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Individual his friend. clearly ignorant to the history of what has taken place, the fact that diplomatic relations obviously is virtually nonexistent between north korea and the united states of america. all of those things factor into the equation, point to a flagrant and alarming level of ignorance that none of us can apologize for or aummarily dismiss other than it s rodman and he is a bit different. clearly he is not in tune with what is going on in this world in terms of that. and we understand it, and we got to take it for what it is. but i don t think the white house nor anybody in the state department nor anybody in the united states government would feel the need to brief dennis rodman on anything pertaining to this individual. i don t think it s necessary. chris, george stephanopoulos continued to press rodman about what stephen a. was just talking about, the human rights violations. sure. the worm stuck by his new friend. here is what he had to say. see a great guy. ....
People in prison camps? well, you know, guess what? we do the same thing here, which have prison camps here in the united states? we don t have prison camp. this is all politics, right? but it sounds like you re apologizing for him? no, i m not apologizing for him. i think he is a good guy to me. he s my friend. and chris, he is the only american who has met with this guy. i think you got to bring him in and find out what you can learn. look, i think stephen a. makes a really good point. it s easy and i ve done it on my blog to say this is an incredible story and i can t believe this happened. but what is clear here is that dennis rodman is drastically out of his depth when it comes to foreign policy and what north korea has or hasn t done. the justification of that, well, this is politics. there is a big, big difference between north korea is doing to its citizenry and politics. you know, look, i guess dennis rodman has a right to whatever friends he wants. but i do think ....
He said, if you can, dennis, i don t want to do war. he loves basketball. obama loves basketball. let s start there. let s start there. do you expect the obama administration to use rodman s basketball diplomacy anytime soon but et s talk about it. chris cillizza is an msnbc political analyst. stephen smith is an espn commentator. do you think he s been briefed by the cia or that he will, and if not, should he? well, number one, the answer to had he been briefed, i can feel pretty confident in saying no. will he be debriefed? i mean who knows. it s dennis rodman. as someone who has been a fan of basketball for a long time, he s sort of been the most unpredictable of unpredictable folks operating on the national stage. he hadn t been operating on the national stage, frankly, until very recently. ....
Figure, you go and do things like, this they have an impact. the white house has come out and said this is not the sort of thing we want to be doing. he looks earnest. i feel sorry for dennis rodman. thank you, stephen. i m not sure whether he is earnest, but that doesn t mean the impact of hi actions don t have negative consequences. thank you, chris cillizza and thank you stephen a. we ll be right after this. you re watching hardball, the place for politics. can i get the smith contract, please? thank you. that s three new paper shredders. [ boris ] put em on my spark card. [ garth ] boris small business earns 2% cash back on every purchase every day. great businesses deserve unlimited rewards. read back the chicken s testimony, please. buk, buk, bukka! [ male announcer ] get the spark business card from capital one and earn unlimited rewards. choose 2% cash back or double miles on every purchase every day. told you i d get half. what s in your wallet? ....
You know, look, i guess dennis rodman has a right to whatever friends he wants. but i do think broadly you have to realize if you re a public figure, you go and do things like, this they have an impact. the white house has come out and said this is not the sort of thing we want to be doing. he looks earnest. i feel sorry for dennis rodman. thank you, stephen. i m not sure whether he is earnest, but that doesn t mean the impact of hi actions don t have negative consequences. thank you thank you stephen a. we ll be right after this. you re watching hardball, the place for politics let my me p in the middle of the night it can be frustrating. it s hard to turn off and go back to sleep. intermezzo is the first and only prescription sleep aid approved for use as needed in the middle of the night when you can t get back to sleep. it s an effective sleep medicine you don t take before bedtime. take it in bed only when you need it and have at least four hours left for sleep. do not t ....