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People dont fully understand that jim did not grow up as a politician. he grew up as a prosecutor in virginia, and then new york, and he wrorose to these ranks becau honestly he was the best at it. third, i would say he really is a man of integrity. now, that integrity at times can push into self-righteousness, and i havent agreed with everything that jim did during the clinton investigation and even during the bush administration but he does it out of a deep sense of honor and integrity and i r...

Of herself posing isis- stylehy with donald trumps bloody severed head. the image itself was appalling,p violent, creepy, weird. it was also -- this may be the main problem -- totally unfunny. kathy griffin bills herself as a comedian, but this was not comedy. it was a political stunt of the dumbest kind. your eighth-grader wouldnt do this. its too stupid. it wasnt a departure for griffin. she hasnt been funny in years, assuming she ever was. people clap for her not because they are amused but b...

Liberty. and at the heart of liberty has been freedom of speech. from the beginning, people understood that this meant protecting and listening to speech with which you disagreed. oliver wendell holmes said when we protect freedom of thought, we are protecting freedom for the thought that we hate. freedom of speech and thought is not just for warm, fuzzy ideas that we find comfortable. its for ideas that we find offensive. there is, as we all know, a kind of anti-intellectualism on the right the...

And at the heart of liberty has been freedom of speech. from the beginning, people understood that this meant protecting and listening to speech with which you disagreed. oliver wendell holmes said when we protect freedom of thought, we are protecting freedom for the thought that we hate. freedom of speech and thought is not just for warm, fuzzy ideas that we find comfortable. its for ideas that we find offensive. there is, as we all know, a kind of anti-intellectualism on the right these days, ...

The right thing do. they clearly feel this is exactly what trump deserves anda what america needs. >> what is interesting to me is the moral self righteousness that you are seeing in news seei coverage and especially on news television. so i want to play a clip you maa have seen thiys from two days ai this was over at cnn and watchhs thw the anchor, this is not an . opinion person. this is the anchor of the show,, responds when one of her guests spon suggests, maybe you should be skeptical.skept...

Following call and response chant. lets listen to good old michael flynn. >> oh, yeah. >> lock her up! >> and you know why? you know why were saying that? were saying that because if i, a guy who knows this business. if i did atenth, a tefnt of wntt she did, i would be in jail today. >> so joan, now that he is seeking immunity from prosecution, do you think michael flynn might think he did a little more than a tenth. >> did he do a tenth? did he do half? did he do twice as much? joy, when you lo...

A little more than a tenth. >> did he do a tenth? did he do half? did he do twice as much? joy, when you look back at the types of things that he said, and that self righteousness and sanctimoniousness with which he approached hillary clinton and turned her into garbage, and turned her into just a criminal, its really extraordinary. and i cant wait to see what happens next. its only day 70 here. >> it feels like year 70. david jolly, there is in florida surely among people who supported hillary ...

Said keep strong if possible. in any case keep cool.hunt im unamended patients, never cornered an appointment and always assist him to save face. put things in your shoes to see things through his eyes. avoid self-righteousness like the devil, nothing is so self blinding. does that apply to north korea in the same way, and so are we following that theory? >> it applies to everybody. and all of our relations to other nations. kim jung-un was a state that is very different world become a different...

It works for him to his advantage. heres part of what he said, comeys aggressive self-righteousness makes him bigger than the institution he leads and everybody in washington knows crossing him could be dangerous to your career. what do you make of it? >> hes right. james comey has assumed a position no one else should assume. there was a time when they pressures politicians to get what they wanted. thats dangerous. this is how other countries work that are totalitarian and if he is going to use...

Thats why you can never retire, there is no one quite like you. that is probably a good thing.ir brian ross at abc news, carol atkinson works for sinclair broadcasting are two that come to mind. not true. so said the provision in the government mandates. because sanctimony and the self-righteousness are far more important to them then whats for the country.im