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Pete du Pont
American
Politician
Born:
Jan 22
,
1935
Age
American
Country
Party
People
You
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Franklin Roosevelt had to govern at a time of crisis. If you're going to make changes in the way a nation thinks, you have to have the ability to take the crisis of the moment and use it to shape an agenda.
Pete du Pont
Time
You
Nation
Changes
Way
Crisis
Franklin
Franklin Roosevelt
Ability
Shape
Take
Had
Make
Govern
Going
Agenda
Roosevelt
Use
Moment
Thinks
I come from a family that has been here for almost 200 years. My ancestors started a very dangerous gunpowder business in 1802, and my great- grandfather and his father were both killed in gunpowder explosions.
Pete du Pont
Great
Family
Business
Dangerous
Father
Ancestors
Has-Been
Gunpowder
Both
Almost
Come
Great-Grandfather
Were
Been
His
Years
Very
Grandfather
Explosions
Here
Started
If we had known that one of those terrorist attacks was coming, could our government have electronically eavesdropped on the attackers without a warrant?
Pete du Pont
Government
Our
Those
Attacks
Could
Had
Known
Without
Terrorist
Coming
Warrant
If you're going to try to win an election, you can't be 80 percent. You can't say, I'm for what my Democratic opponent is, for but not quite so much of it.
Pete du Pont
You
Win
Try
Election
Say
Percent
Democratic
Opponent
Going
Quite
Much
Newt correctly assumes that the American public is beginning to look down the road and at least distinguish the landmarks on either side and know where it wants go. We have a chance to lead it there.
Pete du Pont
Beginning
Down
Assumes
Side
Distinguish
Correctly
Lead
Road
Know
Look
Least
Go
American
Where
Wants
Either
Public
Newt
Landmarks
American Public
Down The Road
Chance
Newt has two transitions behind him. First he had to capture control of the House. He had to get the Republican budget through. He had to get the Contract With America through. He has done that.
Pete du Pont
First
Control
Through
Had
He
Budget
House
Him
Contract
America
Get
Done
Behind
Republican
Transitions
Newt
Capture
Two
The sea change that has come is the information age. We don't have to just read The New York Times anymore. We can pull up something on the Internet and get any news that we like.
Pete du Pont
News
Change
Age
Internet
Something
New
Come
Like
Read
Up
Times
Get
York
Any
Just
New York
Anymore
New York Times
Information
Information Age
Sea
Sea Change
Pull
The struggle you see in the Republican Party today is the country club Republican versus the bowling alley Republican. Colin Powell brings us back to the country club image. He's an insider. He's a moderate.
Pete du Pont
Today
You
Struggle
Country
Party
Club
Back
Colin
Colin Powell
Insider
See
Alley
He
Country Club
Bowling
Bowling Alley
Versus
Moderate
Republican
Republican Party
Us
Image
Brings
There's a very big gulf between the black civil rights leadership in America and the black middle class in America. The black middle class are conservative. Many of those minorities can be persuaded to be members of the Republican Party.
Pete du Pont
Leadership
Class
Rights
Conservative
Black
Big
Party
Those
Members
Gulf
Minorities
Civil
Civil Rights
Between
Very
America
Middle
Middle Class
Republican
Republican Party
Persuaded
Many
Things move very slowly in politics. We seem to fight the same wars over and over again.
Pete du Pont
Politics
Fight
Slowly
Seem
Over
Very
Same
Move
Again
Wars
Things
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