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YOU. IT'S TIME NOW FOR ANOTHER DISPATCH FROM THE MOVEMENT. FROM THE GREAT STATE OF COLORADO, FORMER LAPLATA COMMISSIONER JOEL RIDDLE AND FORMER SPEAKER...
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| 00:01:08 |
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BE HERE TODAY. MY NAME IS JOEL RIDDLE AND I'M A FORMER LAPLATA COUNTY COMMISSIONER. I WAS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY CHAIR IN MY COUNTY AND IN TWINS I RAN AND...
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| 00:04:20 |
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CURRY, AND I'M A FORMER STATE REPRESENTATIVE FROM COLORADO. I SERVED IN OUR LEGISLATURE FOR THREE TERMS, FROM 2005, TO 2010, AND ENDED UP BEING SECOND...
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| 00:08:31 |
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THANK YOU. AND NOW IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE ONE OF THE NOT SO SECRET WEAPONS. HE WAS OUR GENERAL COUNSEL AND THE COUNTRY'S LEADING LEGAL ADVOCATE...
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| 00:10:00 |
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HELLO EVERYONE. LET ME ASK OUR PALACE TO COME UP AND JOIN US HERE ON STATE -- OUR PANELISTS DID, AND JOIN IS ON STAGE. HELLO, JOHN. PLEASE HAVE YOU....
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| 00:18:28 |
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TO BE HERE WITH ALL OF YOU. I HAVE BEEN TO SOME NEW PLACES, AND WHAT OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES IS "MY COUSIN VINNY." IT IS GREAT TO BE HERE WITH OUR PANEL....
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| 00:19:34 |
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MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE TODAY AND THE POLITICAL PARTIES ARE IN DENIAL ABOUT IT. INDEPENDENT VOTERS ARE THE LARGEST AND FASTEST-GROWING SEGMENT OF THE LIKE...
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| 00:21:21 |
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CAN YOU HEAR ME? I HAVE A LONG LIST TO ADD TO THE RIG THE SYSTEM IN TERMS OF COMPLAINTS. NOT JUST THE CLOTHES PRIMARIES AND NOT JUST REDISTRICTING, ALTHOUGH...
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| 00:22:41 |
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EARLIER AS I OFTEN DO WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE ROLE OF INDEPENDENTS AND THE CHANGING POLITICAL DYNAMIC IN THE UNITED STATES. THERE IS A STORY ABOUT A RIVER....
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| 00:25:00 |
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QUESTION THAT THE MOVEMENT IS GROWING. THIS EVENT WOULD NOT BE HAPPENING IF THAT WERE NOT THE CASE. THERE IS PROGRESS FOR SURE, BUT REALLY IF YOU WANT...
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| 00:26:42 |
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SOMETHING THAT WE TEACH THE KIDS. I AGREE WITH THAT. IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE FIGHTING EDUCATIONAL FIGHTS AND HEALTH CARE FIGHT, AND...
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| 00:28:21 |
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THEY WANT TO PICK UP WHERE DR. NEWMAN LEFT OFF. AT LEAST FROM WHERE I COME FROM, BY FIRST RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY MUCH...
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| 00:29:43 |
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THINK ABOUT THIS QUESTION OF HOW WE ARE CHANGING THE POLITICAL SCENE, ONE THING I THINK ABOUT IS I THINK INDEPENDENTS ARE CHANGING THE CONVERSATION...
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| 00:32:37 |
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I'LL LET THEM MAKE THREE POINTS. THE FIRST IS A PERSONAL ONE. I HAVE COME IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT CAPACITIES AND PARTICIPATED IN THREE OR FOUR OF THESE...
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| 00:35:54 |
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YOU FOR THOSE OPENING REMARKS. I HAD SOME THINGS I WANTED TO FOLLOW-UP ON. I THINK YOU LEFT AND BECAME AN INDEPENDENT. [LAUGHTER] WE WON'T TALK ABOUT...
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| 00:37:17 |
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I WOULD START. ONLY BECAUSE IT MAY BE IN THE NEWS RIGHT NOW BUT TAKE A LOOK AT CAIRO. THAT IS A COMBINATION OF SOCIAL REFORM AND POLITICAL REFORM. AND...
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| 00:37:57 |
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IS GOING ON IN CAIRO IS STILL UNFOLDING, BUT IT WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY MOMENT. I COMPARED TO 1989 IN THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL. AND BUT WHAT IS DIFFERENT...
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| 00:38:53 |
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THAT IS THE POINT YOU'RE MAKING ABOUT THE CONNECTION BETWEEN POLITICAL REFORM AND SOCIAL REFORM, A CRITICAL ONE. IF YOU LOOK GET JUST RECENTLY, HAPPENINGS...
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| 00:41:15 |
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CONNECTION BETWEEN POLITICAL REFORM AND SOCIAL REFORM, JUSTICE REFORM, ALL OF THE MATTERS THAT WE WAKE UP AS AMERICANS AND SAY, WHY CAN WE DO SOMETHING...
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| 00:42:50 |
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WOULD ADD TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I THINK I AGREE WITH WHAT WE HAVE BEEN SAYING HERE. I SEE AN ABSOLUTE DIRECT CONNECTION BETWEEN POLITICAL REFORM, REFORMING...
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| 00:47:00 |
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ONE QUICK POINT. I THINK THERE IS CONSENSUS THAT POLITICAL REFORM AND SOCIAL REFORM ARE INEXORABLE LINKED, BUT LET ME MAKE A HOPEFULLY LARGER POINT. IF...
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| 00:48:34 |
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COMMON ELEMENT HERE IS THAT IT IS TIME FOR US TO BRING THE CURTAIN BACK. WE'VE ALL BEEN BASICALLY INDOCTRINATED ONE WAY OR THE OTHER WITH A LOT OF LABELS,...
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| 00:50:54 |
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RESPONDING AS SOMEONE WHO BECAME POLITICAL BECAUSE THAT WAS THE WAY THAT WE HAD TO ENGAGE WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THIS COUNTRY. THE FIRST, VOTED, I VOTED...
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| 00:54:14 |
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THOUGHTFUL ABOUT NOT BEING FOCUSED ON ELECTORAL CHANGES. IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT EVERYONE IS SET OF THE LAST 10 MINUTES OR SO, THERE ARE THREE MAIN...
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| 00:56:11 |
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THAT YOU THINK ABOUT AND I THINK IN MANY WAYS IT IS SO INSTRUCTIVE, YOU COULD NOT IDENTIFY POLITICAL PARTIES AND THAT MOVEMENT. YOU HAD A COALITION OF...
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| 00:57:54 |
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GREAT. FAVORED THE PARTIES ARE IN A DEFENSIVE CROUCH. THEY ARE LASHING OUT BECAUSE THEY REALIZE THIS. IF YOU HAVE MORE MORE PEOPLE REGISTERING INDEPENDENT...
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| 00:59:22 |
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JOHN IS EXACTLY RIGHT. WHAT I THINK THE LARGER QUESTION HERE, FALLING ON ALL THE COMMENTS, IS DEFINED OBJECTIVES OF WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE AND...
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| 01:01:56 |
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WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, SOME PEOPLE WERE NOT INTERESTED IN WHETHER OR NOT THE CRISES IN OUR COUNTRY AND ARE BLACK AND LATINO STUDENTS COULD BE RESOLVED....
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| 01:02:08 |
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WERE NOT INTERESTED -- A POSITIVE AS SIMPLE POINT. WITH A BLACK TEENAGER UNEMPLOYMENT AROUND 45%, WITH THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM LARGELY FAILING THEM AND...
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| 01:03:02 |
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LENORE. BEFORE YOU ANSWER, WE HAVE TO WRAP UP IN TWO MINUTES. YOUR COMMENTS AND THEN FOUR OTHERS WHO HAVE NOT COMMENTED, KEEP THEM BRIEF AND THEN WE...
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| 01:03:17 |
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TO WHAT FRED NEWMAN WAS MAKING EARLIER TODAY. THERE MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THE COME FROM MANY DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING...
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| 01:04:34 |
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TO HARRY'S QUESTION AND HARKING BACK TO KENTUCKY, THE CENTER IN KENTUCKY WHO SAYS -- THE SENATE THERE IN KENTUCKY WHO SAYS, YOU DON'T LIKE THE WAY WE...
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| 01:05:31 |
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BE QUICK. I'VE A SLIGHT DISAGREEMENT FROM SOME OF THE THINGS SAID. I REALLY DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS CAPTURED BY THE CULTURAL LEFT....
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| 01:06:29 |
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THE CONSTITUTION. LET ME PUT IN A GOOD WORD FOR THIRD PARTIES, MINOR PARTIES, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF COMMON GROUND BETWEEN INDEPENDENTS AND MEMBERS...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.