Paul Begala
Paul Begala
Paul Edward Begalais an American political consultant and political commentator. He was an adviser to President Bill Clinton. Begala was a chief strategist for the 1992 Clinton–Gore campaign, which carried 33 states and made Clinton the first Democrat to win the White House in twelve years. As counselor to the President in the Clinton White House, he coordinated policy, politics, and communications...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth12 May 1961
CountryUnited States of America
When your mission is to "restore honor and integrity to the White House, you've got to be willing to use any means necessary
When a White House is under siege, no one wants to talk to anyone. Literally, anything you say can and will be used against you. When you're in a meeting and you see one of your colleagues taking notes, you start to wonder how long it will be before you're interrogated based on her notes. Maybe she's doodling. Or maybe she's digging your grave. The mind tries to focus on the task at hand, but the grand jury is never far from your thoughts.
When your mission is to restore honor and integrity to the White House, you've got to be willing to use any means necessary.
When you shoot your buddy in the face, you're going to get a bad story.
I've known Betty Currie for a long time,
It's very good for him, ... I wouldn't go so far as to say it locks anything up, though, because people want to make up their own minds.
the co-president of the United States, and Americans cannot deny his influence.
When all you had to do was punch a hole in the ground and strike oil, it was easy to have the highest high school dropout rate. But you can't drop out and invent a new microchip. Texas is changing, but the constant is hatred of government, and that's a mistake in the 21st century.
Tonight, we sheathe our swords and join hands and work together to solve our nation's most difficult problems,
We knew he was in the oil business; we didn't know it was snake oil.
My view was that the campaign had been a sacred thing, that it had been a real compact, because I was there and I saw the connection that Clinton made with people, and the connection that they made with him.
Most politicians, when they meet with a guy like me, or a guy like Carville, tell you about how they can win.
I used to go in at 5:30 or 6:00 so I could run.
I don't like being a voyeur, looking into other people's marriages.