Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20170104:02:06:00
Good, but they are rarely this specific kind of challenge for the moderator to keep a straight face. >> the statement he made, yeah, it's a slur, it's a vulgarism, it doesn't bother me. that's not the issue. >> have you ever called anyone a putz yourself? >> i may have, but i tell you something, i wouldn't lie about it. >> that was 1998. >> he lied about it. >> he did lie about it. that was the issue. 1998, the incumbent senator from new york was a republican, he'd already been elected three times, he was running for a fourth term and along came this feisty democrat challenging him for his sea...