One of the greatest chairmen the Democratic Party ever had, Bob Strauss Bill Clinton – Speech to the 2012 Democratic National Convention

Bob Strauss was DNC chair from 1972-1977, after which he served as U.S. Trade Representative and U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union

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This man was awesome: He merged Texas tough with Washington smooth. About 30 years ago, when he caught two paralegals in his law firm talking too loudly about firm business in the elevator he leaned over, grabbed each on the shoulder from behind and gruffly whispered: “Men who discuss their Bidness on elevators soon find they got no Bidness to talk about.” He let us go, walked off then flashed a mean look peppered with a cool smile. Those words and that sparky smile remain burned in me brain. Cool man.

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In Tampa a few days ago, we heard a lot of talk — (laughter) — all about how the president and the Democrats don’t really believe in free enterprise and individual initiative Bill Clinton – Speech to the 2012 Democratic National Convention

A reference to the Republicans' speeches at the 2012 Republican National Convention. Even Clint Eastwood dumped on Obama for being anti-business

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I want to nominate a man who’s cool on the outside Bill Clinton – Speech to the 2012 Democratic National Convention

Obama is sometimes known as “Mr. Cool,” because he is (at least outwardly) unfazed by the many difficulties that he faces as President

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A man whose own life has known its fair share of adversity and uncertainty Bill Clinton – Speech to the 2012 Democratic National Convention

Obama actually lost his first national-level election, for Congress in 2002. And he was so broke in 2000 that his credit card was declined at the rental car office when he was trying to attend the Democratic National Convention in LA

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Then just six weeks before his election, saw it suffer the biggest collapse since the Great Depression Bill Clinton – Speech to the 2012 Democratic National Convention

A reference to the Lehman Brothers collapse on Sept. 15, 2008 — which caused an economic collapse 6 weeks before the 2008 election

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A nigga in the booth feelin' fresher than some new Nikes
Dawg, and I cruise like cruise control
Fuck that! I can't do it, I might lose my soul
Even though it should help a nigga to his goal
Would defeat the whole purpose Joe Budden – Hiatus 1

Joe Budden mocks the simple lyrics of popular artists, talking about cars and clothes. He quickly is disgusted with the style, and admits it would help him see sales, he would not dumb it down as that would defeat the purpose of why he makes music

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We are going to bleed and bleed and hemorrhage, unless this Congress at least protects one industry that is able to retrieve a surplus balance of trade and whose total future depends on its protection from the savagery and the ravages of this machine Jack Valenti – Hearing on Home Recording of Copyrighted Works

This is Valenti on VCRs — imagine if he’d seen the DVR

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Then what of the national throat? Will it not weaken? What of the national chest? Will it not shrink? John Philip Sousa – The Menace of Mechanical Music

John Philip Sousa — great composer, lousy predictor of the future of the music business. American music only became the most popular in the world in the era of recorded music — way more popular than in Sousa’s era

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