Paul Begala

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Biography

American political consultant

  • Primary profession
  • Actor·writer
  • Country
  • United States
  • Nationality
  • American
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 12 May 1961
  • Place of birth
  • New Jersey
  • Education
  • University of Texas School of Law
  • Knows language
  • English language
  • Member of
  • Democratic Party

Movies

TV

Books

Trivia

Hosts MSNBC show "Equal Time" alongside former Marine Colonel Oliver North.

Democratic strategist.

Former advisor and spokesman for President Bill Clinton.

Best friends with James Carville since 1983.

In 1979, graduated from Dulles High School in Sugar Land, Texas. Earned both his Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctor from the University of Texas at Austin, where he taught briefly.

Raised in Missouri City, Texas, where his father was an oilfield equipment salesman.

Father of four sons, including William Travis Begala.

(January 2005) Teaching "Media and Politics" in the Public Policy Department at Georgetown University for the Spring 2005 semester.

Brother of Chris Begala.

He has Hungarian and Irish ancestry.

Quotes

Politics is show business for ugly people.

Stroke of the pen. Law of the land. Kinda cool.

Politics is show business for ugly people. .

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