Paul Begala Quotes

Politics is show business for ugly people.
Paul Begala

Politics, Business, Show

If George W. Bush is given a second term, and retains a Republican Congress and a compliant federal judiciary, he and his allies are likely to embark on a campaign of political retribution the likes of which we haven't seen since Richard Nixon.
Paul Begala

Political, Since, Republican

Never interrupt your opponent when he's destroying himself.
Paul Begala

Himself, Destroying, Opponent

See, I think if it just became who's sleeping with whom, then there's no reason to prefer one party over the other, 'cause the truth is we're all sinners.
Paul Begala

Truth, Reason, Sleeping

Again and again, I've seen Bush turn a blind eye as his henchmen have leveled zealous attacks against his political enemies - assaults which the president himself has sometimes directly encouraged.
Paul Begala

Political, Sometimes, Again

Again, President Reagan was sort of an amiable presence out at the ranch by the last 6 months of his presidency. He had no effect on national policy at all.
Paul Begala

Again, Last, President

Bill and Hillary Clinton are the most investigated couple in American history - now the most thoroughly exonerated couple in American history.
Paul Begala

History, American, Couple

Bush began helping Enron in the eighties.
Paul Begala

Helping, Enron, Began

But I think what happened was that Clinton knew how to fight back. And the way he fought back was on the issues - being tough in staying on the things that mattered to people in their lives.
Paul Begala

Fight, Tough, Lives

Defining the terms of the debate generally dictates who's gonna' win it.
Paul Begala

Win, Debate, Gonna

I didn't spend a lot of time on national security the American people will be glad to know.
Paul Begala

Time, American, Security

I don't like being a voyeur, looking into other people's marriages.
Paul Begala

Looking, Marriages, Voyeur

I grew up in Tom DeLay's district.
Paul Begala

Delay, District, Tom

I mean, for all of his faults and the troubles in his marriage, Bill Clinton is still married to a girl he met in the library 25 years ago at school. Can we say that about many of our other leaders today in America, including on the right wing?
Paul Begala

Marriage, Today, School

I think too many Democrats are too wimpy. But I think they're beginning to toughen up.
Paul Begala

Beginning, Democrats

I try hard to be a good Catholic.
Paul Begala

Good, Hard, Try

I used to go in at 5:30 or 6:00 so I could run.
Paul Begala

I was the guy that told Bill Clinton he was going to win. I had gotten the final polling numbers. He had a comfortable lead. He was not going to lose.
Paul Begala

I'm a Catholic, but I used to love going to Vacation Bible School with my fundamentalist friends.
Paul Begala

Love, School, Friends

I'm very sunny. You know, I'm always optimistic.
Paul Begala

Sunny, Optimistic

If it was about lying under oath - we actually know that Clinton certainly was deceptive, as most people would be about their sex lives - but, in fact, he did not lie.
Paul Begala

It must kill George Bush that John McCain is the most popular and Beloved Republican in America.
Paul Begala

America, Republican, Popular

It seems to me the American people never really forgave the Democrats for being right about Vietnam.
Paul Begala

American, Seems, Democrats

It taught me that Clinton's instinct to make this about your life as a citizen, rather than his as a human being, was the right answer to these things.
Paul Begala

Life, Human, Rather

Most politicians, when they meet with a guy like me, or a guy like Carville, tell you about how they can win.
Paul Begala

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Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: May 12, 1961

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