Ralph Reed
Ralph Reed
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The only thing that we would allow is a non-substantive, minor language change that would not affect principle and would not affect the meaning of the platform.
The whole 'right to choose' thing -- that is sooo pre-right-wing-takeover!
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I will tell you - so there's no ambiguity - that is the banner under which I will run.
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I don't think he's targeting anyone in particular.
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People want their leaders to talk about the future. They don't want anger and pessimism and personal attacks. They want a positive vision from leaders looking forward,
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There is no telling how marriages and lives were saved and how many children were spared of the consequences of gambling because of the work I did, Now, if I had known then what I know now, I would not have done that work.
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We were working to shut down a gambling casino, and I make no apologies.
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never seen a grassroots organization of this size and scale, a challenger or incumbent. And I believe in a very close election -- and this will be a close election -- it will be one of the factors in a Bush victory.
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What I don't appreciate - and what I'm confident the voters will reject - is the attempt by some of the media and others to engage in guilt by association. To associate me with the misdeeds of others is unfair, it's wrong and it will be rejected at the ballot box.
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I agreed to (be a subcontractor) having been assured that none of the funds that were used to pay my firm were derived from gambling activity.
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I tend not to buy into the conventional wisdom that this has so soured relations between the White House and Capitol Hill that we're not going to see things get done.
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If I had known then what I know now, I would not have done that work.