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[vladimir] Putin Supporting Bashar Al-assad, Helping With The Syrian Refugee Crisis And, I Think For Any Republican, He [donald Trump] Has Got To Stop Saying This, Because I Was With Him. I Was With Him And He Said That, It Was Like, I'm Out. I'm Out. It's Too Crazy.

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We Must Win In Iraq. If We Withdraw, There Will Be Chaos, There Will Be Genocide, And They Will Follow Us Home.

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Do We Really Want Another Politician In The White House America Can't Trust?

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In Our Blessed And Mostly Peaceful Society We're Not As Familiar With Courage As We Once Were. We Ascribe The Virtue To All Manner Of Endeavors That Only Really Require Skill, Fortitude And A Little Daring, The Qualities Pat Tillman Showed On The Football Field. Pat's Best Service To His Country Was To Remind Us All What Courage Really Looks Like, And That The Purpose Of All Good Courage Is Love.

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Why Is Chelsea Clinton So Ugly? Because Her Father Is Janet Reno.

I Am Proud To Do So For I Know That By Supporting George W. Bush, I Serve My Country Well.

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Russia Is A Gas Station Masquerading As A Country.

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Bin Laden’s Death And The Debate Over Torture.

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Giving Peace A Chance Only Gives Saddam Hussein More Time To Prepare For War On His Terms, At A Time Of His Choosing, In Pursuit Of Ambitions That Will Only Grow As His Power To Achieve Them Grows.

We Got Results That Would Not Have Been Possible Without A Negotiating Partner Like Joe Biden.

In The View Of Everyone, I Am A Viable Candidate And I Should Be On The Ballot.

Katrina Did Not Declare A Truce On Iraq.

On My Honor, I Swear To You, That From My First Day In Office To The Last Breath I Draw, I Will Do Everything In My Power To Make You Proud Of Your Government.

We Should Be I Hope Finally Realizing What Vladimir Putin Is. He's An Old Colonel, Kgb, Apparatchik, And He Dreams Of The Restoration Of The Russian Empire.

...(w)e Lose When By Official Policy Or By Official Negligence We Allow, Confuse Or Encourage Our Soldiers To Forget . . . That Which Is Our Greatest Strength: That We Are Different And Better Than Our Enemies.

I Think That Joe Biden Is Qualified In Many Respects. But I Do Point Out That He's Been Wrong On Many Foreign Policy And National Security Issues, Which Is Supposed To Be His Strength.

Despite Occasional Policy Differences Between Us, I Have Long Respected Jim Jeffords' Integrity, And His Conscientious Service To His Constituents And To The Nation.

Well, I Don't Think It Is Amnesty To Start With. Second Of All, What Do You Want To Do With Them? That Is The Question In Response. And Third Of All, It Is A Tough Path To Citizenship. You Have To Pay Back Taxes. You've Got To Learn English. You've Got To Have A Clear Record. You've Got To Get To The Back Of The Line Behind Other People Who Have Come Here Legally Or Waiting Legally. So, I Just Reject That.

I Think That Decisions Should Rest In The Hands Of The States. I'm A Federalist.

That's Joe Biden Right There - Unbowed, Unbroken And Unable To Stop Talking.

Glory Belongs To The Act Of Being Constant To Something Greater Than Yourself, To A Cause, To Your Principles, To The People On Whom You Rely And Who Rely On You In Return.

I'm Not Surprised That Governor Dean Would Oppose [the $87 Billion To Fund Iraq Reconstruction].... I've Lost Confidence That He Has Any Understanding Of The National Security Responsibilities Of A President... [b]ecause I Don't Believe That He Has Any Understanding Of The International Role That The United States Has To Play In The World. I Think It's A Kind Of A Pseudo-isolationism That Appeals To The Base Of The Caucus Voters. I Do Not Believe That Particularly In The Case Of Iraq That Governor Dean Has Any Fundamental Understanding Of What's At Stake Here.

If Money Is Free Speech, The Big Interests Are Sitting In Front With Megaphones And The Average Citizens Are Sitting In The Back.

I Want To Tell The Vice President And Everybody Else That When I'm President There Will Be A Controlling Legal Authority.

I Take A Backseat To No One In My Affection, Respect And Devotion To Veterans. And I Will Not Accept From Senator Obama, Who Did Not Feel It Was His Responsibility To Serve Our Country In Uniform, Any Lectures On My Regard For Those Who Did.

I Am Very Much In Favor Of Tax Cuts.

Reducing Military Presence Has Never In History Won A War.

It's A Fundamental Aspect Of The Free Enterprise System And Economics: If There's No Penalty Associated With Increased Costs, Why Not Lay On Increased Costs?

Just Because They Broke The Law Doesn't Mean They're Condemned Forever To A Twilight Status. So, I Think That Most Americans, If These People Who Have Come Illegally, As Long As They Pay Back Taxes, Pay A Fine, Learn English And Get Behind Everybody Else, That's A Key Element Of It. And Most Americans Now Realize We Can't Have 11 Million People Sit In The Twilight - The Shadows Of America, Forever.

I Believe Strongly That We Should Have Nominees To The United States Supreme Court Based On Their Qualifications Rather Than Any Litmus Test.

My Greatest Fear Is The Iranians Acquire A Nuclear Weapon And Give It To A Terrorist Organization. And There Is A Real Threat Of Them Doing That.

All This Money Washing Around Washington And All Of These Contributions Taint All Of Us.

You Know That Old Beach Boys Song, Bomb Iran? Bomb Bomb Bomb, Bomb Bomb Iran.

Improve Human Intelligence To Get Osama Bin Laden.

Osama Bin Laden

I Have A Fundamental Belief In The Goodness And Strength Of The American Worker. And The American Worker Is The Most Productive, The Most Innovative. America Is Still The Greatest Producer, Exporter And Importer. I Have A Fundamental Belief In The United States Of America. And I Still Believe, Under The Right Leadership, Our Best Days Are Ahead Of Us.

Why The Hell Do I Have To Keep Updating My Apps On My Iphone All The Time And Why You Don't Fix That?

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