Too many younger people seem to prefer following celebrities instead of doing the work required to get an education that will someday lead to a job. If students today spent as much time on math and science and history as they do following these shallow celebrities, they might actually become contributors to society someday.

Bob Beckel

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Asking politicians to vote themselves out of power is like asking rabbits not to multiply, it ain't natural.

vote asking rabbits

Mitt Romney had a fundraiser in Israel with a bunch of diamond merchants, we don't know the names of them.

israel bunch names

Some days I feel like I'm only the fire hydrant to Westminster do... by Bob Beckel

Some days I feel like I'm only the fire hydrant to Westminster dog show.

fire shows dog

I think you got to keep in mind that Obama was raised among Muslims, and I think he really does not want to use the word war on terror because he was raised in that community.

community war thinking

The problem is, we've had three generations of Iranians who have come to really hate the United States. The Persians used to be a pretty strong - my on problem with people who say don't talk to him.

hate strong people

Jim Crow laws stripped blacks of basic rights. Despite landmark civil rights laws, many public schools were still segregated, blacks still faced barriers to voting, and violence by white racists continued. Such open racism is mostly gone in America, but covert racism is alive and well.

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High-quality health care is not available to millions of Americans who don't have health insurance, or whose substandard plans provide minimum coverage. That's why the Affordable Care Act is so important. It provides quality health insurance to both the uninsured and underinsured.

quality care health important

On the road to the GOP nomination, Trump earned the reputation as a good debater by slandering and bullying his opponents, knocking them out with cheap shots and lies. On a crowded stage, Trump got away with these deplorable tactics.

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Liberal arts colleges have traditionally provided a forum for debating ideas. Avoiding controversy and 'playing it safe' by not inviting - or disinviting - speakers with 'controversial' views stifles debate.

playing avoiding debate ideas

Ideological purity does not now, nor has it ever, produced result... by Bob Beckel

Ideological purity does not now, nor has it ever, produced results.

ever now results purity

An early attempt at education choice was charter schools. These were meant to attract the best and brightest students and provide them a level of education they often could not find in their local school districts. The problem is that, of the thousands of charter schools, many are outright failures.

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I think a flat tax has merit. Anything would be better than the c... by Bob Beckel

I think a flat tax has merit. Anything would be better than the current tax code.

i-think anything better think

Life is a series of chapters, and one leads to another to another to another, and God knows what it is.

life-is-a god knows life

When I came to faith, I was on pro-choice boards, and I dropped off of those because you couldn't read the Bible and be pro-choice.

because you faith bible

In 2016, Trump, with his outsized ego, his anti-immigrant and anti-trade positions, coupled with barely disguised racism and deep-seated sexism and a willingness to lie whenever it suited him, was a near perfect fit.

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Iran would have become a nuclear power had President Obama not united most of the world in boycotting Iranian oil sales, which crippled Iran's economy and forced it to negotiate. Other presidents tried to stop Iran's nuclear program. They failed. Obama succeeded.

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Both parties are so entrenched in their ideologies and a desire to score political points and hold on to power that we never seem to agree on a problem, much less find solutions.

never political problem power

Domestic wiretaps, government television cameras blanketing our streets, spy drones by the thousands flying over our heads. It makes you wonder if the very foundation of this great country, which is liberty, is eroding right before our eyes.

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A few states have taken redistricting out of the hands of partisans and put them in the hands of fair-minded committees. Every state should do the same.

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I can talk to more persuadable voters in a week on 'The Five' than I could at CNN in a year, so it's worked out fine.

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