David Brock Quotes

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David Brock

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Birth : November 2, 1962

Criticizing Fox News has nothing to do with criticizing the press. Fox News is not a news organization. It is the de facto leader of the GOP, and it is long past time that it is treated as such by the media, elected officials and the public.

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The truth is that the more responsible the media outlet, the more responsive they are to constructive criticism.

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I didn't wake up one day and say, you know, 'Supply-side economics doesn't make sense.'

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I'm an incredibly hard worker, I'm incredibly tenacious, and I'm incredibly detail-oriented.

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I'm kind of a builder of institutions. I think I've got some ability to look at what's out here, look at a playing field, and identify gaps and niches.

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There's every financial incentive in the world to stay in the conservative movement forever.

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The right can distort anything it wants.

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I'm a former, living, breathing, right-wing conspirator.

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It's very important to understand that the 'Talk' piece was not an excerpt, it was an adaptation, which means I compressed different parts of the book and made a new piece.

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I was a bad journalist.

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I think the Republicans are trying to learn from their mistakes about attacks on women because the women's vote will backfire.

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Certainly going back to 2008 during the primary, Secretary Clinton was subjected to various forms of sexism - overt, subtle - that were detrimental. Fortunately, Senator Obama was not subjected to something similar; the culture seemed to tolerate sexism and not racism. We ought not tolerate either.

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I don't think the candidate would be directly responsible for things that their supporters say, but when it gets to a certain level, they ought to say, 'Cut it out.'

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All of these attacks on Secretary Clinton, at the end of the day, are character attacks.

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Fox prefers to focus on people who are doing bad - especially if they're Democrats, or environmentalists.

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Donald Trump intimidated the press and bullied the press.

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There was a slow-motion swift boating of Hillary Clinton in '15.

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Once you apologize, then the press wants you to get down on your knees and say you're sorry. They are not appeasable.

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At the end of the day, I think Donald Trump will be the great unifier of the Democratic Party.

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I think the Democratic Party has to learn how to be a party of opposition.

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