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He was working for a foreign government. isnt the whole thing with draining the swamp and we dont have people getting paid by other interests. thats third world crap. you dont have people being paid by other governments working for us or working for a presidential candidate. hes on the payroll. >> i think it definitely gives -- >> $430,000 is a lot of money to be getting paid and not tell anyone you noticed it. did you notice that. i think you knew it. >> yes. i think there was a definite appear...

There is making the president look smart. >> let me say hearing the story was the first i ever heard of it. and i fully support the decision president made to ask flynns resignation. >> youre dispointed about the story? >> first i have heard of it. its affirm nation of the presidents decision to ask general flynn to resign. >> david, im trying to figure out -- is there an administration -- i was saying, the scary think is were no longer a role model because were sleep at the helm. were not givin...

Pence denied knowing about michael flynns work. there is making the president look smart. >> let me say hearing the story was the first i ever heard of it. and i fully support the decision president made to ask flynns resignation. >> youre dispointed about the story? >> first i have heard of it. its affirm nation of the presidents decision to ask general flynn to resign. >> david, im trying to figure out --s there an administration -- i was saying, the scary think is were no longer a role model ...

And trump wants somebody, wants people in his cabinet who will make him look good, look smart. make him say, this is a great president. he had international business experience. hes studied to be president himself. nearly was. >> did you see "groundhog day," the movie? >> yes. >> you notice how the character, bill murray, kept pretending he was in love with this girl, by pretending -- by knowing everything she said the day before and saying it back to her the next day? thats what romney will do ...

Way that doesnt make us look smart. i dont know that it was the most thought out gesture necessarily, but they did it because they had to talk about something. >> not that the republicans care too much about what president obama thinks about them, its pretty clear. before they wrote this letter and one of the reasons they wrote this letter but listen to the presidents take. >> im embarrassed for them. for them to address a letter to the ayatollah who they claim is our mortal enemy and their basi...

Of the appropriation committee, the head of the republican division, these guys are making rick perry look smart. they have been out there for weeks and months, trying to generate a scandal that doesnt exist. and it is not just their eyes, that is going to owe president obama and jay carney an apology. they owe the american public for wasting their time on this. it was a real issue, what happened in cincinnati was wrong and mistakes were made in the classic phrase, but they were mistakes made at...

>> at it pretty simple. osama bin laden its dead. and gm is alive. >> i about the a little bump bumper sticker for you, osama bin laden is dead and general motors is alive. we can now proudly say, osama bin laden is dead, and general motors is arrive. >> neil: maybe not quite to hear washington talk, al qaeda is ramping up and now gm is slowing down. whats going on? >> thanks for having me on. joe body bide makes dan quayle look smart. if you look at events from 9/11 forward with a jaundice clos...

For corruption? >> oh, it absolutely is. and its the way law enforcement happens every day, all around the country and in other countries. i mean, there are only a few countries that really clamp down on use of snitches, as the head of the federal drug task force in atlanta said to me, you know, all of our technology and criminal techniques arent worth a thing until we find some third tier thug, as he put it, who can tell us what actually happened. so, snitches make police look smart. police don...

Enforcement date. he should have -- nobody says a word about that. >> and larry gatlin. >> he brought white to the white house. >> clinton had kenny g in the white house. and then there is country music artists whose lyrics are so stupid it makes the rapper look smart. >> country singers dont write about cop killers. and he cant apologize. he is an artist. so he has to live with the fact that he is there and he has to take the heat. >> it is so weird speaking to your point. an administration wit...

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