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The message is racism and attacks on race is not what we are about. we are about taxes and spending. >> there was talk about liberal groups showing up and pretending to be tea party activists and trying to hurt them from within. did you see that? >> i didnt. there were clear liberal protests. it was protests by liberals. the idea of anybody infiltrating to be misleading, i didnt see any signs of that. >> its interesting, john, the democrats big push is we are the party thats going to lower your ...

There was a move to try to just make sure there werent any -- nothing that would be objectional. >> reporter: the crowd is still overwhelmingly white. the message is racism and attacks on race is not what we are about. we are about taxes and spending. >> there was talk about liberal groups showing up and pretending to be tea party activists and trying to hurt them from within. did you see that? >> i didnt. there were clear liberal protests. it was protests by liberals. the idea of anybody infilt...

They have a credibility problem on this issue. now, whats interesting, this year, the federal tax burden has fallen on most americans. taxes are going up next year. this year, more americans paid less in federal income taxes. >> people dont feel that. >> no, they dont. we are in an economic recession theres a lot of anxiety. in addition to the political frustration. tea partiers number one issue, spending. the report said the number of pork barrel products and cost went down with the democratic ...

Were 110 democrats that voted for the iraq war resolution, 67 of those democrats, including john cary, john edwards, hillary clinton, on the floor of the congress said iraq had weapons of mass destruction. >> the problem with that, as you know, it does not matter what the democrats on the floor of congress thought. the question was did bush lie in the run-up to iraq. the evidence overwhelming is he misled the intelligence. >> well, i personally think think president bush believed whats going on ...

Was the way to attack terrorism. and then things got a little bit dicey, because all these pictures came out, all the surveillance video, all the passports and the faked identities and the stolen identities, governments calling your ambassadors in to ask what on earth is going on since many of those people who stole those identities were israeli civilians. what is going on? >> christiane, you know me long enough to assume that when i tell you that i have nothing to say about this story, i have n...

Credibility problem right now. >> i dont want to mention some of the member states by name. i suggest to you to check the human rights standards. they tell you there is a need to have academic and then legal discussion of the way to fight effectively terrorists who are using civilian population as human shieldings. there is a need for modification of the not letting all of us

Point where i agree with tzipi livni. >> so you would also agree to be arrested? >> yeah. i was in london when they announced there was an inquiry and they were going to issue a kind of arrest order. i didnt change an iota in my schedule in these two days. >> and yet, and yet, lets be frank, your government knows that there is a credibility problem right now. its launched a massive, intense, unprecedented pr campaign -- >> christiane -- >> but isnt that true? >> i dont want to mention -- >> but ...

>> look -- >> theres the famous one back in -- >> in the next interview, you can ask me about it. if i will answer this right now, i will implicitly answer your question. i say, i do not have anything to say about this. >> okay. but then how does it affect israels standing in the world, for instance? i mean, this is all giving you a credibility problem in terms of public relations. you are on a major public relations offensive after the gullstone report, after this as well, around the world, bec...

Much as anybody elses? >> they have to own it. the deaths of 12 afghan civilians doesnt help our case and our cause any as well because the karzai government has a credibility problem. this is a foreshadowing of what the obama mcchrystal strategy really is which is to clear holds and then govern. trying to clear a strategy to bring enough force and diplomacy and economic deliverables to get the afghan government to stand up on its own and it is an important indication of whether or not we will b...

"time" magazines co-author of the number one best-seller three weeks in a row, "game change." mark, weve got a new poll out that shows the -- not new, its been around for a while. only 28% of the people think that sarah palin is qualified. 70% think she is not. what would be the assessment you would come up with after all your reporting for "game change"? >> unless she makes some radical changes and has stuff inside of her we have not seen, that number who thinks shes unqualified is going to go ...