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"This isn't going to be some kind of 'We're like them, they're like us, wishy-washy, mealymouth, you-can't-tell-the-difference' deal."
JOHN KERRY, front runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, on the election campaign against U.S. President George W. Bush

"Senator Kerry has been in Washington long enough to take both sides on just about every issue."
GEORGE W. BUSH, starting his re-election campaign after Senator Kerry's big primary wins on Super Tuesday

"Holding hands won't make the problems go away."
LIEN CHAN, Taiwan presidential candidate, criticizing President Chen Shui-bian for organizing a 500-km...