Quote by Ron Fournier
AP promoted me to the White House beat because I knew Clinton, his

AP promoted me to the White House beat because I knew Clinton, his family, friends, and staff better than anybody in the national press corps. Those contacts helped me break a few stories and get my career in Washington jump-started. – Ron Fournier

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For a man who has compared himself to Theodore Roosevelt and the nations challenges to those of the Gilded Age, Obama put forward a tepid agenda. – Ron Fournier

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Obama is capable – as evidenced by his first-term success with health care reform. But mandate-building requires humility, a trait not easily associated with him. – Ron Fournier

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Health
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Say what you want to say about the rest of his presidency, including his tone-deaf response to Katrina and a war waged in Iraq on false pretenses, Bush connected with Americans in the aftermath of 9/11 because he looked as frail and unforgiving as we felt. – Ron Fournier

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I think Tattoos a song that can go so many different ways. Some people think of it as a break-up song, but, for me, its about somebody who comes into your life and really touches you – be they a friend, a family member or someone youre in a relationship with. – Jordin Sparks

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If you have autism in the family history, you still vaccinate. Delay it a bit, space them out. – Temple Grandin

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My family were from Jamaica. – Diane Abbott

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Historically, the family has played the primary role in educating children for life, with the school providing supplemental scaffolding to the family. – Stephen Covey

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Sure the people are stupid: the human race is stupid. Sure Congress is an inefficient instrument of government. But the people are not stupid enough to abandon representative government for any other kind, including government by the guy who knows. – Bernard Devoto

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There are some people who have the quality of richness and joy in them and they communicate it to everything they touch. It is first of all a physical quality then it is a quality of the spirit. – Tom Wolfe

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