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Part 6 of Dissecting the Dem Debate in Philly

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Somebody's got to be saying, "Wait a minute. Who's talking about whether I'm going to have health care?" I've introduced the bill, H.R. 676.

You have somebody worried about losing their home. We need to cancel Bush's tax cuts and flip them so we give the benefit to the 80 percent, while currently it's going to the top one percent, so people will have more money so they can save their homes.

I mean, we have to talk about people's practical aspirations here. And, if we don't do that tonight, this debate is a total flop.

Thank you, Dennis. After all, wouldn’t it be nice to know at the end of these debates if your job security or lack of job security is going to improve when you vote for any of these candidates? Wouldn’t it be nice to know that your struggle with health care is going to improve? Wouldn’t it be nice to know that someone cares about how much you are paying in taxes and where those taxes are going? I think it would be nice and only Dennis keyed in on the exact ways to improve life for Americans. All the others donated catch phrases to the history books so when future Americans read about Tuesday night’s debate they can see how clever or evasive these candidates were.

Williams: Senator Biden, you said recently, "While Mrs. Clinton was meeting socially with the prime minister of a country, I was sitting down and negotiating with them. I know my experience is considerably deeper and more relevant."

Do you stand by that quote, and is your inference that she is less qualified than you to be president?

Biden: I'm not running against Hillary Clinton. I'm running to lead the free world. I'm running to lead this country. And the irony is, Rudy Giuliani, probably the most underqualified man since George Bush to seek the presidency...

(Laughter)

... is here talking about any of the people here.

(Applause)

Rudy Giuliani -- I mean, think about it. Rudy Giuliani -- there's only three things he mentions in a sentence: a noun and a verb and 9/11. I mean, there's nothing else.

(Laughter)

And the award for best one-liner goes to Joseph Biden. That doesn’t mean I’m voting for him but despite my contentions that Republicans should not be discussed yet in the Democratic debates, this was a great line.

There's nothing else, and I mean this sincerely. He is genuinely not qualified to be president. Here's a man who brags about how he made the city safe. It was the Biden crime bill that became the Clinton crime bill that allowed him to do that.

They wipe it out. He remains silent.

The 9/11 Commission comes along and says the way to keep your city safe is to do the following things. He's been silent. He's done nothing.

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