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IT? [APPLAUSE] BEFORE STARTING, I WANT TO POINT SOMETHING OUT. I HAPPEN TO BE A JAZZ FAN AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE JAZZ FANS, YOU ARE AT THE CHOPHOUSE...
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| 00:03:04 |
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IN THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION, NOTHING WENT ON AND THAT ADMINISTRATION THAT HE WAS NOT FIRST REPORT. FROM CBS NEWS IS JOHN DICKERSON, THE TOP POLITICAL...
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| 00:03:38 |
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RON KAUFMAN, WANTED TO CHANGE THOSE NUMBERS. HE IS A LONGTIME REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST AND CONSULTANT WHO WORKED FOR MANY GOVERNORS AND PRESIDENTS, INCLUDING...
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| 00:04:50 |
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MOVEMENT. IF YOU SPEND TIME FOR FOLKS AND THAT MOVEMENTS -- IN THAT MOVEMENT AND THEY ASK WHAT THE RESUME YOU ONE FOR A PRESIDENT. THEY WOULD DESCRIBE...
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| 00:06:20 |
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MITT ROMNEY -- WE SEND PEOPLE TO WASHINGTON AND THEY GO WE NEED. WE HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE TEA PARTY CANDIDATES WHO HAVE WON, SAY OUT LOUD, I AM NOT...
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| 00:07:15 |
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THINGS. WHEN MITT WAS GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS, HE WENT IN WITH ABOUT $2 BILLION TO $3 BILLION IN DEBT, 87% OF THE LEGISLATURE WERE DEMOCRATS. IRAN OFF...
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| 00:08:13 |
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ELECTORATE AND CERTAINLY WASHINGTON. HOW CAN ANY LEADER, MILLION, AND IF YOU ARE A DEMOCRAT, FIND IT REPUBLICANS TO FORGE CONSENSUS AND IF YOU ARE...
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| 00:08:41 |
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HAVING DUAL PRESIDENCY -- THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS GOTTEN TOO BIG FOR ONE MAN? AND RONALD REAGAN CAME ON WITHOUT ANY WASHINGTON EXPERIENCE. GOVERNING...
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| 00:10:19 |
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CATCH HIM UP SHORT HAVING NO EXPERIENCE IN THIS WORLD THAT IS QUITE DIFFERENT FROM BUSINESS AND WHAT YOU CAN TELL PEOPLE TO DO THINGS AND THEIR REMUNERATION...
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| 00:10:42 |
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THAT THE PLETHORA EXPERIENCE HE HAD -- ALL OF IT COMES TOGETHER. I LEARNED A LONG TIME AGAIN -- A LONG TIME AGO WHEN I WAS DOING PERSONNEL, THE TRUTH...
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| 00:12:13 |
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CAN LIST FIVE IMPORTANT PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES FOR SOME TO BECOME PRESIDENT AND SOME WHO HAS ALSO BEEN IN THE WHY HOUSE, FIVE ATTRIBUTES FOR SOMEONE TO...
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| 00:12:43 |
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A TRICK QUESTION. [LAUGHTER] HAVING A CLEAR AND CONCISE PICTURE OF WHERE YOU WANT TO GET -- HOW YOU WANT TO GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B. TO INSPIRE...
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| 00:14:09 |
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YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHEN TO CUT. TALK ABOUT HOW THE PROCESS CAN SOMETIMES PUSHED AGAINST DECISIONS BEING MADE. >> EVERY ISSUE IN WASHINGTON GETS 5000 LETTERS...
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| 00:14:28 |
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WITH YOUR SENIOR STAFF AND YOU GET 26 OR 27 OPINIONS, AND USE SAY -- HOW DOES IT AFFECT POLITICS. TREASURY SECRETARY, HOW DOES IT AFFECT THE BANKS? ...
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| 00:15:06 |
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IS IT, HERE IS THE DECISION GOING FORWARD? >> THE VP. A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE HAD A WHOLE BUNCH OF GOOD IDEAS. THERE WERE A PLETHORA OF GREAT CANDIDATES...
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| 00:15:17 |
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WAS A GREAT PROCESS. IT DID NOT LEAK TO YOU GUYS. WISE DECISION. HE STUDIED THE PAST AND UNDERSTOOD THE GOOD AND BAD POINTS OF THE PROCESS AND MADE...
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| 00:16:04 |
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EVEN AFTER HE DECIDED THERE WERE STILL PEOPLE HIGH UP IN THE CAMPAIGN MAKING GUESSES ABOUT WHO IT WAS AND THEY WERE WRONG. IT WAS POINTED OUT AS AN EXAMPLE...
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| 00:16:34 |
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SAID THE KEY TO WASHINGTON IS IN NEED TO KNOW. AND IF SOMEBODY DOES NOT NEED TO KNOW, THEY SHOULD NOT KNOW. NO MATTER HOW ANGRY THEY GET, TOUGH. ....
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| 00:17:15 |
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WITH CONGRESS. THE GOVERNOR ADMITS HE DOES NOT KNOW WASHINGTON, SO HERE WILL BE A GUY WHO WILL BE THE AMBASSADOR FOR THE PROCESS. WALK US THROUGH HOW...
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| 00:17:39 |
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CONGRESS MUCH BECAUSE HE HAS NOT BEEN IN WASHINGTON. BUT LEGISLATION -- IN MASSACHUSETTS, HE HAS THE NEW HAMPSHIRE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS....
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| 00:18:24 |
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CONSTANT STREAM OF PEOPLE COMING THROUGH. HE WORKED ON NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND WITH THE TED KENNEDY, HAD HIM OVER TO WATCH A MOVIE. DISAGREEING WITH MY...
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| 00:19:09 |
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DO NOT WANT TO GET TOO FAR AHEAD OF OURSELVES. 12 THINGS I WORRY ABOUT MORE THAN THIS. YOU TALK TO DEMOCRATIC LEADERS AND THE SENATE AND HOUSE AND ASK...
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| 00:20:35 |
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GOVERNOR BECAUSE OF HIS MANY POLICY POSITIONS. SOME PEOPLE WONDERING WHETHER IT HAS A REAL CORE. YESTERDAY IN AN INTERVIEW HE SAID THREE TIMES, I AM...
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| 00:21:04 |
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EVER. YOU SHOULD BE WHAT HE IS -- HE IS HOOEY IS. MY GUESS IS, THIS OF YOU A LOT BETTER THAN 35 YEARS AGO WHEN YOU STARTED IN THE BUSINESS. YOU LEARN...
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| 00:22:02 |
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IS NOT THAT IMPORTANT BUT THREE OR FOUR SENTENCES LATER DATE TALK ABOUT WAYS THEY ARE TRYING TO IMPROVE HIS LIKABILITY. THERE SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE BIT...
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| 00:22:51 |
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A NARRATIVE. YOU TELL STORY. IN THE KEY STATES -- IF YOU ARE NOT IN A STATE WITH A CONTESTED REPUBLICAN PRIMARY, YOU DON'T KNOW MITT ROMNEY. I THINK...
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| 00:24:46 |
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A QUARTER OF NON-COLLEGE GRADUATE WHYS ARE VOTING FOR BARACK OBAMA -- WHITES ARE VOTING FOR BARACK OBAMA. ONE OF THEM HAS GOT TO BE THE FACT THAT, I THINK,...
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| 00:25:23 |
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I THINK IF YOU ARE IN MACOMB COUNTY MICHIGAN, WHAT YOU CARE ABOUT IS IF THERE ARE ANOTHER -- AND OF JOBS, WHETHER EMPLOYMENT IN MICHIGAN. YOU HEAR ABOUT...
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| 00:26:12 |
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AWAY FROM THE CITY BECAUSE OF THE RIOTS, AND A LARGE PERCENTAGE DO LOOK AT SOMEBODY ANOTHER COLOR A DIFFERENT WAY. AND ONE OF THE HOT-BUTTON ISSUES ...
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| 00:26:56 |
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IMPORTANT THING YOU CAN DO FOR AMERICANS IS GIVE THEM A JOB. WHETHER YOU ARE WHITE, BROWN, BLACK, GREEN, OR BELOW -- I DON'T CARE. WE HAD THIS FIGHT IN...
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| 00:27:40 |
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THE RACE CARD -- >> WHAT DOES IT DO ABOUT JOBS? >> WITH ALL THE RESPECT, I THINK YOU ARE PLAYING THE RACE CARD HERE. WE ARE NOT. AND WE NEVER WOULD....
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| 00:27:55 |
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WITH RACE. WE ARE NOT THE ONES WHO EASED THE RESTRICTIONS ON WELFARE TO WORK? THE PRESIDENT DID. IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE AND SHOULD BE TALKED ABOUT....
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| 00:28:23 |
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BUTTON. >> NO, IT DOESN'T. I DO NOT AGREE AT ALL. >> HOW --
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| 00:28:31 |
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A PRESENCE IN THAT AD, I WANT A JOB AND I WANT TO KNOW HOW MITT ROMNEY HELPS ME GET A JOB? HOW DOES HE SPEAK TO THAT NEED?
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| 00:28:39 |
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THE WELFARE ADD. >> THE POINT OF THE AD, JOHN, IS IT THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION IS TAKING A PROGRAM THAT HAS DONE REALLY WELL AND PUT PEOPLE TO
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| 00:28:50 |
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WORK AND THEY WANT TO TAKE THAT AWAY FROM THEM. I DON'T SEE HOW ANYONE CAN SEE THAT IS A PARTICULARLY GOOD THING, WHETHER THEY BEIT IS AN ISSUE THAT...
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| 00:29:17 |
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THERE IS ONE. >> EVERYBODY IS
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| 00:29:23 |
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GETTING THEIR THOUGHTS TOGETHER. SINCE WE ARE ON MICHIGAN, I AM SURPRISED THAT STATE IS IN PLAY. WHY IS THAT? >>
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| 00:29:30 |
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THE LAST VOTE IN MICHIGAN. IT IS ONE -- WHEN IT IS A HOME
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| 00:29:45 |
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STATE, THAT IS ALWAYS HELPFUL. IT IS A STAKE IN THE UNION THAT UNDERSTANDS WHAT IT TAKES TO TURN AROUND. DESPITE TRENDS IN THE LAST FEW CYCLES. MICHIGAN...
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| 00:30:14 |
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ON THIS WELFARE TO WORK, QUESTION. I THINK THE AD IS FALSE. THE CAMPAIGN INSISTS THAT, FORGET THE RACE PART, IT IS ACCURATE AND TRUE. MY QUESTION FOR...
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| 00:31:07 |
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AD IS WRONG. ONCE I SAY IT, I'M NOT GOING TO JUMP ON HIM AND THROW PUNCHES. THE AD IS WRONG. >> WHERE YOU GET INTO THE MORAL EQUIVALENT PROBLEM, IT IS...
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| 00:31:26 |
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INTO PROBLEMS IS WHEN YOU HAVE THE OTHER CAMPAIGN SAYING THAT MITT ROMNEY WAS CONTROLLING BEEN THREE YEARS AFTER HE WAS WRONG. WHICH IS WRONG. THAT IS...
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| 00:31:50 |
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WHO IS PUTTING UP THE WRONG MESSAGE MORE? THIS CLAIM THAT ROMNEY LED TO THIS WOMAN'S DEATH? HOW MANY TIMES
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| 00:32:01 |
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DID IT RUN AND HOW MANY TIMES IN THE WELFARE AT RUNBACKS -- WELFARE AT A RUN -- AD RUN? >> THE PRICE OF GASOLINE IS GOING UP. I AM CURIOUS ABOUT THE GOVERNOR...
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| 00:32:24 |
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PUT IT OUT LAST WEEK. VERY HEAVY ON THE PRODUCTION SIDE. DOES NOT EVEN MENTION EFFICIENCY OR CONSERVATION. WHEN HE WAS GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS, HE WAS...
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| 00:32:57 |
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IT IS MOSTLY ABOUT PRODUCTION. TO MAKE THIS INDEPENDENTLY FREE WE ARE CRAZY NOT TO DO IT. THAT IS THE BEST WAY TO LOWER THE PRICE OF GAS. I THINK THE...
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| 00:33:46 |
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TO BE NO WAIVERS ON THIS WORKFARE ASPECT WHATSOEVER. IT EXPLICITLY SAYS THERE ARE NEVER ANY WAIVERS INITIATED BY THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH IN THIS WORKFARE....
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| 00:34:35 |
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CAN HAVE WISH LISTS TO HAVE MORE POWER OF THEIR OWN, BUT THE STATUTE EXPLICITLY FORBIDS IT. >> BUT THEY ARE ASKED FOR BY REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR, THE REPUBLICAN...
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| 00:34:49 |
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GOVERNORS MAKE REQUEST AND GIVE GOVERNOR'S FLEXIBILITY. WHY, THEN, IS IT A WEAKENING OF IT? COULDN'T, PRESUMABLY, THE WAIVERS BE GRANTED TO THE STATES...
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| 00:35:16 |
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IS WEAK. >> IF YOU READ WHAT HE DOES PUT OUT, IT IS CLEAR THEY INTENDED TO WEAKEN IT. WE WILL NOT REQUIRE
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| 00:35:27 |
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THEM TO TRAIN, TO WORK, WE WILL SEND THEM A CHECK WHILE THEY DEAL WITH THEIR BARRIERS. IF THAT IS WHAT ROMNEY SAID IN THE AD. THE PRESS IS ALSO FULL...
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| 00:35:50 |
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INTERPRETED IN THIS WAY. >> WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, IT IS A LOT LIKE SANG, SHE IS A LOT LESS CREDIT THAN YOU THINK SHE IS. WRONG IS WRONG.
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| 00:36:03 |
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BOTH SIDES ARE MAKING UP LIES. BOTH SIDES ARE MAKING THE PUBLIC -- INCLUDING, THE NEW MEDIA INSTITUTION. THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS THE NUMBERS ARE DOWN....
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| 00:36:40 |
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YOU IS HOW DO EACH SIDE INTEND TO DEAL WITH THE EXTREME PREJUDICE AGAINST MY ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH AND A FAITH IN THIS ADMINISTRATION. >> HOW SO? >>...
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| 00:37:01 |
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HEALTH CARE AGAINST OUR FAITH, AGAINST INSTITUTING THAT WE MUST PAY FOR THINGS THAT AS ROMAN CATHOLICS WE DO NOT BELIEVE IN. INSTITUTING A MEDICAL SYSTEM...
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| 00:37:39 |
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IT IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE. WE GO AROUND THE COUNTRY AND TALK TO FOLKS MORE AND MORE. IT IS DEEP AND UNINVITED. IT IS IMPORTANT. MITT WILL DO BETTER WITH...
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| 00:38:13 |
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THINK IT
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| 00:38:14 |
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IS MORE IMPORTANT THAT NO ONE IN WASHINGTON CARES MORE ABOUT GOVERNING AND THEN PAUL RYAN. THAT IS THE MAIN MESSAGE OF THE CAMPAIGN. TO STRENGTHEN THE...
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| 00:38:48 |
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TIME FOR ONE MORE QUESTION. >> I AM WITH "THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER."
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| 00:38:55 |
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I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE STATES. EVERYBODY GOES TO THE
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| 00:38:59 |
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STATES. I WANT TO ASK YOU ON RON'S QUESTION. ARE YOU GUYS LYING? IS EVERYBODY LYING IN THIS CAMPAIGN, PRESUMABLY ON THE ADDED? >> NO. THE LOT IS THE...
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| 00:39:18 |
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THE LAW IS THE LAW. [INDISCERNIBLE] THEY HAVE SPENT MORE MONEY ON NEGATIVE ADS THAT ALL THE OTHER CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT COMBINED. NEGATIVE ADS, EVERYONE...
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