"I don't think you can distance yourself from the White House on this one. After all, you are the President."
"Yes, but take away the rodent droppings and the occasional shard of glass, and you've still got a damn fine product."
"I'll take one more question, from the reporter in the back reading the job listings."
"I have a brief statement, a clarification, and two denials."
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press conference, press conferences, media, press, reporters, reporter, podium, podiums, stand, stands, microphone, microphones, spokesman, spokesmen, spokesperson, spokespeople, politician, politicians, politics, government, governments, bureaucracy, business, businesses, company, companies, corporation, corporations, speech, speeches, statement, statements, comment, comments, clarification, clarifications, denial, denials, dishonest, dishonesty, ethics, unethical, scandal, scandals, psychology"Effective immediately, I will be stepping down. Then back up. Then down."
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step, steps, step exercise, step exercises, exercise regimen, exercise regimens, exercising, conference, conferences, step down, steps down, stepping down, press conference, press conferences, ceo, ceos, executive, executives, workout, workouts, workout routine, workout routines, exercise routine, exercise routines, announcement, announcements, announcing, politician, politicians, political scandal, political scandals, scandal, scandals, impeach, impeaches, impeachment"Look, I'm no scientist, and I may not know what 'consensus' means, but I think we should all start eating coal."
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politics, politician, politicians, political, political leader, political leaders, government, governments, press conference, press, press conferences, science, global warming, climate change, election, elections, speech, speeches, public speaking, debate, debates, ignorant, ignorance, coal, charcoal, pollution, pollutants, pollutant, republican, republicans, conservative, conservatives, gop, denial, in denial"No, the economy isn't growing slowly. It's growing mindfully."
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economic policy, economic policies, economy, economics, us economy, press release, press statement, press statements, american economy, economic recovery, economic growth, economic recoveries, press conference, press conferences, market confidence, stock market, economic markets, investor confidence"Ordinarily, the Senator enjoys these sparring sessions with the press."
"Let me answer your question about farm subsidies by saying a few words about Benghazi."
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benghazi, republican, republicans, obsession, obsessions, obsessing, scandal, scandals, clinton, hillary, obama, barack, change the subject, changing the subject, politician, politicians, gop, congressman, congressmen, press conference, press conferences, singleminded, focus, focuses, focusing, focussing, single-minded, benghazi hearings, media obsession, media obsessions"And if I'm elected I promise not to get re-indicted."
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politics, politician, politicians, government, governments, election, elections, election campaign, election campaigns, political campaign, political campaigns, campaign, campaigns, campaigning, on campaign, speech, speeches, press conference, press conferences, promise, promises, political promise, political promises, indicted, re-indicted, indictment, indictments, re-indictment, re-indictments, scandal, scandals, political scandal, political scandals, crook, crooks, crooked politician, crooked politicians, corrupt, corruption, voter, voters, vote, votes, if elected"How do you respond to critics who claim you're just trying to scare people?"
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critic, critics, scare, scares, scaring, intimidate, intimidates, intimidating, press conference, press conferences, press briefing, press briefings, interview, interviews, white house, president, presidents, press pool, press pools, campfire, campfires, campfire story, campfire stories, scary story, scary stories, political agenda, political agendas, flashlight, flashlights, torch, torches, journalist, journalists, journalism, frighten, frightens, frightening, press secretary, press secretaries"I am therefore stepping down to spend more time with my family—but not with my wife, Tammy, who can be really annoying."
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politics, politician, politicians, government, governments, press conference, press conferences, media, press, camera, cameras, announcement, announcements, stepping down, retiring, retirement, retirements, retire, resign, resignation, resignations, spend more time, spend time, spend time with family, family, families, family problems, family issues, wife, wives, relationship, relationships, relationship problems, relationship issues, marriage, marriages, married life, annoying, except, exception, exceptions"My client has been convicted by the media, but I am confident that his conviction will be overturned on appeal by the three major networks and the 'Times.'"
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convict, convicted, convicted, convicted in the media, media personality, media personalities, narrative, narrative, narratives, media narrative, media narratives, celebrity trial, celebrity trials, trial by media, high profile, high profile case, high profile cases, press conference, press conferences, overturn, overturns, overturning, conviction, convictions, trial, trials, defense attorney, defense attorneys, lawyer, lawyers, representation, pr, public relations, image consultant, image consultants, image, perception, perceptions, guilty, guilty verdict, guilty verdicts"Careful, I'm removing the safety device now."
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safety device, safety devices, politician, politicians, gag, gags, vice, gagging, political speech, political speeches, press conference, press conferences, speech, speeches, campaign speech, campaign speeches, liar, liars, lying, lie, lies, dishonest, dishonesty, election promise, election promises, campaign promise, campaign promises"I regret that my poor choice of words caused some people to understand what I was saying."
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business, businessman, businessmen, politician, politicians, government, governments, speech, speeches, press conference, press conferences, media, press, camera, cameras, political campaign, political campaigns, election, elections, election campaign, election campaigns, scandal, scandals, political scandal, political scandals, obfuscate, obfuscating, confuse, conceal, concealing, obscure, obscuring, hide, hiding, choice of words, word, words, phrasing, understand, understandable, regret, regrets, trouble, problem, problems, issue, issues"Sure, it's been forty-four days since our last press briefing. . . But honestly, it's because there's just not much to talk about."
"Full disclosure. . . we're not disclosing anything."
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william barr, mueller report, mueller enquiry, mueller investigation, mueller inquiry, robert mueller, russian collusion, trump administration, obstruction of justice, donald trump, white house, press conference, press conferences, cover up, cover ups, cover-up, cover-ups, conspiracy, conspiracies, conspiracy theory, conspiracy theories, full disclosure, full disclosures"I just spoon-fed the media a pound of really old salmon."
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salmon, salmons, media, press conference, press conferences, media release, media releases, press release, press releases, press statement, press statements, spoon fed, spoon-fed, spoon-feeding, pr, public relations, old fish, tall tale, tall tales, spin, spin doctor, spin doctors, spin-doctor, spin-doctors, propaganda"That's my new bill. Now here's the Jersey Devil with the details."
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politics, politician, politicians, government, governments, press conference, press conferences, bill, bills, passing a bill, introducing a bill, new jersey, jersey devil, jersey devils, myth, myths, legend, legends, devil, devils, satan, lucifer, evil, details, the devil is in the details, hidden, secret, secrets, bad sign, red flag, suspicious, questionable"That's a very good question, which is why we're going to move on to the next question."
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speeches, politicians, questions, washington dc, press conference, press conferences, press secretary, press secretaries, spokesperson, spokespersons, spokesman, spokesmen, reporter, reporters, reporting, journalist, journalists, journalism, press pool, press pools, evade, evades, evading, evasion, evasions, question, questioning, softball, softballs, softball interview, softball interviews, hardball, hardball interview, hardball interviews, politician, politicians, mankoff"I'm back. My family didn't want to spend more time with me."
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politician, politicians, politics, government, governments, retire, retiring, retirement, failed retirement, back, return, returns, come back, comeback, comebacks, come backs, come out of retirement, time, spend time with family, spent time, family, families, family problems, family issues, speech, speeches, news, camera, cameras, reporter, reporters, reporting, media, press, press conference, press conferences, election, elections, election campaign, election campaigns, political campaign, political campaigns, break, breaks"And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling..."
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crimes, criminal, criminals, political, politics, caught, found out, blame, blame game, excuse, excuses, excuse making, making excuses, politics, political scandal, political scandals, press, press conference, press conferences, government, politician, politicians, political party, political parties, thanks obama, reporter, reporters, journalist, journalists, law and order"I'm happy to answer your question as soon as you stop asking it."
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question, questions, answer, answers, press conference, press conferences, committee, committees, senate hearing, senate hearings, hearing, hearings, public inquiry, public inquiries, politician, politicians, congressmen, congressman, chatterbox, chatterboxes, chatter-box, chatter-boxes, ego, egos, egotist, egotists, egotistical, vain, vanity, self-centred, self-centered, like to hear yourself talk