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February 26, 2012
>> setting aside the politics that we would like the americans and the israelis and the arabs, what do you personally feel would be the equitable solution israeli .. never going to be a perfect solution. these are two peoples that have been there for centuries. they both have legitimate claims to the land there. theyre going to have to find ways to share it. and as i said. its not incompatible. israel needs -- the one thing israel really needs is security. and they deserve it. the one ...
January 1, 2012
social security was what? 65. what is it now? 66. it is going up to what? 67. when did that happen? i suspect nobody in this room knows when that law was changed. do you know y? why? they did it 28 years ago. they did it long before any of you were at or near retirement so you would not blame them for doing it. when they passed its bank, they said in 20 years, we will move the retirement age up and all of you folks who were 45 and younger would not care. and guess what? it worked. paul...
December 4, 2011
[applause] >> it was 1972, 2:30 in the morning when george mcgovern delivered his acceptance speech. a few months later, he would lose badly to president richard nixon. tonight, the candidacy and legacy of george mcgovern. we are live from the mcgovern museum in mitchell, south dakota. joining us is presidential author scott farris. it was 2:30 when he delivered the acceptance speech in miami. why? >> it was emblematic of the whole mcgovern campaign, which was it was an insurgent campa...
December 3, 2011
possibly rolling it into one little holiday package -- the extenders, the u.i. benefits extension, as well as payroll tax cuts -- just do it all at once, christmas tree it. is that something that you think is feasible -- >> again, i think thats getting ahead of the process in terms of what the sausage-making might look like in these next several weeks. i think were focused on a number of things, principally the payroll tax cut extension and expansion, but also these appropriations bill...
December 3, 2011
if ever. one person said, let me tell you why george lost the election. america is a great country. it has faults, but george acted like he was angry at the country. you cannot talk about the nations faults and expected to be elected. george thought that was not true. he thought that patriotism was pointing out the countrys false and trying to improve them. many people interpreted it as him tearing down the united states by talking so graphically about the cost of war, our conduct thei...
July 22, 2011
is it fair to question her fitness? or she fb may be debilitated for days at moment of the week when rupert murdochs wife wendi supposedly saved him from a pie throwing comedian. call me skeptical but im calling itiegate. we start with deal or no deal. the "new york times" reported this afternoon, the obama administration has informed democratic congressional leaders that president obama and speaker boehner were about to close in on a major deal that would enact substantial spending ...
July 22, 2011
tea partiers are saying, no deal with tax increases and democrats are saying, no deal without them? we crunched numbers and default would seem to affect almost every american home. also, does michele bachmann have migraines? is it fair to question her fitness? or she fb may be debilitated for days at moment of the week when rupert murdochs wife wendi supposedly saved him from a pie throwing comedian. call me skeptical but im calling it piegate. we start with deal or no deal. the "n...
July 21, 2011
how do you get to an agreement when pea tae tea parters are saying no deal with tax increases and democrats are saying, no deal without them? we crunched numbers and default would seem to affect almost every american home. also, does michele bachmann have mi have migraines? may be debilitated for days at time or something we would have never mentioned about a male candidate? how did an anti-american terrorist become so trusted by u.s. officials in afghanistan he was allowed close e...
July 21, 2011
that a deal between president obama and speaker john boehner is in the works to save the u.s. from default. publically both sides are denying it. its clear adults on both sides are trying to avoid default. how do you get to an agreement? tea partiers are saying, no deal with tax increases and democrats are saying, no deal without them? we crunched numbers and default would seem to affect almost every american home. also, does michele bachmann have migraines? is it fair to question he...
July 21, 2011
would seem to affect almost every american home. also, does michele bachmann have migraines? is it fair to question her fitness? or she fb may be debilitated for days at moment of the week when rupert murdochs wife wendi supposedly saved him from a pie throwing comedian. call me skeptical but im calling it piegate. we start with deal or no deal. the "new york times" reported this afternoon, the obama administration has informed democratic congressional leaders that president obama ...