Claire McCaskill Quotes - Page 2

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• There's nothing that irritates Americans more than the fact that some members of Congress think they are entitled to their own set of rules. And it's true - too many people in Washington live in an alternate reality.

  Claire McCaskill

  Reality, Thinking, People

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• Obviously, I have been a pro-choice candidate for my entire political career, and obviously there is controversy always surrounding this issue.

  Claire McCaskill

  Careers, Issues, Choices

  "McCaskill: Senate Could Live With Stupak Amendment" by Sam Stein, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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• Well, Im wrestling alligators.

  Claire McCaskill

  Wrestling, Alligators, Wells

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• I'm going to wait for the confirmation hearings. I'm familiar with General [John Francis ] Kelly because of my work on the Armed Services Committee. I think he is a fine general and I want to make sure that he has a handle on some of the complicated issues that are contained within Homeland Security.

  Claire McCaskill

  Thinking, Issues, Waiting

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• Do I want Social Security to be there for my kids and my grandkids? Absolutely. Will I fight like a tiger to make sure that we protect Social Security? I absolutely will.

  Claire McCaskill

  Kids, Fighting, Want

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• What? You don't trust me?

  Claire McCaskill

  Trust Me, Don't Trust

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• I'm the only United States Senator in the country that I'm aware of that's had the far left up on TV and the far right up on TV against me at the same time.

  Claire McCaskill

  Country, United States, Tvs

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• We have had a lot of whistle-blowing going on out of the Department of Homeland Security, low morale. I want to make sure [John Francis Kelly] understands the agency he's stepping into. So I'll reserve judgment until after confirmation hearings.

  Claire McCaskill

  Agency, Want, Hearing

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• It's very hard from a distance to figure out who has lost their minds. One party, the other party, all of us, the president.

  Claire McCaskill

  Distance, Party, Mind

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• I'm a moderate. I hang out in the middle. I vote against my party with some regularity and try to compromise. It doesn't appear right now that the Republican Party is welcoming moderates any more.

  Claire McCaskill

  Party, Trying, Welcome

  "Battle for the Senate on 'Fox News Sunday'". "Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace", www.foxnews.com. October 17, 2010.

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• I think I'm the last Democrat left in the Senate after Russ Feingold was defeated that won't take earmarks.

  Claire McCaskill

  Thinking, Lasts, Defeated

  "Interview with Senator Claire McCaskill". "The Situation Room" with Wolf Blitzer, www.realclearpolitics.com. November 4, 2010.

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• I know this, that there were thousands and thousands of hours given to Hillary Clinton's e-mail server and Benghazi. It seems to me we need bipartisanship now to look at exactly what happened in this election and exactly the things that people like James Comey did and put it in context to make sure we have all the facts, because I don't think anyone is comfortable with how this election played out.

  Claire McCaskill

  Thinking, People, Needs

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• My first obligation is my job. It's very hard to really get into campaign mode when you've got to focus on doing the work.

  Claire McCaskill

  Jobs, Focus, Campaigns

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• I do not begrudge Bill Clinton's working for his wife, but the one thing I would say is really important to President Clinton to think about right now, because of the larger megaphone he has as a former president, he really needs to be careful with the truth.

  Claire McCaskill

  Thinking, Wife, Important

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• Somehow in the public sector, if you start in the mailroom and spend your life getting promoted, it's unseemly.

  Claire McCaskill

  Public Sector, Ifs

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• I was really shocked after all of this talk about coal miners and all of this talk about Buy America, the Republicans and the House of Representatives gutted health care and pension protections for coal miners and removed the Buy America provision that had been put in the bill in a bipartisan basis.

  Claire McCaskill

  Coal Miners, America, House

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• So it is the business community and agricultural community who I think might have the most influence on helping us make this effort more bipartisan.

  Claire McCaskill

  Thinking, Effort, Community

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• If you are passed out drunk or if there is a gun to your head, it is the same crime. It is a crime where there is not consent. It is a felony. And we need to start making sure victims understand that, so they don't do the self blame.

  Claire McCaskill

  Reality, Gun, Self

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• [Hillary Clinton] and I are fine. Are we going to be besties for the rest of our lives? No.

  Claire McCaskill

  Reality, Comedy, Human Nature

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• There are people who have legitimate concerns about false accusations and the impact that can have on a young person's life when they have been falsely accused. Kirsten [Gillibrand] and I are not unaware that that is an issue we need to be concerned about, and that's why we have made changes in the legislation to address not just the rights of the victim, the accuser, but also of the accused.

  Claire McCaskill

  Impact, Rights, Issues

  Source: www.elle.com

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• I've got a really hard election. If you had a really hard election and it was after Labor Day would you go to North Carolina to a bunch of parties and glad-handing or would you stay home and work as hard as you know how to convince Missourians they should rehire you?

  Claire McCaskill

  Party, Home, Labor Day

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• I am a small-town girl.

  Claire McCaskill

  Girl, Towns, Small Town

  "Democrat Claire McCaskill on Winning in Missouri". "Morning Edition" with Renee Montagne, www.npr.org. November 8, 2006.

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• Frankly, earmarking is not the problem. It is a symptom of the problem.

  Claire McCaskill

  Problem, Symptoms

  "The John King, USA Show", www.realclearpolitics.com. November 16, 2010.

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• All the movies where I play nice guys don't seem to do very well.

  Claire McCaskill

  Nice, Play, Guy

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• I think there are certain folks in Missouri that don't trust government. And they haven't trusted government for a long time.

  Claire McCaskill

  Thinking, Government, Long

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