Words matter. These are the best Paul Begala Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
It seems to me the American people never really forgave the Democrats for being right about Vietnam.
I try hard to be a good Catholic.
I was the guy that told Bill Clinton he was going to win. I had gotten the final polling numbers. He had a comfortable lead. He was not going to lose.
I think too many Democrats are too wimpy. But I think they’re beginning to toughen up.
Most politicians, when they meet with a guy like me, or a guy like Carville, tell you about how they can win.
It taught me that Clinton’s instinct to make this about your life as a citizen, rather than his as a human being, was the right answer to these things.
I’m very sunny. You know, I’m always optimistic.
I don’t like being a voyeur, looking into other people’s marriages.
Bush began helping Enron in the eighties.
But I think what happened was that Clinton knew how to fight back. And the way he fought back was on the issues – being tough in staying on the things that mattered to people in their lives.
Again, President Reagan was sort of an amiable presence out at the ranch by the last 6 months of his presidency. He had no effect on national policy at all.
So one important lesson of Vietnam is, the first casualty of an unwise and unjust war are the American troops called on to fight it. Their service should be honored.
Politics is show business for ugly people.
Again and again, I’ve seen Bush turn a blind eye as his henchmen have leveled zealous attacks against his political enemies – assaults which the president himself has sometimes directly encouraged.
I didn’t spend a lot of time on national security the American people will be glad to know.
I’m a Catholic, but I used to love going to Vacation Bible School with my fundamentalist friends.
Bill and Hillary Clinton are the most investigated couple in American history – now the most thoroughly exonerated couple in American history.
