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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 doesn't 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 a pretty low level, don't track back to the white house. they deserve responsible oversight, not t...

>> 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. what's 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 close eye you see al qaeda and its affiliates resurgent in the middle east in fears of wars we're retre...

For corruption? >> oh, it absolutely is. and it's 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 aren't 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't like to acknowledge all the help they get. nobody likes a snitch. we hate the disloyalty that s...

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 don't write about cop killers. and he can't 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 with shady ties and questionable friends, and that's -- we don't have that, do we? >> they scrutinize...

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