Ed Rendell
Ed Rendell
Edward Gene "Ed" Rendellan American lawyer and politician who served as the 45th Governor of Pennsylvania, from 2003 to 2011. Rendell, a member of the Democratic Party, served as mayor of Philadelphia from 1992 to 2000...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth5 January 1944
CountryUnited States of America
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If you have spent any time with Barack Obama, you know he's a funny guy. He's a good guy. He knows sports.
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I've always sort of believed that the future takes care of itself.
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Most people are motivated by the economy. And if you've lost your job, lost your mortgage, lost your 401(k), you're angry. And if your brother-in-law has lost one of those you're angry still. And when you're angry you take it out on people who are in office. Which is natural.
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Number one I think we should impose a fee or a tax on the transportation of trash per mile.
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There are a tremendous amount of environmental issues that are on the table.
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I think politics today is all about false choices: You can have a robust energy economy and a challenged environment, or a great environment and no economy. That's a false choice. You can do both.
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We've been working our tail off and lead by that example.
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We're exceptionally gratified, ... I think it's fair to say we're elated.
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We believe we're ready for them, ... We wanted to make sure we were ready before anybody came. We want the people of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County to welcome them as folks who have been through hell in the last week. We want to show them a little bit of Western Pennsylvania heaven when they get here.
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Would I be happy just practicing law? No. Would I be happy just doing TV and speeches? No. I want to do all of these things and be as active as I can... but my main goal is to have some degree of influence on the public discussion.
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Hurricane Katrina is having a serious impact on the lives of so many Americans and we want to do what we can to lessen its effect on people and families, especially our young people,
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But the FBI spokesman won't tell us anything else ... They won't tell the people of Philadelphia who in four weeks have to decide whether to re-elect a mayor or not,
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Because this is an industry that is young, it has tremendous potential,