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Everybody who served in John Kerry's boat under his command, save one, has stood with him.
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Let's not pretend that all of a sudden, this is some new system.
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What you have is two men seeking the White House; they're both products of prominent New England families. They both went to private boarding schools. They both went to a prestigious university.
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Iraq is in a civil war. There is no road in that country that is safe.
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John McCain has become the de facto running mate of George W. Bush.
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You can't have someone with a pinkie out there at the U.N. or any other place.
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There's no question that Stalin broke the agreements made at Yalta completely about elections that were supposed to be held immediately in Poland, and Eastern Europe was plunged into slavery as a consequence.
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The important thing to understand about legislators is that there are dozens of competing interests and issues that occupy them. They are stretched thin.
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You've got people who didn't serve with John Kerry saying they did serve with John Kerry in the boat. With George Bush, we can't find anybody who did serve with him.
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The problem with smear campaigns is that too often they work.
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When you run for president of the United States, everybody does the same thing in the campaign-they talk about veterans, how much they admire them, how grateful they are.
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John McCain was victimized in the South Carolina primary.
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Since the election, since the formation of a government, the death in Iraq has increased. The United States stands by, helpless to do anything about it. That's the reality, not George Bush's revisionist history!
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There is always strength in numbers. The more individuals or organizations that you can rally to your cause, the better.
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