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I have never favored a Social Security retirement age of 70 nor do I favor one of 68.

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Howard Dean
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: November 17
Former Governor Of Vermont
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As governor, I came to believe that the death penalty would be a just punishment for certain, especially heinous crimes, such as the murder of a child or the murder of a police officer. The events of September 11 convinced me that terrorists also deserve the ultimate punishment.
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I still want to be the candidate for guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks.
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We're going to use Terri Schiavo later on. This is going to be an issue in 2006 and it's going to be an issue in 2008, because we're going to have an ad with a picture of Tom DeLay saying, Do you want this guy to decide whether you die or not, or is that going to be up to your loved ones?
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George Bush calls his biggest fundraisers Rangers and Pioneers. But today, we stand together, and we call ourselves, simply, Americans.
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If you're really worried about the effect of Silent Night on the kids, you need a hobby or something, and I'm glad you're pointing that out.
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Is this so-called [Republican Party] hate wing that is so angry at all the things that have - all the changes that have happened in America, this is what they respond to.And I think it`s dangerous for the country, I also think it`s going to be incredibly unsuccessful in the general election.
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Every single American has a voice and ... it ought to be heard in the halls of power every day.
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We know that no one person can succeed unless everybody else succeeds.
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I'm tired of the ayatollahs of the right wing. We're fighting for freedom in Iraq. We're going to fight for freedom in America.
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I like John Kerry. I think he's intellectually curious and very thoughtful. I think he's deeply committed on issues like the environment. I think he's an internationalist, which I am.
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I've always been endorsed by the National Rifle Association.
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We won when we toppled Saddam. That was the only clear goal of this war, to topple the Iraqi government. It took about 10 minutes.
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The Democratic Party, all the candidates from Washington, they all know each other, they all move in the same circles, and what I'm doing is breaking into the country club.
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I don't mind being called a liberal. I just don't really think it's true.
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The capture of Saddam has not made America safer.
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I'm not attacking liberals with a broad brush.
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Not only are we going to New Hampshire ... we're going to South Carolina and Oklahoma and Arizona and North Dakota and New Mexico, and we're going to California and Texas and New York! And we're going to South Dakota and Oregon and Washington and Michigan. And then we're going to Washington, D.C. to take back the White House, Yeeeeeaaaaaargh!
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