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People don't 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 haven't 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 really think that his statement reflects that. it's not pontificating. eight not making accusations...

Of herself posing isis- stylehy with donald trump's 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 wouldn't do this. it's too stupid. it wasn't a departure for griffin. she hasn't been funny in years, assuming she ever was. people clap for her not because they are amused but because they agree with the politics. that is not art. it's affirmation. an awful lot of comedy ...

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. it's for ideas that we find offensive. there is, as we all know, a kind of anti-intellectualism on the right these days, the denial of facts, of reason, of science. but there is also an anti-intellectualism on t...

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. it's for ideas that we find offensive. there is, as we all know, a kind of anti-intellectualism on the right these days, the denial of facts, of reason, of science. but there is also an anti-intellectualism on the left. ...

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.skeptical. watch this.. >> cnn reports two former. officials knowledgeable toficias situations confirmed ...