Charles Pickering
Charles Pickering
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I'm sure that the mayor thought he gave you the list and that was sufficient,
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They accuse the Bush nominees of being out of the mainstream of American thought, but polls indicate clearly that the positions they (liberal special interest groups) hold are the ones that are way, way out of the mainstream of American thought.
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People used to ask me if it didn't bother me that they were saying things against me that were not true. Well, it would have bothered me a lot more if it had been true. I couldn't live with myself if what they said was true.
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I thought I was uncontroversial, and I thought I would just slide through. I naively told people that I was a non-controversial nominee.
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I thought I was uncontroversial, and I thought I would just slide through. I naively told people that I was a non-controversial nominee.
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We need to understand the perspective of the other race, and we need to understand that compromise is not a dirty word.
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I believe that it's going to be a tremendous fund-raiser,
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Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) told Trent Lott (R-MS), and told my son this voluntarily, We're going to confirm your dad by December. The groups said, No, not so fast; so they were calling the shots, they were calling the tempo,
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Mississippi, in trying to promote racial harmony, is on the right track at the right station doing the right thing.
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One of the ways to try to improve the confirmation process is to write and tell what it's all about, believing that if the American people are aware of things, they will take action on their own. It's part of creating an awareness of what the battle is all about.
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What happened to me is not that important in the scheme of things, he said. But what is happening to the judiciary is tremendously important to all Americans. So, I'm not bitter - my spirits are good. My faith has not been weakened. God's grace indeed is sufficient.
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When we've got a group that's as enthusiastic as they are and that has the energy and desire to make something work, I want to make sure we tap into that, ... You don't get that kind of enthusiasm very often.
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To accuse a white Southerner of being a racist is about the worst thing you can do, ... 60 Minutes.
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Dailey is definitely not a leader; he's a bully. It's his way or the highway. If you disagree with him, he attempts to intimidate rather than discuss it.