Either way, the next time you watch Kerry handling a question, ask not only whether he's saying the right thing in the right way, but whether he's saying it to the right person on the right show.

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But we also can't sugarcoat it and tell them that doing the right thing -- the right way -- is the appropriate conduct in life.

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But it is the right thing to do, to do it way in advance and to look far down the road.

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We can't stand in the way when it comes to doing the right thing on deficits.

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And we hope, over the next couple weeks, we fully expect Congress to do the right thing and to solve this and solve it in a bipartisan way.

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In 2004, Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry decided that the way out of that predicament was to argue that Bush, while doing the right thing in combating terrorism, was distracted by Iraq when he should have been focused on Afghanistan.

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Those on the right should not allow ideology to get in the way of allowing the government to do the smart thing.

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