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I think that I was just on the cusp of the generation that was beginning to really challenge some of the assumptions about the role of women and the role of men on campus.
Claire McCaskill
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Claire McCaskill
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: July 24
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Claire Conner McCaskill
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I do not begrudge Bill Clinton's working for his wife, but the one thing I would say is really important to President Clinton to think about right now, because of the larger megaphone he has as a former president, he really needs to be careful with the truth.
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If you are passed out drunk or if there is a gun to your head, it is the same crime. It is a crime where there is not consent. It is a felony. And we need to start making sure victims understand that, so they don't do the self blame.
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If every crime victim had to have perfect judgment, we could empty our prisons.
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I think there are certain folks in Missouri that don't trust government. And they haven't trusted government for a long time.
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I'm a moderate. I hang out in the middle. I vote against my party with some regularity and try to compromise. It doesn't appear right now that the Republican Party is welcoming moderates any more.
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I think it's important that we show up. I think it's important that we communicate directly with all those working people.
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What is most heartbreaking to me is the young women who don't report [being raped] because they were drinking, and they feel like it was their fault that they were drinking. I mean, that is so common.
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My first obligation is my job. It's very hard to really get into campaign mode when you've got to focus on doing the work.
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Somehow in the public sector, if you start in the mailroom and spend your life getting promoted, it's unseemly.
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Do I want Social Security to be there for my kids and my grandkids? Absolutely. Will I fight like a tiger to make sure that we protect Social Security? I absolutely will.
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Universities simply unable to play judge, jury and executioner when they're already having trouble playing educator. Resources are limited and colleges must put their focus on their primary objective: education.
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When the Tea Party comes to town, compromise goes out the door.
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No commander in chief would ever say, I'm not going to listen to the guys on the ground.
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I'm the only United States Senator in the country that I'm aware of that's had the far left up on TV and the far right up on TV against me at the same time.
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It's very hard from a distance to figure out who has lost their minds. One party, the other party, all of us, the president.
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