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Well aware that with the possible exception of the pope himself and thats arguable, charles coughlin was the most influential catholic on earth. even though he was really controversial and getting more so all the time, the church gave him a wide berth until they didnt i mean, when he started explicitly telling his followers, i choose the road of fascism, that was awkward for his bosses at the church when he organized his followers into an armed militia in the united states and one unit of that m...

And bigger deal on the radio and he got more and more political and more and more radically right wing in his broadcasts, sometimes his views allied with the views and the catholic church, sometimes they didnt. thanks to his massive reach on the radio, his huge success on that medium, more dominant than anyone ever before or since, because he was such a big deal in the media, you know, both coughlin and the church were well aware that with the possible exception of the pope himself and thats arg...

Some is just destroy everything and figure out whats going on. some is make our allies mad. its fair to say its hard to say this a cohesive strategy. what i do know is that sort of disruption of the national security process. do we know what that means when we put chad on the list. ? all of those questions are not interest greated into trumps decision making process. we can thank steve bannon for that. even though one could argue that theres not some disruptive change by trump, thats arguable. t...

Decisions? when you put a country like chad on the muslim ban, do we know what that means? do we understand that we have troops there. all of those questions are not fully integrated into trumps decision-making process. we can thank steve bannon for that. even though one could argue that theres not some disruptive change by trump, thats arguable. the processes have been so imploded already. that the next president is going to have to rebuild processes, right, and non-partisanship in our national...

Meetings with awful people, you dont lead into if meeting by saying youre a murderous regime, i hate you. if were trying to prevent a nuclear war, then were going to have to say some things that make conversation possible. i say hold your friends close. your enemies closer. we should be talking to them. this is a dangerous situation. we could get a war that no one wants because of miscalculation. my complaint with trump is not that. my complaint is the messages and signals are all over the place...

Dealing with north korea. and do you say its an honor, gordon, to meet with him? do you call him a smart cookie? do you need any of that language here? >> no, you dont. even if we thought that having -- sitting down with the north koreans now was a good thing, and you know, thats arguable. we tried freezes before. we have done all that and it doesnt work. but the point is you dont need to say these things about what really is the worst despot in the world question. have good diplomacy with the n...

I believe that its only fair to ask those of us in high income groups to contribute to solving your our long-term debt problem. "what i did say was that the buffett rule cannot solve the problem alone. reducing the debt requires three things, economic growth, more spending cuts, and more revenue. bill is on his game. now for the big number. when youre debating what movie to see, how often do you think about where the leading actor or actress stands politically before buying your movie ticket? tu...

Kennedy. and now elizabeth warren -- >> well, at least scott brown showed pictures of jack kennedy -- im sorry of martha coakley, who had never been a candidate. alex wagner, your thoughts about this? you come from a long pedigree of political people here. your thought -- >> no ones taking their clothes off to go through college, though. >> exactly. >> lets go back to the sheer politics which we do better here than naked pictures. this question -- >> thats arguable. >> would you say this is the ...