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"It's not like Massachusetts, where they're baptized Democrats."

"The last thing they want is a revitalized economy now. I'm not saying the Democrats don't want a strong economy. Don't misunderstand. They just don't want it now."

"Democrats never agree on anything, that's why they're Democrats. If they agreed with each other, they would be Republicans."

"The difference between a Republican and a Democrat is the Democrat is a cannibal they have to live off each other, while the Republicans, why, they live off the Democrats."

"The Democrats and Republicans are the same guy admiring themself in the mirror."

"What we're seeing early on is Democrats rallying around Al Gore, Republicans rallying around George Bush and the difficulty of anybody else to get any room in the race."

"Tony Rezko and Bill Ayers should lead the Democratic Party. They are the only Democrats with any convictions."

"The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too."

"I voted Republican this year; the Democrats left a bad taste in my mouth."
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"That's what they do in Europe. You go down to the city hall and you become legally connected. You have a civil union there. Then, if you're religious, you go down to the church, and the church blesses the union. That gets the problem solved."

"When you talk about evangelicals, don't forget that a significant proportion of the evangelical community is African American. And most African Americans - well over 90 percent, thoroughly evangelical, thoroughly biblical - will probably vote Democratic."

"I contend the state ought to do its thing and provide legal rights for all couples who want to be joined together for life. The church should bless unions that it sees fit to bless, and they should be called marriages."

"I teach at Eastern University, which is highly committed to doing work among the poor and the oppressed peoples of the world. We have a special commitment to the city."

"When you were born, you cried and everybody else was happy. The only question that matters is this - when you die, will you be happy when everybody else is crying?"

"I think it goes back to the fact that the evangelical community often does not have a biblical vision of God."

"Of the 22 industrialized nations of the world, we're dead last in per capita giving to poor people."

"The reason why I buy into the Democratic Party more than the Republican Party is because there are over 2,000 verses of Scripture that deal with responding to the needs of the poor."
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