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" If I lose, I lose. I'll do it on my terms. "
Ed Rendell
Terms
Lose
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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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" 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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" The Medicaid system currently steers people toward nursing home care. Far more people can be covered in community-based care programs for significantly less. "
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" Look, natural gas, just like oil, is going to eventually go away. It's not renewable. "
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" I am a free spirit. I tell the truth, and I like to mix it up. "
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" I'm interested in giving business an opportunity by improving the tax environment to invest and grow with Pennsylvania, to expand and put more money in capital investment and creating jobs. "
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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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" 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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" Well, the infrastructure part of the stimulus has worked. There's absolutely no question about it. We can demonstrate in Pennsylvania and other states around the union how it's produced good, paying jobs both on the construction sites and back in American factories. It has worked. "
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" If I were president, I am not sure that I would offer Ed Rendell the job of chief of staff. "
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" I think a moratorium probably is legal, and we should probably for a short period of time impose a moratorium so that we don't permit any additional landfill permits for the time being, so we don't exacerbate the problem. "
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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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People
Impact
" 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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" 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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Place
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" Creating new jobs for Pennsylvanians continues to be my highest priority throughout the Commonwealth. "
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" 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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You
Sure
" 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
" 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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" Natural gas is great for America in so many ways. "
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Natural
" 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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" 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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" 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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" There are a tremendous amount of environmental issues that are on the table. "
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" And preserving our open spaces or having them there for recreational purposes is one of the things that contributes to the high level of quality of life that we offer in Pennsylvania, and that also translates into economic benefits. "
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" 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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" Like working families all across the state, we must find a way to make government live within its means. "
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" 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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