#amp

I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they are. ↗

— William Tecumseh Sherman

#come #facts #hate #i #into

Character is destiny and character is important to American campaigns. ↗

— Mark Shields

#campaigns #character #destiny #important

In the 2004 presidential election, we saw a wonderful example of citizens making contributions. In fact, individual giving to both the Kerry and Bush campaigns was the highest in our nation's history. ↗

— Mark Shields

#bush #campaigns #citizens #contributions #election

John Kerry's biography was central to his campaign. ↗

— Mark Shields

#campaign #central #his #john #kerry

The problem with smear campaigns is that too often they work. ↗

— Mark Shields

#often #problem #smear #too #work

If you try to do that in pop music - to play only rare show tunes, for example - people don't come. ↗

— Bobby Short

#example #for example #music #only #people

The most important role models should and could be parents and teachers. But that said, once you're a teenager you've probably gotten as much of an example from your parents as you're going to. ↗

— Andrew Shue

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The campaign commercials don't tell you anything. ↗

— David A. Siegel

#campaign #commercials #tell #you

If you aren't taking a representative sample, you won't get a representative snapshot. ↗

— Nate Silver

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The problem is that when polls are wrong, they tend to be wrong in the same direction. If they miss in New Hampshire, for instance, they all miss on the same mistake. ↗

— Nate Silver

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