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• Political pandering comes in all shapes and sizes, but every four years the presidential primary bring us in contact with its purest form - praising ethanol subsidies amid the corn fields of Iowa.

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  Years, Iowa, Political

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• Defining marriage is a power that should be left to the states. Moreover, no state should be forced to recognize a marriage that is not within its own laws, Constitution, and legal precedents.

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  Marriage, Law, Defining

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• Barack Obama's life was so much simpler in 2009. Back then, he had refined the cold act of blaming others for the bad economy into an art form. Deficits? Blame Bush's tax cuts. Spending? Blame the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. No business investment? Blame Wall Street.

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  Art, Wall, War

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• As a boy, when I was bad, my mother would chew me out in Spanish. And since I was bad a lot, I learned a lot of Spanish!

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  Mother, Boys

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• I'm an old man of 73, and I've been around a long time. If I don't know something by now, I probably never will.

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  Men, Long, Old Man

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• I'm running for senator because it's time for a change.

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  Change, Running, Time For A Change

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• If you wait until those weapons pose a direct, clear, present danger to the United States, you've probably waited too long.

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  Long, Waiting, United States

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• I understand the process of politics and the game of television.

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  Games, Television, Process

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• Nothing panics politicians like $4 a gallon gas.

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  Panic, Politician, Gas

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• Politicians wishing to set a better tone should have the discipline to avoid televised cage matches.

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  Should Have, Discipline, Wish

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• Simply put, broadband voice is an interstate matter that must be dealt with through clear national standards.

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  Voice, Matter, Standards

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• The principal role of the President of the United States is the security of the country and participating in trying to stabilize the world.

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  Country, Trying, President

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• We'll always have bureaucracies, but bureaucracies led by bureaucrats might be too much of a bad thing.

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  Might, Too Much, Bureaucracy

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• It's good to give seniors more choices and more options, let them choose a plan that's best for them and target assistance to the lowest income people.

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  Senior, Giving, People

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• Office holders are a self-selected group; you don't get elected if you don't put your name on the ballot. There are many people who would do a great job, but who would never think to run. Find them. Badger them. Get them elected. They might not thank you for it, but a lot of other people will.

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  Thank You, Running, Jobs

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• Politicians also have a love affair with the 'small business exemption.' Too much paperwork? Too heavy a burden? Not enough time? Just exempt small businesses from the rule. It sounds so pro-growth. Instead it's an admission that the costs of a regulation just can't be justified.

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  Growth, Enough Time, Cost

  First Speech by Anne Ruston as representative of South Australia, www.anneruston.com.au. October 10, 2012.

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• A candidate who tries to steer a path down the middle in an effort to 'win independents' runs the risk of convincing everyone that they have no core values. As much as - or more than - any other voters, independents want to see conviction and authenticity.

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  Running, Winning, Effort

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• After everyone has had a chance to bluster, posture, and pontificate, we are left with one basic question: under any foreseeable circumstance, would it be in our national interest to default on our debt? The answer is unequivocally no.

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  Debt, Answers, Chance

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• President Obama has outsourced a major portion of the U.S. space program to the Russians. That's national policy. Taxpayer money. So let's stop playing games with this outsourcing distortion and talk about the fact that when we need is a president that knows how to manage big enterprise and create jobs.

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  Jobs, Playing Games, Space

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