1:38:47
The President feels there is no value
in this kind of character debate.
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Will the President ever respond
to Senator Rumson's question...
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...about being a member of the ACLU?
1:38:56
Yes, he will.
1:38:58
Good morning.
1:38:59
It's all right. Please keep your seats.
1:39:09
For the last couple of months,
Senator Rumson has suggested...
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...that being president of this country was
to a certain extent about character.
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Although I have not been willing
to engage in his attacks on me...
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...Ive been here
three years and three days...
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...and I can tell you without hesitation...
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...being president of this country...
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...is entirely about character.
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For the record:
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Yes, I am a card-carrying member
of the ACLU.
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But the more important question is:
Why aren't you, Bob?
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This is an organization...
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...whose sole purpose is to defend
the Bill of Rights.
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So it naturally brings the question:
Why would a senator...
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...his party's most powerful spokesman
and a candidate for president...
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...choose to reject
upholding the Constitution?