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December 23, 2011
Paul was asked about the newsletters by cnn. >> i didnt write them. i disavow them. thats it. >> so you read them but you didnt do anything about it at the time? >> i never read that stuff. ive never read -- i was probably aware of it ten years after it was written. >> these things are pretty incendiary. you know, the -- >> well, because of people like you. >> no, no, no, no. come on. some of the stuff was very incendiary. and you know, saying that in 1993 the israelis were responsible for the b...
December 22, 2011
are going to be making some statements i suspect as well. at least the president will talk about whats at stake for them. john, you and i have covered these games of chicken for a long time. president will be walking out in a moment. cant believe personally that they wont work out a deal between now and december 31st, because the stakes are too enormous. >> the stakes are enormous. i think youre right theyll try to work out a deal. if republicans this morning didnt think theyd wake up ...
December 20, 2011
The pledge or a judge saying that you will put a superintendent in jail if he hears the word benediction or invocation, those type of things. that is a somewhat extreme. >> but can you imagine if president obama issued a subpoena and said, i would like to have scalia, roberts and thomas show up here at 1600 pennsylvania avenue and explain to me their rationale in how they vote perhaps next year on the health care bill. there would be a hew and cry, and appropriately so. >> i think judges do take...
December 20, 2011
Invocation, those type of things. that is a somewhat extreme. >> but can you imagine if president obama issued a subpoena and said, i would like to have scalia, roberts and thomas show up here at 1600 pennsylvania avenue and explain to me their rationale in how they vote perhaps next year on the health care bill. there would be a hew and cry, and appropriately so. >> i think judges do take opportunities across the country to go into different forums to talk about different issues. ive seen on c-...
December 15, 2011
Himself and he does have defenders, among them former congressman walker who served with newt in the congress until 1997. mr. walker, you used to be on the other side and ill give you a full responsibility to explain your long ago colleague. im kidding you, the blues brothers are back. you and him are coming back into power, right? >> used to do a pretty good performance on c-span and so on and did pretty good by it. >> i want you to be his best friend and explain some of the things he said. her...
December 14, 2011
Get the republicans to do the right thing. >> well keep trying. thanks a lot, lawrence. >> thank you. and now the humiliation of donald trump as a debate moderator is complete. well show you the insanity that was the donald trump debate from start to finish in tonights "rewrite." and the most feared man in the republican presidential campaign is a 22-year-old college student. why? hes been watching c-span and posting clips to his youtube page. clips the republican candidates were hoping you ...
December 14, 2011
The romney campaign has been hoping that wed all forget about that. that video surfaced today and provoked this response from the perry campaign. "its no surprise that mitt romney would have described himself as having progressive views. a quick look at his record shows that he pursued plenty of progressive policies as governor." the romney campaign offered this defense to that video. "the very last thing the democrats want to do is run against mitt romney. thats why theyre focused on his campai...
December 14, 2011
Hypotheticals. just like newt. candace gingrich-jones, thank you for swrojoining us tonight. >> thanks for having me on, lawrence. coming up, will the republican house of representatives actually go on vacation and do nothing to stop a tax increase on january 1st? ill have an exclusive interview with house democratic whip steny high i hoyer. and the campaign seasons king of opposition research happens to be a college student. he watches endless hours of c-span video to find old clips of candid...
December 14, 2011
Thanks for joining us tonight. good luck with your annual christmas ritual of trying to get the republicans to do the right thing. >> well keep trying. thanks a lot, lawrence. > and now the humiliation of donald trump as a debate moderator is complete. well show you the insanity that was the donald trump debate from start to finish in tonights "rewrite." and the most feared man in the republican presidential campaign is a 22-year-old college student. why? hes been watching c-span and posting c...
December 14, 2011
You for joining us tonight. >> thanks for having me on, lawrence. coming up, will the republican house of representatives actually go on vacation and do nothing to stop a tax increase on january 1st? ill have an exclusive interview with house democratic whip sten hoyer. and the campaign seasons king of opposition research happens to be a college student. he watches endless hours of c-span video to find old clips of candidates saying stuff they wish we would all forget. mitt romneys worst enemy...