Paul Begala Quotes

• My view was that the campaign had been a sacred thing, that it had been a real compact, because I was there and I saw the connection that Clinton made with people, and the connection that they made with him.

  Paul Begala

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• It seems to me the American people never really forgave the Democrats for being right about Vietnam.

  Paul Begala

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• Most politicians, when they meet with a guy like me, or a guy like Carville, tell you about how they can win.

  Paul Begala

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• One of the problems we saw in the last presidential election in our party is that our nominee, while winning the election, which we ought never to forget, often lost sight of the difference between strategy and tactics.

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• Never interrupt your opponent when he’s destroying himself.

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• See, I think if it just became who’s sleeping with whom, then there’s no reason to prefer one party over the other, ’cause the truth is we’re all sinners.

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• Politics is show business for ugly people.

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• 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.

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• There’s the great line: the definition of a liberal is someone who’s afraid to take their own side in a fight. And that’s my problem with my fellow liberals.

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• This gets back to the fundamental lesson of political survival that Bill Clinton taught me, which is if you make it about the American people’s lives instead of your life, you’re going to be okay.

  Paul Begala

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Paul Begala (30)

Birth:	12th May, 1961
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Commentator, Political Consultant

About

Paul Edward Begala is an American political consultant and political commentator. He was an adviser to President Bill Clinton. Begala was a chief strategist for the 1992 Clinton–Gore campaign, which carried 33 states and made Clinton the first Democrat to win the White House in sixteen years. As counselor to the President in the Clinton White House, he coordinated policy, politics, and communications.

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