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>> all the way to bill clinton, putting the monica lewinsky scandal in historical conquest. the political party throwing dirt at each other, turns out not to be true. >> to be included in this book, over the course of nation's history. >> we were asked to show, what we consider personal and important in the grand scheme of the political story. >> we talk about a couple of them. american society which are loosely translated as grow up. can i tell you what you are going to say about the way few sex scandals and politicians? >> i have been in the -- a huge effect on our live and we use this to communicate -- and recommendation to our own age. a much different reaction than we do. we have a very knee-jerk reaction. and politicians have a message -- and don't mean to sound facetious but it is true. and -- career as are destroyed, i don't think fat will happen. it is very dangerous. it would indicate the president was good or bad because he had an active libido or not. to fight two wars and be able to sleep with everyone to. >> in the last 20 years or so would it be fair to say th
>> all the way to bill clinton, putting the monica lewinsky scandal in historical conquest. the political party throwing dirt at each other, turns out not to be true. >> to be included in this book, over the course of nation's history. >> we were asked to show, what we consider personal and important in the grand scheme of the political story. >> we talk about a couple of them. american society which are loosely translated as grow up. can i tell you what you are going to...
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flint to normalize deviance of bill clinton. that had nothing to do with sex but the chief law-enforcement engaging and perjury and obstruction of justice. evidence of this that clinton was the first president to lose his law license because of his perjury and obstruction of justice. this is a way of larry flint to normalise himself. >> i don't think that is accurate. we were telling the important story and the case of bill clinton in which case this national tryout and saga over sex captivated the public mind and distracted us from serious threats to america one of which was not tied up. of the 9/11 commission recordrosto led commissioners say the monica lewinsky scandal distracted the administration and kept us from doing what we should have been doing to protect the american public. p >> guest: you will never convinceub everyone about bill clinton and they will have pros and cons why he was a great president or why he was a tv and. people will argue that for centuries to come. >> were there any political any all sexual escapa
flint to normalize deviance of bill clinton. that had nothing to do with sex but the chief law-enforcement engaging and perjury and obstruction of justice. evidence of this that clinton was the first president to lose his law license because of his perjury and obstruction of justice. this is a way of larry flint to normalise himself. >> i don't think that is accurate. we were telling the important story and the case of bill clinton in which case this national tryout and saga over sex...
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key thing that bill clinton made they thought every hasn't been released yet but i think you may have made a gaffe here too because he was asked about waking leaks and asked about the diplomatic cables that were released specifically and he kind of said oh it's fine i think we'll recover from all the information that came out i mean that wasn't information that was that was true information that wasn't some kind of a lie that was put on the internet these are actual diplomatic cables if he thinks that all of that can be forgiven what's the point in fact checking. i mean i think it's funny how different priorities are held by different agencies i think most americans agree it's really important to have this information out there and that what we need to be focusing on is getting more information about our government more accessibility more discussion more debate but instead it seems like what congress is focused on the shutting things down you know tamping down increasing restrictions and making sure that people can only say approved things or for example. i def i think of that's going
key thing that bill clinton made they thought every hasn't been released yet but i think you may have made a gaffe here too because he was asked about waking leaks and asked about the diplomatic cables that were released specifically and he kind of said oh it's fine i think we'll recover from all the information that came out i mean that wasn't information that was that was true information that wasn't some kind of a lie that was put on the internet these are actual diplomatic cables if he...
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>> i love this coming from bill clinton. bill clinton in 1995 -- let's roll the tape -- newt gingrich actually succeeded in reducing medicare. what this bill clinton do? he demagogued medicare. look at the ads and they ran, it was all about throwing granny in the snout. it worked. what did he do? nothing. he did not lift a finger -- >> obama has clearly made the same decision that clinton did in 1995. he did not speak about entitlements on the budget, which, incidentally, went to a vote in the senate and was defeated 97-0 this week. he is completely running on the following that -- americans are against it and get in the abstract, but if you touch anything in entitlements, you will lose. between now and election day, democrats will do absolutely nothing of entitlements except demagogue it. >> mark? >> let me dissent from my two colleagues. first of all, this is a republican fiasco this is not scripture, paul ryan's -- it is a political solution offered, terribly, terribly un. not only is that slot, but it will provide 1/3 of
>> i love this coming from bill clinton. bill clinton in 1995 -- let's roll the tape -- newt gingrich actually succeeded in reducing medicare. what this bill clinton do? he demagogued medicare. look at the ads and they ran, it was all about throwing granny in the snout. it worked. what did he do? nothing. he did not lift a finger -- >> obama has clearly made the same decision that clinton did in 1995. he did not speak about entitlements on the budget, which, incidentally, went to a...
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i think we also have to examine what seems like a bit of hypocrisy here we have bill clinton wanting to create a internet fact checking body that regulates everything at the same time his wife hillary clinton who is the secretary of state is you know has been working on a free and open internet initiative when it comes to the rest of the world when it comes to you know that allowing suppressed uncensored thoughts to prevail in other countries. yeah i mean it's part of this whole duality the u.s. government in hillary clinton's office in particular on the one hand the state department has to cried wiki leaks and people publishing things on the internet or taken steps to get them taken off. and one of the biggest funders of internet promotion and this notion that the internet will bring democracy to all these regions suffering from censorship and government control i think it's part of the. local officials that oh look it's ok we do it you know what other countries censor the internet that's a big problem but when the u.s. government does it since we're so noble you know our intent is
i think we also have to examine what seems like a bit of hypocrisy here we have bill clinton wanting to create a internet fact checking body that regulates everything at the same time his wife hillary clinton who is the secretary of state is you know has been working on a free and open internet initiative when it comes to the rest of the world when it comes to you know that allowing suppressed uncensored thoughts to prevail in other countries. yeah i mean it's part of this whole duality the...
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democrat, bill clinton. >> paul ryan. >> how are you? >> reporter: he even got some surprising words of encouragement. >> i told them before you got here, i said, i'm glad we won this race in new york. but i hope the democrats don't use it as an excuse to do nothing. >> reporter: ryan's plan would reduce medicare's costs by eventually replacing the current system with one where seniors would buy government subsidized private insurance. riding through washington today, ryan told us republicans need to fight for his plan. what do you say to these, maybe weak-kneed republicans -- >> this is not the time to go wobbly. they're going to run the attack ads at us regardless. this is a time for leaders to be leaders. >> reporter: house republicans overwhelmingly voted in favor of ryan's plan and now may pay a political price. did you just cost the republicans control of the house? >> i don't think so. i think we were elected in this last election to take a stand on fixing this country's fiscal problems. to go after spending, to solve this debt cr
democrat, bill clinton. >> paul ryan. >> how are you? >> reporter: he even got some surprising words of encouragement. >> i told them before you got here, i said, i'm glad we won this race in new york. but i hope the democrats don't use it as an excuse to do nothing. >> reporter: ryan's plan would reduce medicare's costs by eventually replacing the current system with one where seniors would buy government subsidized private insurance. riding through washington...
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and the way in which we propose to reform it for the next generation, it's in keeping with the bill clinton bipartisan commission to reform medicare, it's an idea that's been around for a long time called premium support, guaranteed coverage options for medicare where the government subsidized the poor
and the way in which we propose to reform it for the next generation, it's in keeping with the bill clinton bipartisan commission to reform medicare, it's an idea that's been around for a long time called premium support, guaranteed coverage options for medicare where the government subsidized the poor
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one of them turned out to be bill clinton. >> look what happened this week. tim pawlenty had an excellent rollout. he had a very good video, a good message. he's sharpened his message, linked his biography to what the country needs. excellent rollout. huntsman went up to new hampshire had a pretty good time up there. romney's had problems, but he raised a lot of money. he's still mitt romney. i think it will be one of those things. >> let me show the bulletin board which we keep updating on who's in, who's out, where people stand. you can see those who are out. romney makes it official on thursday, topping those among who are in. what is interesting is those still officially on the sidelines -- huntsman, palin, of course, and bachmann. and rick perry, who made some noise about getting in, texas governor. >> i agree that one of the dwarfs or one of the non dwarfs will become the nominee, and probably somebody already on that bulletin board. but i think one of the effects that palin has is to suck up the energy. we didn't start out this segment talking about ti
one of them turned out to be bill clinton. >> look what happened this week. tim pawlenty had an excellent rollout. he had a very good video, a good message. he's sharpened his message, linked his biography to what the country needs. excellent rollout. huntsman went up to new hampshire had a pretty good time up there. romney's had problems, but he raised a lot of money. he's still mitt romney. i think it will be one of those things. >> let me show the bulletin board which we keep...
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i think obama is in new territory since he's not going to get funding special funding approved like bill clinton did so he's well he's gone farther than the clinton and of course george bush for all his failings he did get congressional authorization for afghanistan and iraq and he was the champion of executive power but obama has really gone further in this case than bush ever went a couple things on that why is he getting a free pass they don't feel like we're seeing that much about it or criticism and what does this say about a president that campaigned on a not getting involved militarily when you were attacked and then u.s. wars and stalling the law i mean he had a sound bite that we played at the beginning of the show where he said that we will be ruled by law we will no longer violate the constitutional law that's not who we are as a country but it seems to be who he is as a president if this is an example well he's a constitutional law professor and he made the statement that you shouldn't we should be going to war unless congress approves unless we're attacked the country is a t
i think obama is in new territory since he's not going to get funding special funding approved like bill clinton did so he's well he's gone farther than the clinton and of course george bush for all his failings he did get congressional authorization for afghanistan and iraq and he was the champion of executive power but obama has really gone further in this case than bush ever went a couple things on that why is he getting a free pass they don't feel like we're seeing that much about it or...
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led by bill clinton right there israel and the palestinian authority leadership attempted to negotiate a settlement in the israeli palestinian conflict but bailed. now today for more on policies and the relationships in the middle east earlier i spoke with ambassador chas freeman the former ambassador to saudi arabia here's part of our conversation . well we're involved one way or another because of course we subsidize israel heavily with tax dollars. with weaponry. to conduct its occupation of these territories so even if we don't try to mediate we're we're there and we're involved. i think the cost of the conflict has become so. generating instability and terrorism. for for us as well as the region. it's become the key to our whole policy. position in the middle east and we really don't have any choice we've got to do what we can so with president obama coming out saying what he did. doesn't matter what he says because as you mentioned money talks the united states has given more aid to israel than any other foreign country since nine hundred eighty five i think it's three billion do
led by bill clinton right there israel and the palestinian authority leadership attempted to negotiate a settlement in the israeli palestinian conflict but bailed. now today for more on policies and the relationships in the middle east earlier i spoke with ambassador chas freeman the former ambassador to saudi arabia here's part of our conversation . well we're involved one way or another because of course we subsidize israel heavily with tax dollars. with weaponry. to conduct its occupation of...
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clinton you see there. to end the israeli palestinian conflict and it failed settlement was not reached it was unsuccessful so those are those are a few of some of the main points we just wanted to point out to give a little bit of context for our discussion now. and joining me is someone who knows very very well the ins and outs of diplomacy and foreign policy he has been a longtime person who has worked in this field for the united states he is chad's freeman the former ambassador to saudi arabia among other titles ambassador thanks so much for being with us so i want to start with the latest news you know we've seen over the last two days we saw president obama come out yesterday in a very very public speech very watch saying that peace between israel and palestine needed to be a two state solution going back to the one nine hundred sixty seven borders and then today you saw israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu sitting right next to president obama say absolutely not the one nine hundred sixty seven
clinton you see there. to end the israeli palestinian conflict and it failed settlement was not reached it was unsuccessful so those are those are a few of some of the main points we just wanted to point out to give a little bit of context for our discussion now. and joining me is someone who knows very very well the ins and outs of diplomacy and foreign policy he has been a longtime person who has worked in this field for the united states he is chad's freeman the former ambassador to saudi...
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he said the bill clinton in the 1990s would have thought differently. the reality is that both have used the mediscare tactics. it is sad but true, it is not looking like it is going to change. >> so is the issue dead in the water? why are we bothering to talk about it anymore? >> reporter: it is not necessarily dead in the water. even though all of these politics are going on, there are discussions that are happening. the vice president has meetings going on with republicans and democrats. they are broad discussions on how to reduce the deficit. they haven't gotten to the entitlement issue yet. they could possibly get to it. you know what? it is actually going to be pretty hard. republicans realize, carol, that they really bungled this message. the democrats so far have not released anything close to what paul ryan has in terms of the details as an alternative to that. the president has said that he wants to have some savings in medicare but harry reid, the senate majority leader yesterday said, it was hard to get him to answer a question on it. he als
he said the bill clinton in the 1990s would have thought differently. the reality is that both have used the mediscare tactics. it is sad but true, it is not looking like it is going to change. >> so is the issue dead in the water? why are we bothering to talk about it anymore? >> reporter: it is not necessarily dead in the water. even though all of these politics are going on, there are discussions that are happening. the vice president has meetings going on with republicans and...
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thousand and five that because bill clinton put it together in ninety six and basically you know said we're not going to look for individuals anymore we're going to look across the world for terrorism i think if we're going to see respects i think president obama deserves credit in george w. bush because reserves credit to i think george w. bush put the strategy in place to help find been osama bin laden the president obama would used to have the right tactic in order to actually catch him so i think they both deserve credit what a lot of what obama did was fundamentally a police action it's what bill clinton did after tim mcveigh blew up the are building and what george bush did was a war action and i don't see how that led to twenty two twenty four guys going into a comma you have to remember that osama bin ladin was in afghanistan he had safe haven with the taliban and because they are headed to what not to us but to a third country well you know that was before you talk about before george bush or tell him we're going to play no right after nine eleven mullah omar said if you can
thousand and five that because bill clinton put it together in ninety six and basically you know said we're not going to look for individuals anymore we're going to look across the world for terrorism i think if we're going to see respects i think president obama deserves credit in george w. bush because reserves credit to i think george w. bush put the strategy in place to help find been osama bin laden the president obama would used to have the right tactic in order to actually catch him so i...
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it is comparable to the 1993 energy vote in house of representatives, where bill clinton assured the democrats, "you walk the plank and a vote for this, and i will be with you in the foxwell." as soon as they did, if passed, max baucus and other democrats in the senate said, "now, we are not with you," and bill clinton dropped them like a bad habit. they dropped this already, but it will not be part othe senate, nopart of e publican platform 2012. plan, theng rling florida. mainew lee, mr. shirtless, stecntright now. agreen heods. la lg. rstas.eshate y setin w r ifim abt, ith cat revenuein it everyby, ten y add onor two. inls i commission -- bowles simpson commission, take way all th plsndheighest is >>oueay iminate all loopholes -- >> that is exactly it -- >> everybodyyby nefits. >> how do you feel about t home mortgage deduction, the charitable deduction you want to deprive hospitals and schools in central cities? there will be a case made -- fit. remember the fight traith exception and to pull -- real- estate -- exception and a loophole for real estate deals? democrats all over th
it is comparable to the 1993 energy vote in house of representatives, where bill clinton assured the democrats, "you walk the plank and a vote for this, and i will be with you in the foxwell." as soon as they did, if passed, max baucus and other democrats in the senate said, "now, we are not with you," and bill clinton dropped them like a bad habit. they dropped this already, but it will not be part othe senate, nopart of e publican platform 2012. plan, theng rling florida....
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bill clinton had an unsuccessful intervention at the branch davidian kpoungd. barack obama has succeeded in undertaking a highly risky, but very important effort. >> shortly after faking office, i directed leon panetta to make the killing or capture of bin ladin the top priority of our war against al qaeda. even as we continued our broader efforts to disrupt, dismantle and defeat his network. >> what he basically did, he answered the question. and the question has been answered and the debate should be over. >> we'll be right back. you're the best, mr. snuggles. [ thinking another pet name? all right, i'm smart enough to notice that my favorite fresh-brewed mickey d's sweet tea is now on the dollar menu, so i'm smart enough for this. you're the best, too... sweet tea... pie? aww, chipmunk. [ male announcer sweet tea and the mcdonald's dollar menu. [ thinking the best, another pet name?les. all right, i'm smart enough to notice that my favorite fresh-brewed mickey d's sweet tea is now on the dollar menu, so i'm smart enough for this. you're the best, too... swee
bill clinton had an unsuccessful intervention at the branch davidian kpoungd. barack obama has succeeded in undertaking a highly risky, but very important effort. >> shortly after faking office, i directed leon panetta to make the killing or capture of bin ladin the top priority of our war against al qaeda. even as we continued our broader efforts to disrupt, dismantle and defeat his network. >> what he basically did, he answered the question. and the question has been answered and...
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clinton did after the. mcveigh blew up the building and what george bush did was a war action and i don't see how that led to twenty two twenty four guys going into a comma you have to remember that osama bin ladin was in afghanistan he had safe haven with the taliban and because they are added to it as well not to us but to a third country well you know that was before before during the bush era to know you're going to play know right after nine eleven mullah omar said if you can prove if you can give us any evidence that this guy is involved we will arrest him and send him over to a third party then when bush started dropping bombs on afghanistan but no more held another press conference and said we don't even need the evidence anymore we'll just turn him over to a third country now this is also he said no i want to have a war. at the same time we're supporting al qaida and have been for years i don't know if he's the best credible person to rely on for this this information but i think it without going w
clinton did after the. mcveigh blew up the building and what george bush did was a war action and i don't see how that led to twenty two twenty four guys going into a comma you have to remember that osama bin ladin was in afghanistan he had safe haven with the taliban and because they are added to it as well not to us but to a third country well you know that was before before during the bush era to know you're going to play know right after nine eleven mullah omar said if you can prove if you...
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[laughter] >> it's bill clinton. [laughter] >> she knows enough of my speeches. she knows how to make a dramatic exit. i'm in law school. i walked up to bill clinton, i know your story, i have the same background, i want to go into politics. i don't know where to start. bill clinton took about 15 minutes of his so. i went even a constituent. he said go to high school. if you are going to be involved in the legislative process any way, it involves writing law. who better to know about the legal process than a lawyer? he said from a practical perspective, also, you have something to fall back on if you are a political desires don't fall through. and one the great ironies of that meeting is that it was 20 years, not just to the very day, but to almost that hour, that i was sitting in the house judiciary casting a vote. here 20 years later, our paths intersected in a way that neither of us could have been ever imagined. but the advise that he gave me was first appreciated, second, never forgetten, and moved to be very good advise. thank you, everybody. >> book tv has
[laughter] >> it's bill clinton. [laughter] >> she knows enough of my speeches. she knows how to make a dramatic exit. i'm in law school. i walked up to bill clinton, i know your story, i have the same background, i want to go into politics. i don't know where to start. bill clinton took about 15 minutes of his so. i went even a constituent. he said go to high school. if you are going to be involved in the legislative process any way, it involves writing law. who better to know...
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and bill clinton said, look, we are not going to cut and run. but we're also not going to have a witch hunt. not now. right now, nobody's getting fired, nobody's quitting. and we're not cutting and running. he was the most steely eyed, most determined person in the room. >> our rescue team knew and i knew that the operation was certain to be difficult. and it was certain to be dangerous. >> reporter: in april 1980, president jimmy carter gave the order for a complicated high risk rescue mission to free the 52 american hostages being held by iran. it was a debacle. two helicopters crashed, eight americans died and carter aborted the mission. he never recovered politically. they are the toughest calls. >> it's trust, it's judgment, it's knowing what kind of questions to ask and persisting in verifying the answers to those questions. if at all possible. >> reporter: and it's guts. because in the end, as jimmy carter found when those choppers crashed in the desert, as bill clinton found as the agony unfolded, and as barack obama found in that situat
and bill clinton said, look, we are not going to cut and run. but we're also not going to have a witch hunt. not now. right now, nobody's getting fired, nobody's quitting. and we're not cutting and running. he was the most steely eyed, most determined person in the room. >> our rescue team knew and i knew that the operation was certain to be difficult. and it was certain to be dangerous. >> reporter: in april 1980, president jimmy carter gave the order for a complicated high risk...
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bush and bill clinton bill clinton. so he's right there in the mix with the presidents. very similar in that way of expressing public faith. in terms of the state terms, the broad terms, bible, pray, blessings, so on he's the highest of any president in modern history just slightly higher in bill clinton who used about 12.5% in the average speech. barack obama uses 13. ronald reagan and george bush were right there as well. so he's very typical, very similar to the most recent presidents in the new model of public religion in that respect. let me give you another way similar to read this 1i think will some obvious at first but there's a little new ones that i will try to add. barack obama if you listen to any major address he has given - since he came into office. he will close that address by saying god bless america. usually god bless you and god bless america. and that is as i said pretty obvious because every president it seems closes, not president but politician closes a major address in that fashion. it turns out also that freezing, that signature closing mind now
bush and bill clinton bill clinton. so he's right there in the mix with the presidents. very similar in that way of expressing public faith. in terms of the state terms, the broad terms, bible, pray, blessings, so on he's the highest of any president in modern history just slightly higher in bill clinton who used about 12.5% in the average speech. barack obama uses 13. ronald reagan and george bush were right there as well. so he's very typical, very similar to the most recent presidents in the...
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it is comparable to the 1993 energy vote in house of representatives, where bill clinton assured the democrats, "you walk the plank and a vote for this, and i will be with you in the foxwell." as soon as they did, if passed, max baucus and other democrats in the senate said, "now, we are not with you," and bill clinton dropped them like a bad habit. they dropped this already, but it will not be part of the senate, not part of the republican platform in 2012. is this the only alternative, we will be stuck with the existing system. the ryan plan, the politics of it, are telling republicans in the northeast -- killing republicans in the northeast. you talked to republicans from new england -- >> florida. >> but particularly the northeast. there will be a change of the president shows leadership and a grabs the moment. i will tell you what is going to be a real problem in this matter, and that is the special house elections on the 24th of may in new york for the seat held by jack kemp, bill paxon, and chris lee, mr. shirtless, most recently. republican district for 45 years, and democrat
it is comparable to the 1993 energy vote in house of representatives, where bill clinton assured the democrats, "you walk the plank and a vote for this, and i will be with you in the foxwell." as soon as they did, if passed, max baucus and other democrats in the senate said, "now, we are not with you," and bill clinton dropped them like a bad habit. they dropped this already, but it will not be part of the senate, not part of the republican platform in 2012. is this the only...
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but bill clinton's words should be heeded. this is... here's the rub, right? you have voters who are saying we want the candidates that we vote for to address this spending and deficit issue. the problem is there's no consensus yet about how to go about doing that. what we learned last night, the ryan plan is not how a majority of voters want to go about doing that. >> woodruff: and then there's irony here, which is that this is the very issue, health care, medicare, treatment of seniors in the health care plan, that the democrats were being beaten up on last year. they've now turned it around to their favor-- at least temporarily. >> at least temporarily. you remember part of president obama's health care plan was to get $500 billion in savings in medicare, largely through medicare advantage. that is exactly what republicans ran on last year, put it on their t.v. ads. they said "you are hurting medicare, you're hurting seniors." so the republicans... this is a complete reversal of what we saw last year and now the democrats are trying to use it to their polit
but bill clinton's words should be heeded. this is... here's the rub, right? you have voters who are saying we want the candidates that we vote for to address this spending and deficit issue. the problem is there's no consensus yet about how to go about doing that. what we learned last night, the ryan plan is not how a majority of voters want to go about doing that. >> woodruff: and then there's irony here, which is that this is the very issue, health care, medicare, treatment of seniors...
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what i thought many years ago with bill clinton, and i cannot say that i have sympathy for bill clinton, but it really was the press that exploits the public mind. what can i say? i blame both officials and the press. host: did you vote for bill clinton both times? caller: quite honestly, i did both times. and the second time, there were a lot of -- there was a lot of joy and trusts in some of the policies that he had created. his lack of discretion and his inability to fully acknowledge that he needed to take some personal responsibility for the public, he created such a catastrophic loss for those working under his policies that i cannot say that i would be able to forgive him as a voting member of the public. i am not his wife so i cannot speak for her. host: you said you were an independent. has a politician's private life ever swayed your vote? caller: not really. it does make a difference and they need to be accountable to the losses to the public. but before office, we all knew bill clinton was someone who practiced infidelity. it was obvious to everyone. it was the strength of h
what i thought many years ago with bill clinton, and i cannot say that i have sympathy for bill clinton, but it really was the press that exploits the public mind. what can i say? i blame both officials and the press. host: did you vote for bill clinton both times? caller: quite honestly, i did both times. and the second time, there were a lot of -- there was a lot of joy and trusts in some of the policies that he had created. his lack of discretion and his inability to fully acknowledge that...
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even bill clinton weighed in saying this is a profoundly important moment. the crowd outside the white house gathering. i was coming into the studio into could hear them to the blocks away chanting "usa." at baseball games, the word leaked out in the middle of the game. the fans erupted in cheers of "usa." this will be "a profound moment," to use the words of the president. >> he did use those words and say it was a significant achievement. what did they say as far as the plan next? obama said u.s. authorities had custody of osama bin laden's body. are they saying what they will do with it? >> they are not saying. it is going to be the key debate. there will be those who do not believe the united states. in the case of saddam hussein, they did put the pictures on tv. the question is whether they want to do that. this administration is very concerned about what will happen next. they are very afraid that there could be retaliatory strikes. they are preparing the american public that it could be the case. the embassies have been put on alert. they do feel this
even bill clinton weighed in saying this is a profoundly important moment. the crowd outside the white house gathering. i was coming into the studio into could hear them to the blocks away chanting "usa." at baseball games, the word leaked out in the middle of the game. the fans erupted in cheers of "usa." this will be "a profound moment," to use the words of the president. >> he did use those words and say it was a significant achievement. what did they say...
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my hope actually is that another outsider candidate who is known globally like a bill clinton or kofi annan or george wea might run for fifa president. it's too late to happen this year but four years from now, i think they will be able to do things that fifa really needs to make -- for a cleaner organization. >> well avoided that question. thanks for that very much, an american journalist speaking to us. now, the mississippi river has reached near record levels as flooding continues to affect some southern u.s. states. the city is coping with floodwaters not seen since the 1930's which have forced people from some 1,300 homes. our reporter steve kingston has been in washington for us and said the worst of the floods is possibly over for memphis but the waters are threatening else where. >> the waters reached an almost historic high and inches shy of the record set in 1937 and low-lying neighborhoods have seen homes completely swamped. but the historic center of memphis, the downtown area, we are told, withstood the floods because of the system of levees that was put in place after th
my hope actually is that another outsider candidate who is known globally like a bill clinton or kofi annan or george wea might run for fifa president. it's too late to happen this year but four years from now, i think they will be able to do things that fifa really needs to make -- for a cleaner organization. >> well avoided that question. thanks for that very much, an american journalist speaking to us. now, the mississippi river has reached near record levels as flooding continues to...
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and i was talking to bill clinton yesterday -- let me finish. i was talking to bill clinton, we were on a phone and he was at 125th street his office on the 15th floor looking south. he said, mike, you have been talking about painting roofs white. i can't believe it. i just really noticed almost all of the roofs in new york city that he could see from his office were painted white. if you have a five-story building, paint your roof white so it reflects off the sun. you reduce your energy in that building by 20%. if you go in the stores, the public is buying fluorescent light bulbs. >> at the same time you have republican leaders in the country, the three prominent republican leaders running for the president is si of the united states running away as fast as they can from their previous supports cap and trade? >> well, that may very well be. cap and trade, i would run away from it, too. we need an energy tax. the abuses make it so inefficient. if that's the best we can do, i suppose we should do it. the bottom line is there will be a day when al
and i was talking to bill clinton yesterday -- let me finish. i was talking to bill clinton, we were on a phone and he was at 125th street his office on the 15th floor looking south. he said, mike, you have been talking about painting roofs white. i can't believe it. i just really noticed almost all of the roofs in new york city that he could see from his office were painted white. if you have a five-story building, paint your roof white so it reflects off the sun. you reduce your energy in...
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clinton started ninety six. on a college eric that's not the name of the trail went cold we know that they didn't have any idea what i mean but i mean the cia had this deficient that was doing this in fact i interviewed sandy berger right after the trans. and he said that he told condi rice that her biggest job was going to be getting osama bin laden and the from his own personal knowledge he knew that al gore had told dick cheney and that bill clinton told first of the bush the same thing look out bin laden's coming and that all three of them had basically laughed and say had you no interest whatsoever it was not an issue that we care about because the clinton ministration is obsessing on this you know and berger implied that the that the clinton administration had actually been negotiating with afghanistan to take possession of bin laden particularly after the time when he tried to kill him with the with the cruise missiles in there and the new cambridge one on the floor of the house and said he's just trying
clinton started ninety six. on a college eric that's not the name of the trail went cold we know that they didn't have any idea what i mean but i mean the cia had this deficient that was doing this in fact i interviewed sandy berger right after the trans. and he said that he told condi rice that her biggest job was going to be getting osama bin laden and the from his own personal knowledge he knew that al gore had told dick cheney and that bill clinton told first of the bush the same thing look...
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even though all of us who covered bill clinton's final months in office when he tried to negotiate a deal with then prime minister, they wanted to have that kind of swap as part of a pre-'67. and condoleezza rice when she was negotiated with the palestinians, and mahmoud abass, they had that swath and to formally state it, i expect they'll get over it. >> he's a tough negotiator. i was talking to a senior white house adviser after the speech. it was kind of frustrated by this reaction that netanyahu had, also, mitt romney said he had thrown israel under the bus. the president specifically stated that he would do nothing to jeopardize israel's security. >> he did but they also understand number one, the context. heading into a re-election cycle. both sides are trying to raise money off the jewish community and florida a very important state. let's go through some of that. since you brought up the politics, lindsay graham, very disappointed in the president singling out one issue. he didn't single out one issue but that's what he decided to state. by keeping the burden and thus the spo
even though all of us who covered bill clinton's final months in office when he tried to negotiate a deal with then prime minister, they wanted to have that kind of swap as part of a pre-'67. and condoleezza rice when she was negotiated with the palestinians, and mahmoud abass, they had that swath and to formally state it, i expect they'll get over it. >> he's a tough negotiator. i was talking to a senior white house adviser after the speech. it was kind of frustrated by this reaction...
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so, you know, bill clinton tackled welfare reform. i think we need to tackle the mandatory spending reform. host: let's hear from justin, i understand pen line in austin, texas. hi. caller: good morning, everyone. thank you for your service, colonel. guest: thank you, sir. caller: i have a couple of questions, and they're more of a broader theme. it's based on your experience in congress, based on leadership. first question would be, what experience have you been able to apply, your previous military experience, what have you found helpful as a national political figure, and what experience in the military have you kind of had to put aside that's not so helpful? and then secondly, now that you're wearing a suit and tie and not a military uniform, is there anything that you discovered in the armed services committee, your service on that committee have you found positive and/or negative? and finally -- guest: boy, you're giving my alley who the. i need to take some notes here. caller: ok. and finally, who would you rather share a foxho
so, you know, bill clinton tackled welfare reform. i think we need to tackle the mandatory spending reform. host: let's hear from justin, i understand pen line in austin, texas. hi. caller: good morning, everyone. thank you for your service, colonel. guest: thank you, sir. caller: i have a couple of questions, and they're more of a broader theme. it's based on your experience in congress, based on leadership. first question would be, what experience have you been able to apply, your previous...
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what i thought many years ago with bill clinton, and i cannot say that i have sympathy for bill clinton, but it really was the press that exploits the public mind. what can i say? i blame both officials and the press. host: did you vote for bill clinton both times? caller: quite honestly, i did both times. and the second time, there were a lot of -- there was a lot of joy and trusts in some of the policies that he had created. his lack of discretion and his inability to fully acknowledge that he needed to take some personal responsibility for the public, he created such a catastrophic loss for those working under his policies that i cannot say that i would be able to forgive him as a voting member of the public. i am not his wife so i cannot speak for her. host: you said you were an independent. has a politician's private life ever swayed your vote? caller: not really. it does make a difference and they need to be accountable to the losses to the public. but before office, we all knew bill clinton was someone who practiced infidelity. it was obvious to everyone. it was the strength of h
what i thought many years ago with bill clinton, and i cannot say that i have sympathy for bill clinton, but it really was the press that exploits the public mind. what can i say? i blame both officials and the press. host: did you vote for bill clinton both times? caller: quite honestly, i did both times. and the second time, there were a lot of -- there was a lot of joy and trusts in some of the policies that he had created. his lack of discretion and his inability to fully acknowledge that...
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but at the same time, bill clinton is right. you know, this isn't enough for democrats to just batter the republicans on what was a very stupid and extreme plan by paul ryan. they have to provide something positive, and they also have to really start to address the economy. >> gloria borger and joe kleine there. one thing to watch as this debate plays out, mitch mcconnell noted today they're in negotiations with vice president biden trying to strike a long-term deal to bring down deficits and debt. mcconnell saying medicare would not be as big an issue in the 2012 campaigns if there is a bipartisan agreement struck between republicans, democrat, and the obama white house that included some significant reductions in medicare. that is way the republicans hope to alleviate some of the political price they're paying at the very moment. >>> still ahead for us tonight, some devastating images from our time this week in joplin, missouri. ♪ [ male announcer ] in 2011, at&t is at work, building up our wireless network all across americ
but at the same time, bill clinton is right. you know, this isn't enough for democrats to just batter the republicans on what was a very stupid and extreme plan by paul ryan. they have to provide something positive, and they also have to really start to address the economy. >> gloria borger and joe kleine there. one thing to watch as this debate plays out, mitch mcconnell noted today they're in negotiations with vice president biden trying to strike a long-term deal to bring down deficits...
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thompson identified bill clinton as being the absolute worst president at least until the ones that followed him on. infringement on the fourth amendment and so we live in a time now were people like rand paul are treated literally as lunatics that's a quote from matthew yglesias of mainstream lefty blogger and also on the right as a guy who's basically analogous to lyndon la rouche david frum called him mad and all he was doing was talking literally about the fourth amendment and privacy in ways that should be familiar to every american's ears not just on the right over the up well first thing is to you know you mentioned that this is a bipartisan push but i remember during the bush administration there are a lot of angry democrats about this that would say that this is a this is a complete you know this is a tyrant that's running our country and he thinks that we need provisions within the patriot act we need the patriot act as a whole and then suddenly now they're all on board secondly harry reid doesn't even want any did takes over this how kind of democracy is that when you just say hey
thompson identified bill clinton as being the absolute worst president at least until the ones that followed him on. infringement on the fourth amendment and so we live in a time now were people like rand paul are treated literally as lunatics that's a quote from matthew yglesias of mainstream lefty blogger and also on the right as a guy who's basically analogous to lyndon la rouche david frum called him mad and all he was doing was talking literally about the fourth amendment and privacy in...
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which has been you know was unraveled by a series of presidents including bill clinton who ended welfare as we know it. what do we do where we start how do we do this so happen time is based on a report which lays out a pathway to cut poverty in half in ten years and one of the things it shows is that we actually know how to do this this isn't rocket science the model that if you raise the minimum wage to its historic level of half the average wage to make the tax code work for working families by handing the earned income tax credit child tax credit if you make child care fully vailable as a work support for those who need it you are to cut poverty by twenty six percent over the next ten years and so this is something that we know how to do and what happened ten is about is building the political and public will to do it and that's why this budget fight is so important for us it definitely is a new gingrich said the president obama's the most successful food stamp president in history. you know setting aside again i think fairly obvious racial implications of. isn't it isn't kind of biz
which has been you know was unraveled by a series of presidents including bill clinton who ended welfare as we know it. what do we do where we start how do we do this so happen time is based on a report which lays out a pathway to cut poverty in half in ten years and one of the things it shows is that we actually know how to do this this isn't rocket science the model that if you raise the minimum wage to its historic level of half the average wage to make the tax code work for working families...
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she's a federal judge appointed to the seventh circuit court of appeals by bill clinton sixteen years ago. respected across the political spectrum as an intellectual heavyyeight, she's twice been on barack obama's short list for theeu.s. supreme court. just maybe, the third time will be the charm. she's diane wood. this is overheard. ♪ >> judge wood, welcome. >> thank you very much. >> very. >> it's nice to be here. >> very nice to have you. thank you for coming. that's supreme court stuff is pretty much as we've heard it? ask you, the press doesn't't come to you and say are you on theeshort list. they just report that you're on the short list. >> it's correct. >> it is correct? >> yeah. [laughs] >> well, good and thank you for answering. >> if -- no, i think the white house released records saying that i. >> yeah. >> .in fact did meet with the president twice. >> yeah. you want to be on the supreme court? >> it would have been very nice. >> could still be very nice, actually. >> could be. >> yeah. what, what, what makes it so appealing? you look at the folks assembled on that court
she's a federal judge appointed to the seventh circuit court of appeals by bill clinton sixteen years ago. respected across the political spectrum as an intellectual heavyyeight, she's twice been on barack obama's short list for theeu.s. supreme court. just maybe, the third time will be the charm. she's diane wood. this is overheard. ♪ >> judge wood, welcome. >> thank you very much. >> very. >> it's nice to be here. >> very nice to have you. thank you for coming....
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clinton put together in one thousand nine hundred sixty you know bill clinton who could have killed. one who would catch cruise missiles into bin laden's camp missed him by fifteen minutes and then and then you know four hours before he was back with his girlfriend as he was impeaching. the president president clinton you had what was his name speaker of the house. who are new here originally i was going this is why good dog you know pronovost patterson said that clinton had several opportunities to kill a lot and he didn't do so because he wouldn't think it the legal justification was the same reason when he was on the road diesel's the same reason he was offered from sudan a lot and he didn't accept that i didn't why didn't i wish except except when i'm alone or offered him twice you know bush gave six provisos after we were attacking the greatest terrorist attack in world history that the taliban had to do to avoid war they did not meet those provides those and that's why war kurt baby had to give up in london among other things yeah well how about just been lot he was the bad guy
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a pesara de negarlo en 1998 por fin se supo bill clinton admitió sus encuentros sexuales con mónica lewinsky, con todo y un juez de destitución salió absuelto pero la entonces primera dama se muy bueno tuvo a su lado y lo apoyó. el ex gobernador de carolina del sur john edward sostuvo relación extra matrimoniales y produjeron un hijo. la esposa murió de cáncer en diciemb diciembre. con una periodista hispana de televisión, a pesar de estar casado y tener 4 hijos terminó en divorcio. >>> john f kennedy supo tropezar con otras mujeres que no fueran sus esposa, pero el más sonado con marlin morroe, hasta compartían jornadas en un yate, en 1988 el senador gary hart encabezaba las encuestas de su partido, pero bastó una foto con una modelo para acabar sus así producto interno bruto pi aspiración presidenciales. en 2>>> mil 9 stanford desapareció estaba bien perdido, en argentina, junto con maría belén una periodista con quien sostenía relación, se divorcio en 2010 fue enjuiciado pero liberado de cargos al dejar el puesto. pero el caso de eliot... es otra cosa w cuando fue gobern
a pesara de negarlo en 1998 por fin se supo bill clinton admitió sus encuentros sexuales con mónica lewinsky, con todo y un juez de destitución salió absuelto pero la entonces primera dama se muy bueno tuvo a su lado y lo apoyó. el ex gobernador de carolina del sur john edward sostuvo relación extra matrimoniales y produjeron un hijo. la esposa murió de cáncer en diciemb diciembre. con una periodista hispana de televisión, a pesar de estar casado y tener 4 hijos terminó en divorcio....
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think of bill clinton, ran as an outsider. we already mentioned george bush, so i think that's interesting. certainly a group that's working the outsider shtick today would be the tea party, very energized by that sense of opposition to a kind of corrupt mainstream america that's gone astray. >> how did you grow up, white will class? >> were you attracted to outside causes? >> writing is hard to be a young person in america since the 50's especially since devotee era of holden coffield and moss yourself as an outsider and certainly i was attracted to that too. i went to college from suburban out into where i grew up to the university of georgia, which at that time was breaking out with all kind of crazy bohemian musicians, r.e.m. was playing for free in venues around town and people thought it was the music capital of the nation. so yes i certainly enjoyed that and certainly took part in that. >> would you teach at the university virginia? >> i teach 20th century cultural history and the history of the u.s. south and i deutsch
think of bill clinton, ran as an outsider. we already mentioned george bush, so i think that's interesting. certainly a group that's working the outsider shtick today would be the tea party, very energized by that sense of opposition to a kind of corrupt mainstream america that's gone astray. >> how did you grow up, white will class? >> were you attracted to outside causes? >> writing is hard to be a young person in america since the 50's especially since devotee era of holden...