Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110102:16:07:00
He didn't serve in world war ii. he wasn't old enough. the weather was terrible, but then he makes this ridiculous leap to world war ii, to china, but it's ed rendell. he has stuck his foot in his mouth a dozen times. it wasn't scripted. some of it is charming. some of it isn't. it was an idiotic thing to say. but the more idiotic thing was how much play it got. all over the country, you know, op-ed piece in "the times," in every newspaper. once again, this shows we are going down the drain quickly. >> this was also ed rendell in his final moments as governor trying to generate some headlines....
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