Tommy Thompson: “This world is in bad shape right now. You look around…”

Name: One-on-one with Tommy Thompson _ Cap Times Idea Fest
Uploaded: 2024-09-21T00:00:00+00:00
Duration: 1 min 3 s
Description: One-on-one with Tommy Thompson _ Cap Times Idea Fest

“My father ran a small grocery store that I worked at, and every Friday night, the farmers would come in because my father was on the county…”

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“I arrived in 1960.”

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“My grandfather Charles Dutton ran for [the assembly], came in 7th out of seven.”

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“I still own the farm that my great grandfather homesteaded in 1869.”

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“I have 1700 acres.”

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“We have 150 head of cattle.”

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“My grapes go into [the little red schoolhouse wine from Ripon].”

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“I started the collegians for Goldwater.”

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“Goldwater came here and I was going to put him on campus, but they wouldn't let him. So I took him to the Capitol and he gave a speech in…”

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“His wife Peggy was the head of planned parenthood in Arizona.”

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“Tommy Thompson has done everything we've asked to do and has been honest with us.”

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“I think I could be a better governor, better leader, a better president of the university if I listen to all sides.”

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“I was 23 years of age. I had one, three credits to graduate from law school.”

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“Louis Romel was this gentleman's name, 16 years from Adams county.”

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“He took a cruise to Alaska in August.”

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“The Juno County Republican party where I grew up endorsed Louis Romello.”

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“Put a paid ad. Do not vote for Tommy Thompson.”

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“My father would give me $10 a day, $5 for gas.”

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“I borrowed $1,000 from the bank of Bellroy and bought a $200 car that had 200,000 miles.”

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“I ran on highway safety.”

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“I went all over, knocked on every door.”

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“I didn't have any money, and I didn't have even a girlfriend.”

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“The Democrats controlled everything, and Republicans could not get any legislation passed.”

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“I knew more about the rules in the assembly than the speaker did.”

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“I was the only Republican to beat an incumbent Democrat governor that year.”

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“I'm going to appoint Tim Cullen, the majority leader in the state senate as my new secretary of health and human services.”

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“Mike Dukakis said that was the smartest and the best healthcare program in the United States.”

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“That was the genesis for Badger care.”

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“We carved out that program and we passed it, and it still today is an outstanding program.”

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“Democrats and Republicans both rally around it and both support it.”

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“70% [of prisoners] have either a drug or alcohol problem.”

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“What I really wanted to do was build one of my prisons into a university.”

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“They are now [teaching courses in prisons].”

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“We have too many individuals in prison that really don't need to be there.”

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“I'd like to set up the judges that have already finished their terms on a panel to go in and try these cases again in prison and see whether…”

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“I bet we could reduce the population considerably.”

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“There's so many that have been put in prison that if they had the opportunity and had evidence that they have restored their integrity and…”

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“Kofi Annan was un secretary, and he came down to see me, and he came down to see Colin Powell.”

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“He said, if you can get $100 million from Washington, we can start this program.”

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“George W. Bush said, I'll give you 45 minutes. An hour and a half later, we had an agreement that he would come out the next day, on Monday…”

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“Congress wanted to up it, and they put in 200 million.”

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“That was the start of the global fund, which has saved millions of lives.”

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“I ran to be the chairman of the global fund. And I was. I was not the first chairman. I was the second one.”

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“We raised $5 billion over the course of the time, and now it's been up to $8 billion.”

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“That program, the global fund, has saved millions of lives.”

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“Nikki Haley didn't get the nomination. Donald Trump is the nominee for the Republican Party.”

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“Between Kamala and Donald Trump, I think Donald Trump is a better candidate for president.”

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“I think right now the Republican Party deserves a chance. And I think the Republican Party, I think the Republican Party has better ideas…”

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“This country has serious, serious problems and we cannot afford to continue to be so partisan and so political that we don't talk to each…”

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“I hope to be able to influence the Republicans to work closer with the Democrats and get something done.”

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“I do not want anybody to get so pushed so far that somebody decides to go nuclear. That's the end of civilization.”

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Tommy Thompson: “This world is in bad shape right now. You look around, you…”