I look back to the Great Depression, and what Roosevelt was able to do in very difficult times, to get Social Security through back in the time when it was seen as - well, it wasn't what it is today. It was sort of a last-ditch, if you really need it, you got it, but, today, it's much more a part of your retirement program.
Chris MatthewsPeople don`t like getting dirty or living in an environment that`s been contaminated and is covered in hazardous waste.
Chris MatthewsWhether the Bushes, or whoever they are, they always end up in the end with the money and the ability to really blow away anybody who dares challenge them.
Chris MatthewsPeople - Hollywood doesn't talk about how bad cigarette smells when it smells like they wake up in bed with somebody who has been smoking the night before.
Chris MatthewsWe are trying to pick the next president, not review the birth of the current president.
Chris MatthewsI have never heard a president in bad times running against - let's face it, that's what he's doing here - running against bad times, when he's the presiding officer.
Chris MatthewsIt does look like it's almost like South Africa to this extent: You have a white - what's the word - feeble minority. It's losing its majority status. And it says, the Republican Party, 'We can only get so many white votes. So, we got to reduce the votes of others.' It does look that way. Only the - maybe you're non-partisan, but only Republicans have pushed this in these 31 states. No Democratic legislature. You gotta look at the pattern here. You talk about profiling. I'm sorry, Republicans do this stuff.
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