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Republican Or Democrat Candidate For Presidency Ought To Say: I Look Forward To Working With The President To Solve The Problem. People Expect Us To Come Here To Solve Problems. And Thus Far, The Attitude Has Been: Let's Just Kind Of Ignore What The President Has Said And Just Hope Somebody Else Comes And Solves It For Us. And That's What I'd Be Running On. I'd Be Running On The Economy And I'd Be Running On National Security. But Since I'm Not Running, I Can Only Serve As An Adviser To Those Who Are.

-George W. Bush

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George W. Bush

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Republican Or Democrat Candidate For Presidency Ought To Say: I Look Forward To Working With The President To Solve The Problem. People Expect Us To Come Here To Solve Problems. And Thus Far, The Attitude Has Been: Let's Just Kind Of Ignore What The President Has Said And Just Hope Somebody Else Comes And Solves It For Us. And That's What I'd Be Running On. I'd Be Running On The Economy And I'd Be Running On National Security. But Since I'm Not Running, I Can Only Serve As An Adviser To Those Who Are.

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The Vast Majority Of Our Imports Come From Outside The Country.

I Strongly Oppose Cloning, As Do Most Americans. We Recoil At The Idea Of Growing Human Beings For Spare Body Parts Or Creating Life For Our Convenience. And While We Must Devote Enormous Energy To Conquering Disease, It Is Equally Important That We Pay Attention To The Moral Concerns Raised By The New Frontier Of Human Embryo Stem Cell Research. Even The Most Noble Ends Do Not Justify Any Means.

Look, This Is A Man, He's Got Great Numbers. He Talks About Numbers. I'm Beginning To Think Not Only Did He Invent The Internet, But He Invented The Calculator. It's Fuzzy Math. It's A Scaring - Trying To Scare People In The Voting Booth. Under My Tax Plan, That He Continues To Criticize, I Set A Third - The Federal Government Should Take No More Than A Third Of Anybody's Check.

The Only Things That I Can Tell You Is That Every Case I Have Reviewed I Have Been Comfortable With The Innocence Or Guilt Of The Person That I've Looked At. I Do Not Believe We've Put A Guilty ... I Mean Innocent Person To Death In The State Of Texas.

Good Stewardship Of The Environment Is Not Just A Personal Responsibility, It Is A Public Value... Our Duty Is To Use The Land Well, And Sometimes Not To Use It At All. This Is Our Responsibility As Citizens, But More Than That, It Is Our Calling As Stewards Of The Earth.

Some Will Remember An Image Of A Fire Or Story Or Rescue. Some Will Carry Memories Of A Face And A Voice Gone Forever. And I Will Carry This. It Is The Police Shield Of A Man Named George Howard Who Died At The World Trade Center Trying To Save Others. It Was Given To Me By His Mom, Arlene, As A Proud Memorial To Her Son. It Is My Reminder Of Lives That Ended And A Task That Does Not End.

I Can Look You In The Eye And Tell You I Feel I've Tried To Solve The Problem Diplomatically To The Max, And Would Have Committed Troops Both In Afghanistan And Iraq Knowing What I Know Today.

There's Only One Person Who Hugs The Mothers And The Widows, The Wives And The Kids Upon The Death Of Their Loved One. Others Hug But Having Committed The Troops, I've Got An Additional Responsibility To Hug And That's Me And I Know What It's Like.

What Our Enemies Have Begun, We Will Finish.

What I Am Against Is Quotas. I Am Against Hard Quotas, Quotas They Basically Delineate Based Upon Whatever. However They Delineate, Quotas, I Think Vulcanize Society. So I Don't Know How That Fits Into What Everybody Else Is Saying, Their Relative Positions, But That's My Position.

Out Of 135 Criminals, Including Robbers And Rapists, 118 Admitted That When They Were Children They Burned, Hanged And Stabbed Domestic Animals.

I Support The Death Penalty Because I Believe, If Administered Swiftly And Justly, Capital Punishment Is A Deterrent Against Future Violence And Will Save Other Innocent Lives.

The Momentum Of Freedom In Our World Is Unmistakable - And It Is Not Carried Forward By Our Power Alone. We Can Trust In That Greater Power Who Guides The Unfolding Of The Years. And In All That Is To Come, We Can Know That His Purposes Are Just And True.

Through Centuries Of Struggle, Jews Across The World Have Been Witnesses Not Only Against The Crimes Of Men, But For Faith In God And God Alone. Theirs Is A Story Of Defiance And Oppression, And Patience In Tribulation Reaching Back To The Exodus And Their Exile. That Story Continued In The Founding Of The State Of Israel. That Story Continues In The Defense Of The State Of Israel.

America Is Successful Because Of The Hard Work And Creativity And Enterprise Of Our People.

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