Call-time has renewed my faith in the need for public financing of elections. Call-time is where I as the candidate, sit in a room with my “call-time manager,” and a phone. Then I call people and ask them for money. For hours. Apparently, I’m really good at it.
AL FRANKENDuring the Reagan Administration, Bob Dole was present at a ceremony that included each living ex-president.
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The biases the media has are much bigger than conservative or liberal.
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Having an actual income can expand your romantic horizons toward the more appealing end of the spectrum.
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There’s going to have to be investigations, and an independent investigation, into the Trump campaign and the Trump administration’s relationship to Russia.
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When the president during the campaign said he was against nation building,
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The government must give proper weight to both keeping America safe from terrorists and protecting Americans’ privacy.
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It’s really building Air America that I’m focused on, and for me, that almost only means doing a good show.
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And terror is indiscriminate murder of civilians to make a political point.
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I grew up in Minnesota, where we treasure our tradition of civic engagement – and our record of having the nation’s highest voter participation.
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I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and dog-gone it, people like me.
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Some of George W. Bush’s friends say that Bush believes God called him to be president during these times of trial.
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It’s the Power of the Almighty, the Splendor of Nature, and then you.
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That’s bad news for everyone else – and for our democracy itself.
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And I think that being able to make people laugh and write a book that’s funny makes the information go down a lot easier and it makes it a lot more fun to read, easier to understand, and often stronger. So there’s all kinds of advantages to it.
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The Fourth Amendment doesn’t apply to corporations.
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But when the veteran has a dog, the same people will come up and say, ‘Hi’ to pet the dog and then strike up a conversation.
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