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When Obama was first proposed as a presidential candidate in 2007, the nation failed to have a meaningful debate concerning the serious constitutional issue of electing someone whose father was not a U.S. citizen.

~Aaron Klein

Topics: Candidate Citizen Concerning Constitutional Debate Failed Father First Issue Meaningful Nation Obama Presidential Proposed Serious Someone Whose

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Was Sen. Barack Obama a Muslim? Did he ever practice Islam? The presidential candidate officially rejects the claims, but the issue of Obama's personal faith has re-emerged amid conflicting accounts of his enrollment as a Muslim during elementary school in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation.

~Aaron Klein

Topics: Accounts Barack Barack Obama Candidate Claims Conflicting Did Elementary Elementary School Enrollment Ever Faith He His Indonesia Islam Issue Most Muslim Nation Obama Officially Personal Practice Presidential Rejects School World

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I am humble Abraham Lincoln. I have been solicited by my friends to become a candidate for the Legislature. My politics are short and sweet, like the old woman's dance.

~Abraham Lincoln

Topics: Abraham Abraham Lincoln Am Become Been Candidate Dance Friends Humble Legislature Like Lincoln Old Politics Short Sweet Woman I Am

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It would astonish if not amuse the older citizens to learn that I (a strange, friendless, uneducated, penniless boy, working at ten dollars per month) have been put down as the candidate of pride, wealth, and aristocratic family distinction.

~Abraham Lincoln

Topics: Amuse Aristocratic Astonish Been Boy Candidate Citizens Distinction Dollars Down Family Friendless Learn Month Older Per Pride Put Strange Ten Uneducated Wealth Working Would

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The Republicans have a me too candidate running on a yes but platform, advised by a has been staff.

~Adlai Stevenson

Topics: Advised Been Candidate Me Platform Republicans Running Staff Too Yes

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Now the fact that terrorists throughout the world see this as an opportunity to defeat the United States, we have to be - and every Democratic candidate, even those who opposed us going in, now say we just simply can't cut and run.

~Al D'Amato

Topics: Candidate Cut Defeat Democratic Even Every Fact Going Just Now Opportunity Opposed Run Say See Simply States Terrorists Those Throughout United United States Us Who World

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Call-time has renewed my faith in the need for public financing of elections. 'Call-time' is where I as the candidate, sit in a room with my 'call-time manager,' and a phone. Then I call people and ask them for money. For hours. Apparently, I'm really good at it.

~Al Franken

Topics: Apparently Ask Call Candidate Elections Faith Financing Good Hours Manager Money Need People Phone Public Really Renewed Room Sit Them Then Where

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I have absolutely no plans and no expectations of ever being a candidate again.

~Al Gore

Topics: Absolutely Again Being Candidate Ever Expectations Plans

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I was the first candidate to come out against this war, spoke at every anti-war march.

~Al Sharpton

Topics: Against Anti-War Candidate Come Every First March Out Spoke War

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There are a lot of songs that would ostensibly be a good candidate for parody, yet I can't think of a clever enough idea.

~Al Yankovic

Topics: Candidate Clever Enough Good Idea Lot Parody Songs Think Would

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