CHENEY CAMPAIGN RALLY AND A KERRY/EDWARDS CAMPAIGN RALLY AND CHRIS WALLACE WILL BE ON BOOK NOTES ON SUNDAY NIGHT AT 8 O'CLOCK, THANK YOU MATTHEW...
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