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~FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE~
September 26, 2008
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI
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~SECOND PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE~
October 7, 2008
BELMONT UNIVERSITY IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~THIRD PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE~
October 15, 2008
HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY IN HEMPSTEAD, NEW YORK
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On The Campaign Trail...What They Are Saying  
October 7, 2008 "Washington is on the wrong track and I'm going to set it right. The American people know my record. They know I am going to change Washington, because I've done it before. They know I'm going to reform our broken institutions in Washington and on Wall Street because I've done it before. They know I'm going to deliver relief to the middle class, because that's what I've done. "You don't have to hope that things will change when you vote for me. You know things will change, because I have been fighting for change in Washington my whole career. I've been fighting for you my whole life. That's what I'm going to do as President of the United States. Fight for you and put the government back on the side of the people." Senator John McCain speaking in Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 6, 2008. "Now I know that at this moment, when we stand in the midst of a serious economic crisis, some might ask how we can afford to focus on health care. Major financial institutions have collapsed. Families across America are struggling. And it's clear that the rescue package we just passed in Congress isn't the end of what we need to do to fix our economy - it's just the beginning. Because contrary to what Senator McCain says, the fundamentals of our economy are still not strong. And we've got to address those fundamentals right now. "In other words, the question isn't how we can afford to focus on health care - but how we can afford not to. Because in order to fix our economic crisis, we need to fix our health care system too. Let's not forget, it's not just small businesses and families who are suffering. Some of the largest corporations in America - including major American car makers - are fighting to compete because of high health care costs. They're watching their foreign competitors prosper - unburdened by these costs - as they struggle to create the good jobs we need to get our economy back on track. "So it's clear that the time has come - right now - to solve this problem: to cut health care costs for families and businesses, and provide affordable, accessible health insurance for every American." Senator Barack Obama speaking in Asheville, North Carolina, October 5, 2008. October 2, 2008 "But while there is plenty of blame to go around and many in Washington and on Wall Street who deserve it, all of us now have a responsibility to solve this crisis because it affects the financial well-being of every single American. There will be time to punish those who set this fire, but now is the moment for us to come together and put the fire out... "This is not just a Wall Street crisis - it's an American crisis, and it's the American economy that needs this rescue plan. I understand why people would be skeptical when this President asks for a blank check to solve a problem. I've spent most of my time in Washington being skeptical of this Administration, and this time was no different. That's why over a week ago, I demanded that this plan include specific proposals to protect the American taxpayer - protections that the Administration eventually agreed to, as well as Democrats and Republicans in Congress." Senator Barack Obama speaking in La Crosse, Wisconsin, October 1, 2008. “He was a man of principle, of wisdom and a deep and abiding love for our country. His accomplishments in war and peace are among the most significant of any president in the Twentieth Century. He succeeded beyond everyone’s expectations – perhaps, even his own – because every day Harry Truman woke up determined to put his country before party and self-interest.” Senator John McCain speaking at the Harry S. Truman Library in Indepedence, Missouri, October 1, 2008. "It’s time that normal Joe six-pack American is finally represented in the position of vice presidency, and I think that that’s kind of taken some people off guard, and they’re out of sorts, and they’re ticked off about it, but it’s motivation for John McCain and I to work that much harder to make sure that our ticket is victorious, and we put government back on the side of the people of Joe six-pack like me, and we start doing those things that are expected of our government, and we get rid of corruption, and we commit to the reform that is not only desired, but is deserved by Americans." Governor Sarah Palin on the Hugh Hewitt radio show, September 30, 2008. "Nothing is more important than judgment. But time and again, on the most critical national security issues of our time, John McCain's judgment was wrong... "John is more than wrong -- he is dangerously wrong. On a question so basic, so fundamental, so critical to our nation's security, we can't afford a commander in chief so divorced from reality and from America's most basic national interests." Senator Joe Biden speaking at the Cincinnati Museum Center in Ohio, September 24, 2008. Previous Months Quotes
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