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ON ARKANSAS EDUCATIONAL NETWORK. AGAIN, THIS EVENING, TWO SESSIONS. THE FIRST FOR THE CANDIDATES FOR THE U.S. SENATE, AND IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING, THE...
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| 00:04:30 |
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AND AND AND RETIRED ENGINEER. THROUGHOUT MY WORKING CAREER, I HAVE SOLVED PROBLEMS IN MANUFACTURING BY TAKING DATA AND DOING WHAT THE DATA TELLS THE TO...
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| 00:06:46 |
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MS. LINCOLN? >> I WANT TO THANK THE PANELISTS FOR NOT ONLY BEING HERE TODAY, BUT THE DEDICATION TO JOURNALISM. I WANT
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| 00:06:57 |
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TO SAY A SPECIAL APPRECIATION TO TREVOR DROWN AND THOSE THAT HAVE SERVED IN OUR MILITARY. I THINK THAT THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT JOBS AND THE ECONOMY. WITHOUT...
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| 00:08:55 |
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YOU CAN LOOK BACK AND HAVE MEMORIES THAT ARE VERY VIVID THAT HAPPENED MANY YEARS AGO. I CAN REMEMBER GOING WITH MY FATHER AND GO INTO THE LOCAL BANK WHO...
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| 00:11:13 |
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RAISE $106 MILLION FOR
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| 00:11:17 |
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SCHOLARSHIPS. WHEN I LOOK AT YOUR LEGISLATION TO ESTABLISH A FEDERAL SALES TAX, I SEE A 23% TAX APPLIED TO PURCHASES. IS THAT WANT TO BE A TAX ON THE...
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| 00:11:44 |
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SITUATION WHERE YOU ARE GETTING MONEY IN A WAY THAT SOLVES SOME PROBLEMS, BUT CREATES MANY SOCIETAL PROBLEMS. IN REGARD TO WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TAX...
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| 00:12:18 |
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WHAT WE
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| 00:12:20 |
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NEED IS A TAX SYSTEM THAT IS FAIR AND SIMPLE. WHAT WE HAVE IS NOT FAIR. IT IS NOT SIMPLE. I AM VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF LOOKING AT THE FAIRFAX. I THINK...
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| 00:13:12 |
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FOR ARKANSAS. OVERNIGHT 5% OF OUR PEOPLE IN ARKANSAS WOULD SEE AN INCREASE IN TAXES. SENIORS WOULD SEE A DOUBLE TAXATION BECAUSE THEY HAVE ALREADY...
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| 00:15:03 |
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A $100,000 A YEAR AND LOSE 25 PERCENT OF THAT, THERE WOULD STILL HAVE $75,000. OTHERS WOULD FIND IT HARDER TO MAKE ENDS MEET. WE NEED TO SEEK A FAIRER...
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| 00:15:59 |
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TAXES. BOTH TAXES HAVE POSITIVES AND NEGATIVES AND UNKNOWNS. HIS 23% WHERE IT IS ONE TO STOP OR WILL IT INCREASE TO 30%? -- IS 23% WHERE IT IS GOING TO...
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| 00:16:56 |
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TAX, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT GETTING RID OF ALL THE FEDERAL TAXES. THERE IS A PREDATE BUILT-IN TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE IN POVERTY. I THINK IT IS AN INTERESTING...
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| 00:18:13 |
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THE LAST TIME THE FEDERAL BUDGET WAS BALANCED, WHICH I THINK ALL THE CANDIDATES AGREE IS A
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| 00:18:20 |
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DESIRABLE THING, INCOME-TAX RATES WERE HIGHER THAN THEY ARE NOW. IF IT IS POSSIBLE TO DO THIS WITHOUT INCREASING TAXES, WHERE IT SHOULD SPENDING CUTS...
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| 00:18:55 |
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NOT FEEL THAT I HAVE TO FIT INTO THE BOXES OF PRESIDENT OBAMA IS'S TAX PACKAGE FOR IT I DO NOT AGREE WITH HOW HE CHOOSES TO DO THAT. WE DO NOT NEED TO...
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| 00:20:57 |
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IN MIND THAT ALLOWING THE EXTENSION OF THE TAX
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| 00:21:02 |
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CUTS, EVERYONE GETS A TAX BREAK UP TO $250,000 IN THE RICHER ONLY BEING ASKED TO PASS -- TO PAY 3 PERCENT ABOVE THAT. IF THEY CANNOT AFFORD THAT, -- THE...
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| 00:22:22 |
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RETURN TO A BALANCED BUDGET WITHOUT RAISING TAXES.
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| 00:22:28 |
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WE HAD A PROGRAM THAT CAN ONLINE IN 1980 AND PRESIDENT REAGAN MADE A COMEBACK -- A CAMPAIGN PROMISE TO DO AWAY WITH IT. IT WAS A PLATFORM OF THE REPUBLICAN...
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| 00:23:47 |
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WITHOUT RAISING SIGNIFICANT TAXES.
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| 00:23:49 |
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ABNORMAL ONE TESTIFIED SEVERAL WEEKS AGO WHEN ASKED THE GREATEST THREAT TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY WAS, HE DID NOT SAY AL QAEDA, HE DID NOT SAY IRAQ, HE...
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| 00:25:42 |
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VOTED FOR A SURPLUS. I THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES TO GIVE PEOPLE THEIR OWN MONEY TO INVEST. I HAVE PRODUCED A BIPARTISAN...
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| 00:26:53 |
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STATE OF OUR ECONOMY, WE HAVE AN IMPORTANT HIRING DECISION TO MAKE. OUTSIDE
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| 00:26:58 |
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OF BEING MAYOR OF GREENLAND AND A FORMER ENGINEER, WHAT QUALIFIES YOU FOR THIS HIGH OFFICE? WHAT ARE YOU BETTER SUITED TO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS THAN YOUR...
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| 00:27:23 |
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EXPERIENCE IN THE WORKPLACE, SINCE THE EARLY 1980'S, I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN MOVING PRODUCTION LINES. I HAVE WATCHED FREE TRADE AND NAFTA IT EVOLVES....
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| 00:28:50 |
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I AM THE FIRST CANDIDATE IN OVER 30 YEARS TO BE ON THE BALLOT AS AN INDEPENDENT. I AM A FIRM BELIEVER THAT THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY KNOWS HOW TO FIX...
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| 00:30:20 |
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BY AND SAYS THAT YOUR PREMIUM IS GOING UP 16%, WHICH IS HAPPENING ALL ACROSS ARKANSAS RIGHT NOW. AS AN OPTOMETRIST, I UNDERSTAND THE MEDICAL CARE, AND...
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| 00:32:03 |
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THAT EXCEPT IN HIGH SCHOOL. I HAD A DEEP DESIRE TO GIVE BACK AND I THINK THAT THAT DESIRE IS STILL THERE. I COME FROM AFAR FAMILY AND I WORK FOR SMALL...
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| 00:34:02 |
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BACK IN 1793, IT PROTECTED US FOR 200 YEARS. WHEN WE GOT OFF OF THAT TRACK, THE ASIAN COUNTRIES GOT ON IT. THEY ARE
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| 00:34:13 |
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NOW FALLING HAMILTON'S PLAN AND BEATING US TO DEATH WITH IT. -- FOLLOWING HAMILTON'S PLAN AND BEING AS TO DEATH WITH IT. THEY NEED EACH YEAR IN ORDER...
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| 00:34:55 |
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CONVERT -- CONGRESSMAN BOOZMAN YOU AND
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| 00:35:05 |
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SENATOR LINCOLN HAD BEEN IN WASHINGTON. AFTER 10 YEARS OF -- TALKING ABOUT BALANCING THE BUDGET AND CUTTING TAXES, WHY SHOULD YOU GET ANOTHER CHANCE?...
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| 00:35:34 |
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JOBS ARE DRYING UP AND BLOWING AWAY. EVERY TIME YOU TALK TO PEOPLE IN THIS STATE, THEY WILL TELL YOU THAT THE MANUFACTURING JOBS AROUND THE STATE HAVE...
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| 00:36:50 |
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9/11 HAPPEN ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. BEING A SMALL BUSINESSMAN, THAT GROUND OUR BUSINESS TO A HALT. WE IMMEDIATELY STARTED TO WARS AND WE HAVE HOMELAND'S SECURITY...
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| 00:38:41 |
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WE SEE, WE HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED AN ECONOMIC CRISIS LIKE WE EXPERIENCED IN 2008 AND 2009 SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION FOR THIS WAS NOT BROUGHT ON BY A NEW...
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| 00:40:49 |
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ONE PARTY COMES TO POWER AND THEY SPEND LIKE DRUNKEN SAILORS AND IN THE NEXT PARTY COMES TO POWER AND THEY SAY IT IS ALL ON THEIR FAULT. A BALANCED BUDGET...
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| 00:41:31 |
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THIS TO SANTA CLAUS THEORY HAS BEEN PLAYING OUT FOR SOME TIME NOW. IF YOU WILL NOTICE, YOU'LL
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| 00:41:39 |
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FIND THAT ONE PARTY TENDS TO START WARS AND ONE PARTY TENDS TO END THEM. IF YOU LOOK AT A CHART OF EXPENSES FROM THE BEGINNING OF THIS CENTURY, YOU WILL...
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| 00:42:11 |
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MINUTE OR BOTTLE. I'D STILL DO NOT SEE WHY THESE TWO SHOULD BE GIVEN ANOTHER CHANCE. BOTH VOTED FOR INCREASING THE DEBT CEILING WHICH HAS PUSHED US...
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| 00:43:20 |
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THE IDEA THAT THE HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM IN THIS COUNTRY WAS JUST FINE UNTIL OBAMA STARTED MESSING WITH IT IS CRAZY.
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| 00:43:28 |
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IF THE HEALTH CARE REFORM WILL WORK TO BE REPEALED AT, AS YOU SAID IS YOUR GOAL, LAW WOULD REPLACE IT? WOULD IT JUST GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SYSTEM THAT...
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| 00:43:55 |
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NOW AND CONFRONTING US BEFORE THE BILL CAME INTO BEING WAS CONTROLLING COSTS. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY -- SENIORS HAVE FIGURED OUT THAT YOU CANNOT CUT THE...
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| 00:45:55 |
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DELIVERY SYSTEM. WE HAVE THE GREATEST DOCTORS AND NURSES AND RESEARCH AND HOSPITALS IN THE WORLD, BUT THE LOGISTICS OF OUR DELIVERY SYSTEM ARE BROKEN...
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| 00:48:06 |
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PASSED HAD SOME VERY NICE ELEMENTS IN THAT FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON.
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| 00:48:11 |
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YOU CANNOT BE DROPPED BECAUSE YOU GET SICK AND AND KIDS CAN BE HELD UNTIL THEY ARE 26 THIRD. I ASKED A MAN IF YOU'RE ON MEDICARE AND HE ASKED WHY HE...
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| 00:50:05 |
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PRESIDENT OR HIS POLICIES, BUT HE IS THE PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES. IF WE ARE WILLING TO BE A PROFESSIONAL AND REFERRED TO IT AS OBAMACARE, THEN IT...
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| 00:51:32 |
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STATE LINES. THOSE OF US THE WANT TO HAVE PRIVATE INSURANCE, THAT MOST OF US DO HAVE AN MOST OF US WOULD LIKE TO KEEP, THERE IS NO ABILITY TO BUY ACROSS...
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| 00:52:45 |
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WITH SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THE JOINT CHIEFS AND MILITARY BRASS THAT DON'T ASK DON'T TELL SHOULD BE REPEALED? FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS...
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| 00:54:58 |
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BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE DESERVES BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS. WHAT PEOPLE DO IN THEIR OWN PERSONAL LIVES IS NO BODIES BUSINESS BUT THERE'S -- HE IS NOBODY'S BUSINESS...
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| 00:56:11 |
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MILITARY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. TO SERVE IN THE MILITARY IS NOT A
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| 00:56:16 |
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RIGHT. IT IS A PRIVILEGE. IT IS NOT A SOCIAL EXPERIMENT TO THOSE -- FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT TAKES PLACE FROM THE FIRST DAY OF BASIC TRAINING...
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| 00:57:35 |
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PROBLEMS WITH IT. FOR THOSE REASONS AND THE FACT THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE OF ARKANSAS FEEL LIKE THE CURRENT POLICY IS VERY ADEQUATE, QUITE...
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| 00:58:15 |
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THAT IS WHY I NOT ONLY LOTT AND PRAISE THEM, BUT I DO THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO LOOK AT THIS ISSUE. MY SUPPORT OF SENATOR LIEBERMAN AND...
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| 00:59:20 |
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IF YOU DO NOT CUT IT, YOU WORK OR TO SPEND MONEY IN ARKANSAS. WILL YOU BE GETTING MONEY FOR AN ARKANSAS OR WILL YOU BE CUTTING THE BUDGET WHILE ALL...
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| 00:59:45 |
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WOULD YOU REPEAT IT? >> SENATOR LINCOLN IS VERY GOOD AT THAT. CONGRESSMAN BOOZMAN IS TALKING ABOUT CUTTING THE FEDERAL BUDGET BY CUTTING SPENDING.
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| 00:59:55 |
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HE HAS HELD HIMSELF OUT AS THE CANDOR THAT WOULD DO LESS THAN THAT THAN SENATOR LINCOLN. WHICH WILL COME FIRST WITH YOU? WE'LL TRY TO GET THE MONEY FOR...
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| 01:00:29 |
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THE RIGHT PLACE TO ATTAIN DOLLARS IS IN THE FEDERAL BUDGET. IT IS LIKE THE F 35 FIGHTER PROGRAM THAT I TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.
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| 01:00:40 |
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THERE ARE 865 MILITARY BASES AROUND THE WORLD. THERE ARE SO MANY PLACES WE CAN CUT WITHOUT DOING ANY DAMAGE AT ALL TO OUR NATIONAL STANDING FOR OUR NATIONAL...
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| 01:01:31 |
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NOT ARKANSAS POLITICS AS USUAL HAS KILLED THIS AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO SEND US DOWNHILL. THIS DEFINITELY WILL NOT BE THE COUNTRY THAT YOU AND I GREW UP...
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| 01:02:08 |
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WE ARE GOING TO WIND UP LIKE GREECE. I HAVE HAD COUNTLESS TELL HOMEY IN REITS. I HAVE NEVER HAD SOMEBODY THEN ON TO ME AND ASKED ME WHAT I DO NOT SPEND...
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| 01:03:30 |
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THAT IS COMING OUT OF WASHINGTON. WE GOT TO GET A HANDLE ON IT. THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT IS LOOK, DEFINE WHAT AN EARMARK IS AND THEN MAKE SOME NEW RULES...
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| 01:03:51 |
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OUR NAME BESIDES THE REQUEST THAT WE MAKE IN THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE AND WE HAVE TO SAY WHAT IT'S FOR. I DON'T HAVE ANY APOLOGIZE FOR THE COMMUNITIES...
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| 01:05:53 |
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STATISTICAL BREAKDOWN THAT SAYS 20% OF THE ITEMS USUALLY ACCOUNT FOR 80% OF YOUR EXPENSES. SO IF YOU LIST THE ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE NATIONAL AGENDA NO...
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| 01:06:45 |
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COURT'S RECENT DECISION IN THE CITIZENS UNITED CASE THAT CORPORATE FUNDING OF POLITICAL MESSAGES TO INFLUENCE
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| 01:06:52 |
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VOTERS CANNOT BE LIMITED IS ALREADY CHANGING THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE. DO YOU AGREE WITH THE COURT'S DECISION AND DO YOU THINK THAT VOTERS SHOULD HAVE...
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| 01:07:12 |
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WITH THE LIEUTENANT GOVERN SHOWED ROUGHLY $12.5 MILLION SPENT BY THE UNIONS ACROSS THIS COUNTRY. WHAT IS HAPPENING BY ALLOWING THE CORPORATIONS TO...
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| 01:07:51 |
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TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES IN THAT WAY AND CONTRIBUTE HOWEVER THEY
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| 01:07:55 |
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FEEL FIT. I VERY MUCH DISAGREE WITH SOME OF THE LEGISLATION THAT HAS TRIED TO BE IMPLEMENTED LATELY BY PRESIDENT OBAMA AND SPEAKER PELOSI, MR. REID. WE...
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| 01:08:36 |
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THAT THE CURRENT INTERPRETATION BY THE FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION IS A CORRECT
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| 01:08:43 |
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ONE. >> MS. LINCOLN. >> I THINK ABSOLUTELY VOTERS SHOULD KNOW WHO IS PAYING FOR AND WHO IS PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION TO THEM. I LOVE OUR STATE AND
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| 01:08:51 |
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THAT'S THE REASON I'M RUNNING FOR THIS OFFICE. I HAVE TREMENDOUS RESPECT FOR OUR NATION AND OUR GOVERNMENT FOR ALL OF ITS FAULTS, IT'S THE GREATEST...
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| 01:10:53 |
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THE PROCESS. MY STANCE AT THE TIME WAS, FINE, BRING IT ON, BECAUSE CORPORATIONS ARE LEGAL ENTITIES. THEY ARE NOT PEOPLE. TO SAY THAT WAL-MART, TO MENTION...
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| 01:12:26 |
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REPEALING THE 17TH AMENDMENT. I AM FOR TRANSPARENCY, BUT BY REPEALING THE 17TH AMENDMENT AND ALLOWING OUR STATE LEGISLATURE TO ONCE AGAIN APPOINT THAT...
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| 01:13:09 |
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DEBATE FOR CLOSING STATEMENTS AND WE BEGIN WITH MR. GRAY. >> WELL, AS I SAY, I'M HERE BECAUSE I WAS ASKED TO BE HERE, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY...
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| 01:13:22 |
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AND W.P.O. FOR OVER THREE YEARS, WRITING AND TALKING. I AM WORRIED ABOUT THE FUTURE FOR MY CHILDREN, MY GRANDCHILDREN. THEY INHERITED A WORLD THAT...
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| 01:15:15 |
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THIS POINT AS A NATION AND A STATE? AS
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| 01:15:18 |
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I TRAVEL AROUND THE STATE, I HEAR THREE OCCURRING CONCERNS -- THE ECONOMY, JOBS, AND NOBODY IS LISTENING. THE DAY I TAKE OFFICE, THE MAJORITY OF THE...
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| 01:17:19 |
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GENTLEMAN HAD A SIGNIFICANT HEART ATTACK. HE CAME IN AND HE WAS CONCERNED THAT HIS VISION HAD BEEN AFFECTED WITH HIS CIRCULATION OR WHATEVER BECAUSE IT...
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| 01:19:17 |
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ALL OF YOUR WORK HERE TODAY. WE WANT TO THANK OUR
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| 01:19:20 |
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HOSTS TODAY. YOU KNOW, I STILL BELIEVE THAT THE BIGGEST ISSUE IN THIS CAMPAIGN IS JOBS AND THE ECONOMY. I THINK IF WE PUT OFF 100,000 ARKANSANS THAT...
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| 01:21:26 |
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OF 2010. WE ARE AGAIN THANK OUR CANDIDATES FOR THE UNITED STATES SENATE AND OUR PANEL OF JOURNALISTS AND WE INVITE YOU TO STAY TUNED. WE'LL BE BACK IN...
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