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Canonization in modern times is a very, almost scientific process.

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Chris Matthews
Age: 78
Born: 1945
Born: December 17
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Christopher John Matthews
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We in America count on the profit motive to get people to do the right thing. That's our basic American notion when it comes to business.
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Five years from now, 10 years from now, there's going to be a huge Islamic population in the world, they're going to be nationalistic, they're going to be religious, and they're going to be militant.
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The difference between me and them is that I'll look at Jesse Jackson and I'll see four Jesse Jacksons, and they'll just see one, the clown ambulance chaser.
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My audience is much more center right, or centrist.
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The FBI had a right to review that. And they did and they found Hillary Clinton not in any criminal violation.
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Everything he's done is clean as a whistle. He's never not only broken any law, he's never done anything wrong.
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