The American President
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...was that he simply didn't get it.
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I was wrong. Bob's problem isn't
that he doesn't get it.

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Bob's problem is that he can't sell it.
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We have serious problems to solve...
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...and we need serious people
to solve them.

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And whatever your particular problem is,
I promise you...

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...Bob Rumson is not the least bit
interested in solving it.

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He is interested in two things
and two things only:

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Making you afraid of it,
and telling you who's to blame for it.

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That, ladies and gentlemen,
is how you win elections.

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You gather a group of middle-aged,
middle-income voters...

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...who remember with longing
an easier time. You talk to them...

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...about family and American values
and character.

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Then you wave an old photo of the
President's girlfriend, scream patriotism...

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...tell them she's to blame
for their lot in life...

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...and you go on television...
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...and you call her a whore.
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Sydney Ellen Wade
has done nothing to you, Bob.

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She has done nothing
but put herself through school...

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...represent the interest
of public-school teachers...

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...and lobby for the safety
of our natural resources.

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You want a character debate?
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You better stick with me...
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...'cause Sydney Ellen Wade is
way out of your league.

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I've loved two women in my life.
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I lost one to cancer...
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...and I lost the other
'cause I was so busy keeping my job...

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...I forgot to do my job.
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Well, that ends right now.
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Tomorrow morning...
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...the White House is sending
a bill to Congress for its consideration.

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It's White House Resolution 455...
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...an energy bill,
requiring a 20 percent reduction...

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...of the emission of fossil fuels
over the next ten years.

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It is by far the most aggressive stride
ever taken...


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