I think, first of all, you know, Washington has a bad habit of a very short attention span. Claire McCaskill More Quotes by Claire McCaskill More Quotes From Claire McCaskill 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 fightingwantkids Obviously, I have been a pro-choice candidate for my entire political career, and obviously there is controversy always surrounding this issue. Claire McCaskill issuescareerschoices There are three legs of the stool; spending, entitlements and making the tax code fair and equitable. That's the three legs of the stool. If we do all of those in a responsible, bipartisan way, I think the American people would all be very, very happy. Claire McCaskill threepeoplethinking I've been very independent from the day I arrived in Washington. Claire McCaskill has-beensindependent I started in the mailroom, literally, as an intern... in 1974. The legislator I was working for at the time said, 'I want you to get your law degree and come back here and get elected and be the first woman governor.' I kind of took that guy seriously - I thought that sounded like a pretty good idea. Claire McCaskill guylawideas I think I'm the last Democrat left in the Senate after Russ Feingold was defeated that won't take earmarks. Claire McCaskill defeatedlaststhinking 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 governmentlongthinking 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 welcomepartytrying The goal is not to just have rapists expelled from schools. I don't want rapists transferring schools. I don't want them out there, being able to commit these crimes. I want them to go to prison. But if you understand this crime and you understand what happens in the reporting of this crime and the support that a victim does or does not get, you realize that our legislation increases the likelihood that a young woman will go to the police in a timely manner and that the police will investigate and that they will be able to administer real justice in the criminal system. Claire McCaskill realjusticeschool 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 campaignsfocusjobs The political system loves the extremes, it doesnt so much show a lot love for the moderates. Claire McCaskill extremespoliticalshows 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 distancepartymind Universities simply unable to play judge, jury and executioner when they're already having trouble playing educator. Resources are limited and colleges must put their focus on their primary objective: education. Claire McCaskill collegejudgingplay 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 united-statestvscountry When you work in the United States Senate, and you are around people of all different ideas and beliefs, you realize that what our Founding Fathers did that was so genius, is that they made the Senate the place where compromises are supposed to happen because of the makeup of the Senate. Claire McCaskill makeupfatherideas 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 wifeimportantthinking You can be a victim of a crime and not exercise great judgment. And when women have been sexually assaulted, they feel like they have to have been perfect in order to have anybody believe them. They think nobody will believe them unless a stranger jumped out from behind a bush with a knife - not that they got too drunk and that a guy they thought they knew, you know, took advantage of them in a physical, assaultive way. Claire McCaskill exercisebelievethinking 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 effortcommunitythinking Frankly, earmarking is not the problem. It is a symptom of the problem. Claire McCaskill symptomsproblem [Hillary Clinton] and I are fine. Are we going to be besties for the rest of our lives? No. Claire McCaskill comedyhuman-naturereality
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