Susan Estrich quotes

Affirmative action was never meant to be permanent, and now is truly the time to move on to some other approach. (Susan Estrich)
Perhaps the cruelest thing ever said of Hubert Humphrey was that he had the soul of a vice president. View quote
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I'm always suspicious of really beautiful women telling us we shouldn't be worried about beauty. View quote
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Every time I hear someone making ignorant comments about the supposed 'evils' of homosexuality, I think about the true evil of the high suicide rates among gay and lesbian teens. View quote
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Most people who make threats don't follow through. The most dangerous people are often those who never make threats. But 'most' and 'often' aren't what you are looking for when you're dealing with a scary person. You want to 'know.' And there is no knowing. View quote
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But here's my point to the LA Times. If you had a serious story to run, if you thought there was serious misconduct, you don't wait until the Thursday before the Tuesday. You run it early. View quote
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In most presidential elections, the taller candidate wins. View quote
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Violent predators are not like the rest of us. They kill for fun, for sport, for the sake of it. To compare them to animals is an insult to animals. To expect that we can rehabilitate them assumes a will to change. View quote
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A lot of Republicans are white Christians, but the Republican Party is reaching out to Hispanics, and reaching out to blacks, and reaching out to Asians. View quote
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I don't like cheap shots, I really don't. View quote
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So many of us had hoped that the civil system might be an alternative for some women, where the burdens were a little bit less, and cases might be easier to prove. (Susan Estrich)
I've been doing these conventions for 20 years, and we used to at least have debates about issues. Nothing is happening basically at this convention, other than speeches. View quote
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Gore will not win a popularity contest, he will not win a personality contest, but he can win an idealogical battle, and he can win a battle of experience. View quote
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The Olympics are coming... and it's a big problem in American politics, because the problem with holding the Olympics this fall is that we're all going to be focused on the Olympics, and it makes that window of opportunity for Gore to win the election that much smaller. View quote
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The Democratic chairman doesn't need to be a household name. Most people didn't know who Ron Brown was when he was chairman of the Democratic Party, but he put the party in a position where Bill Clinton could come in and he had a solid base to run from. View quote
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People hate negative tactics, but the fact is, as the 3 A.M. ad demonstrates, they can be very effective. View quote
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I can't begin to count how many times I have warned politicians and candidates to worry as much about the good coverage as the bad, because the more air they put in your balloon, the bigger the target when they start shooting. View quote
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The personal is political, but only to a point. View quote
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One of the risks of a public trial is a public verdict. View quote
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When you're standing in front of an audience like this that is so enthusiastic and so much behind you, it is very hard to give a bad speech. Even a bad speech sounds good in a convention hall like this. View quote
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Most people don't know who Ken Mehlman is. He's the chairman of the Republican Party, obviously, but what he's doing that Howard Dean isn't doing is spending a lot of time on the nuts and bolts of putting the party together. (Susan Estrich)
Everybody knows I'm a Democrat. View quote
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People don't vote for vice president, they vote for president. View quote
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