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" I normally don't endorse in Democratic primaries. "
Ed Rendell
Democratic
Normally
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" For my part, I make this pledge to all of you: The politics of division, of pitting east against west, urban versus rural, region against region, and people against people will have no place in my Administration. "
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" And secondly, I would impose a significant state landfill tipping fee and use that tipping fee to fund the billion dollar bond issue that I want to create to produce the funds for all of the environmental challenges that we just went over. "
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" One of the things that people don't realize is that that natural beauty, those recreational forests, they have an economic development impact for the state as well. "
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" Most people are motivated by the economy. And if you've lost your job, lost your mortgage, lost your 401(k), you're angry. And if your brother-in-law has lost one of those you're angry still. And when you're angry you take it out on people who are in office. Which is natural. "
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" Number one I think we should impose a fee or a tax on the transportation of trash per mile. "
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" It used to be that Democrats and Republicans would disagree, but they could be social to each other. There were times during the year that we acted together in the good of the country. "
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" If you have spent any time with Barack Obama, you know he's a funny guy. He's a good guy. He knows sports. "
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Good
" I think national issues play into gubernatorial races less than, obviously, in Senate and Congressional races. Much less. They tend to be more decided by personality, leadership qualities and by state or local issues. They still have some effect, no question about it, but not as much as Senate and Congressional races. "
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" But in the long run we're not going to be able to keep out of state trash away from Pennsylvania. "
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Keep
" I think politics today is all about false choices: You can have a robust energy economy and a challenged environment, or a great environment and no economy. That's a false choice. You can do both. "
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Great
Today
" Like working families all across the state, we must find a way to make government live within its means. "
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Find
Way
Working
" You know rule one for the vice president is make sure you never upstage the president, right? It's rule one. "
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Never
You
Sure
" I have said consistently both in my papers and in my speeches - which you heard in the primary campaign - that I will continue to phase out the Capital Stock and Franchise tax. "
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Speeches
You
Will
" Would I be happy just practicing law? No. Would I be happy just doing TV and speeches? No. I want to do all of these things and be as active as I can... but my main goal is to have some degree of influence on the public discussion. "
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Influence
Happy
Law
" Growing Greener doesn't produce money for farmland preservation or open space preservation. "
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Money
Open
Space
" I think the president should be accessible, should answer questions that aren't pre-screened, but I think there should be a little bit of dignity to the presidency. "
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President
Dignity
Questions
" I love the concept of community energy. "
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Community
Love
Energy
" One of the reasons we don't have our deficit under control is because Republicans are wusses and won't tell their base a simple fact that everyone knows. We can't eliminate the deficit without raising some revenue... They're wusses. "
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Everyone
Control
Without
" I hate negative ads in general. "
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General
Negative
Ads
" And the beautiful open spaces, the forests of Pennsylvania, the recreational uses that come from having these green open spaces and forests, they contribute dramatically to the level of our tourism, dramatically. "
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Open
Tourism
Beautiful
" I am a free spirit. I tell the truth, and I like to mix it up. "
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Like
Truth
Tell
" We will not lose this election for lack of money. "
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Lose
Lack
Election
" I am a fiscal conservative. "
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" There are a tremendous amount of environmental issues that are on the table. "
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Issues
" I've always sort of believed that the future takes care of itself. "
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Always
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" I think Barack Obama has brought a new level of ethical standards to Washington. Has he changed some basic hard-knuckle politics? No. You need hard-knuckle politics to succeed. "
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" George W. Bush always said and did what he believed and he let it rip. "
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Rip
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" If there was a way to discourage trash constitutionally, I would sure as heck take a hard look at it. I don't think there is. So I don't think there's a choice here. "
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Choice
Think
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" Is regulation per se bad? Is better regulation bad? I think better regulation is good for the business community, and I think that's something we should get together on. "
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Business
Community
Good