Chris Matthews: It's a fact of life that positive reasons don't always...

I'm so glad we had that storm last week.

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storm week lasts

The president of the United States, whoever it is, deserves a certain level of reverence and respect just because of the office he holds.

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united-states office president

Everything he's done is clean as a whistle. He's never not only broken any law, he's never done anything wrong.

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broken done law

I don't sense an [Barack] Obama party. I think politics is transactional for him.

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barack party thinking

I know one thing: There are a billion Islamic people in the world today, and there will be about 2 billion by the time we're dead. They're not going to give up their religion.

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islamic giving-up people

And then there's Israel - a lot of people support Israel, and it's important to Israel to take out Iraq. So it's all mixed together. It's a combination of motives.

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iraq israel people

The overall campaign launch is designed to break through the clutter and reach out to consumers. At the end of the day, consumers are the ones who benefit from the convenience and value never before seen in a free checking account.

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break-through the-end-of-the-day campaigns

I've never heard anybody [of president's candidates] talk about the poorly educated.

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educated president heard

I forgot he [Barack Obama] was black tonight for an hour.

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hours tonight black

Reagan was all about America, and you talked about it. Obama is, 'We are above that now. We're not just parochial, we're not just chauvinistic, we're not just provincial. We stand for something.' I mean, in a way, Obama's standing above the country, above - above the world. He's sort of God. He's going to bring all different sides together.

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mean country america

While we may not mind being used, we resent deeply being made to feel discarded.

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mind may relationship

In life, as in death, Pope John Paul II was one of the most visible people on Earth.

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john-paul-ii earth people

I mean, if somebody said to me, junior year of college, you can go anywhere, your old man's paying for it, I'd have been gone in a flash. But I had to work. Every summer my mother would say, 'Get that job and hold on to it until August 30.'

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mother summer jobs

People don`t like getting dirty or living in an environment that`s been contaminated and is covered in hazardous waste.

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waste people dirty

Right now, the old guys, the old farts, if you will, are still running the show, and the women haven't gotten their place yet at all.

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fart guy running

The pope has been called many things, historic figure, spiritual leader, moral force. But a growing chorus of voices has begun to refer to him as John Paul II the Great, in other words, as a saint.

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voice leader spiritual

The big lie is that the people who make a lot of money were the only ones that worked hard.

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bigs lying people

Sarah Palin - now don't laugh - is writing a book. Not just reading a book, writing a book. Actually, in the word of the publisher, she's 'collaborating' on a book. What an embarrassment! It's one of these 'I told you,' books that jocks do.

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reading writing book

Here's our policy. It's Unite the world against terrorism.

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policy terrorism world

[John F. Kennedy] kept a diary and in the White House dictated his thoughts. He felt real guilt at the killing of [Ngo Dinh] Diem, the leader of South Vietnam.

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real white house

It's a fact of life that positive reasons don't always get people to vote. You need some negative reasons.