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I voted for you during your last election.

I am, you know, a Democrat through and through. I've always voted Democratic. You know, that is where my heart lies.

I'm the one who initiated the democratic process.

I may not be the favourite candidate of some people within the Republican establishment, but the voters made a decision.

There's no question in my mind that I think I would have been a better president than Barack Obama has been.

I voted for Barack Obama.

But I'm not a member of the Democratic Party. If you know anything about me, anybody who's followed me, I'm the anti-Democrat. I have railed against the Democrats for a long time.

I believe I have voted for both Democrats and Republicans. Am I either one? Absolutely not. Ladies and gentlemen, I am an American.

I said when I came into office that I don't want to be a great leader; I want to be a good democrat.

President Obama seems to think that you win by demonstrating that you're a more reasonable person than your opponents. It didn't work too badly, I'll grant, as an electoral strategy in the 2012 election.