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Over the last -- >> what do you think it is? do you think its whacky to think that george bush was pushing some sort of detonator that blew up the world trade center? that those werent airplanes flown by terrorists? >> no, of course i dont believe that, but ultimately the finsl decision will be made by iowans who have a chance to ask him that question directly. >> if he does think i think theres something to that, would he be dead? >> he would have tremendous difficulty. of course he would. >> e...

Repudiate those theories, like the one that the white house had something to do with blowing up the world trade centers, lets see what he says. lets watch when hes confronted with a question about 9/11. >> why dont you come out about the truth about 9/11? >> because i cant handle the controversy. i have the imf, the federal reserve to deal, and the irs to deal with. because, no, i just have more -- too many things on my plate. >> ron paul is also a repeat guest on the radio show of alex jones, w...

To build the case against iran, is that credible talk? >> it doesnt seem like it. but you know, a lot of people are talking about ron pauls views on national security and foreign policy, generally, and thats out of line with the mainstream of the republican party. but im not so sure that some of his views.ç now, thats a little bit different. but generally speaking, that we shouldnt have iran sanctions and we shouldnt go after iran. you know, i think youre finding that the republican electorate...

Has decided that newt is a mistake waiting to happen. i can quote mark who said -- newt gingrich is like yosemite sam, the dynamites going to blow up in his pants. [ laughter ] >> thats a -- >> thats a conservative! >> david, a local perspective here. weve watched these -- one of these frosty the snowmans after another melt week after week. thats my new metaphor for the winner here. the fact is that weve watched even donald trump melted in about two weeks. and herman cain took about three or fou...

I think hes going to underperform slightly, i do. i dont know who that will help. >> lets look at it next week. >> i wouldnt bet the farm on it.ç >> earlier this week on "today," i predicted it was going to be paul, romney, santorum as the finish. the one, two, three. now i begin to -- i dont know about one, two, but i do bet santorum for three. is he still the best bet? >> right now in that third tier race, yes. >> i agree with that. >> so he gets to go on in the race? he gets a ticket out of...

Is shifting a little bit. >> i do. i want to ask you about it. key question. have some republicans, maybe not a majority of them, in this state of iowa, got war fatigue? iraq, iran -- i mean, iraq and afghanistan. one more is ten years, the other is 8 1/2 years, just ending. if you come out as a peace nick, in other words, enough of these wars in the islamic part of the world, can you get votes? >> theres always a strain of that prairie pacifism that still runs through the heartland. you sense s...

Santorum is that he sometimes lapsed into congressionalese. remember how bob dole used to say, i passed this bill, or i passed that bill. >> mondale used to say, moment of personal privilege. >> ive been in the senate, because santorums record is from the senate for the most part. talks about the bills he passed, and that reminds people, suddenly a light bulb goes off, in their head, hes one of them. >> my favorite is, thats bills in markup. >> the other reason -- >> lets size it up here right n...

Mistake waiting to happen. i can quote mark who said --ç newt gingrich is like yosemite sam, the dynamites going to blow up in his pants. [ laughter ] >> thats a -- >> thats a conservative! >> david, a local perspective here. weve watched these -- one of these frosty the snowmans after another melt week after week. thats my new metaphor for the winner here. the fact is that weve watched even donald trump melted in about two weeks. and herman cain took about three or four weeks to melt. and mic...

Something to do or knew something about 9/11 ahead of time. does that strike people as whacky or credible? >> i think thats some of the stuff were going to find out over the last -- >> what do you think it is? do you think its whacky to think that george bush was pushing some sort of detonator that blew up the world trade center? that those werent airplanes flown by terrorists? >> no, of course i dont believe that, but ultimately the final decision will be made by iowans who have a chance to ask...

That he away from us. >> that really reminds me of the old days, barry goldwater. we felt that appeal in our 20s and late teens. this idea that ideally we dont need government. need government. when you reach 65 or 70 and have health problems and realize you have parents that are getting old, you realize that governments pretty healthy, sometimes, pretty healthy to have it around. >> somebody here in iowa that personiies new establishment. hes had crowds of thousands at iowa state university, at...