WEBVTT - Rush's Timeless Wisdom - This Is What Happens When Republicans Talk to the Media

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<v Speaker 1>Snerd La actually reminded me of this in the break.

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<v Speaker 1>When the Republicans won the House in they had their

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<v Speaker 1>orientation at Camden Yards the Bullpark in Baltimore, and UH,

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<v Speaker 1>I was invited to address the freshman class of the

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<v Speaker 1>Republican Congressional Caucus because those those freshman members, in large

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<v Speaker 1>part I thought that I was responsible for their victory,

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<v Speaker 1>given the program at the time and and discussing their

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<v Speaker 1>candidacies all over the country and so forth. And they

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<v Speaker 1>made me an honorary member of the freshman class of

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<v Speaker 1>this UH actually when they when they were inaugurated, but

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<v Speaker 1>they asked me to come down and make speech to him.

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<v Speaker 1>And I went down there to Camden Yards and this

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<v Speaker 1>was on c SPAN, and I got up. But one

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<v Speaker 1>of the things I said to them was, do not

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<v Speaker 1>fall for the temptation that the media here in this

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<v Speaker 1>town is happy that you won and they're happy that

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<v Speaker 1>you're here. They're not. This is a Democrat run town,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a liberal run town. And you have gotten in

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<v Speaker 1>the way of the natural order of things, and as such,

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<v Speaker 1>you are going to be treated accordingly. You're going to

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<v Speaker 1>be continually be treated really as the minority. I said

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<v Speaker 1>that the cameras and microphones are still going to seek

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<v Speaker 1>out the Democrats for what they think is what's going on,

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<v Speaker 1>because the impression will be conveyed that they still run

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<v Speaker 1>the town. Do not think that any media member that

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<v Speaker 1>calls you up and wants to take you to lunch

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<v Speaker 1>is doing it because they like you, And they're not

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<v Speaker 1>doing it because they're making interested in making you look good,

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<v Speaker 1>and they're not. They don't want to get to know

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<v Speaker 1>you so that they can publicize what it is you're

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<v Speaker 1>working on in a favorable light. They want to sandbag you. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>As you're gonna have some of these delicious little reporter

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<v Speaker 1>AT's and info babes. I said, Coke Robert's gonna call

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<v Speaker 1>you up, It's gonna back those big eyelashes at you. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>and a lot of other infobabe is gonna do the same.

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<v Speaker 1>And Coke Roberts actually send me a note after that

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<v Speaker 1>when she heard about it, said let's go to lunch.

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<v Speaker 1>Bat the eyebrows at me. Uh never did, although I

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<v Speaker 1>met her later. Anyway, I'm reminded of that when when

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<v Speaker 1>I when I when I see what happened here? Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>In in large part what got Libby in trouble talking

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<v Speaker 1>to reporters. Now, the administration of Republican administrations caught between uh,

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<v Speaker 1>rock and a hard place here, because they have to

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<v Speaker 1>talk to report. The administration cannot dissociate itself from the

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<v Speaker 1>from the national media. They've got to talk to NBC,

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<v Speaker 1>they got to go on and meet the press. They

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<v Speaker 1>have to talk to the New York Times. Uh. The

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<v Speaker 1>problem is, I think, looking at this in hindsight, is

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<v Speaker 1>that many in the Republican administrations think they can spend

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<v Speaker 1>these people. They think they can turn them into friends,

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<v Speaker 1>turn them into supporters. It is. It is one of

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<v Speaker 1>the things that I guess, this is one of the

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<v Speaker 1>reasons I don't want to work in that town, and

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want to spend too much time there, because

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<v Speaker 1>it's seductive and you get caught up in it. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>That town as many things. Of course, it's national capital,

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<v Speaker 1>it's the center power. It's also a place largely defined

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<v Speaker 1>by the social pecking order, and Conservatives and Republicans are

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<v Speaker 1>never ever gonna be high up in the social pecking order, unless,

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<v Speaker 1>of course, their Supreme Court justices who turn lib and

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<v Speaker 1>then they'll get great puff pieces written about them in

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<v Speaker 1>the Washington post style section, and that's how the process

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<v Speaker 1>begins at turning them. Uh. But given all of that,

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<v Speaker 1>why anybody in the administration would think that they're going

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<v Speaker 1>to be dealt with fairly by media people that are

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<v Speaker 1>out to undermine them something I will never understand. You

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<v Speaker 1>can say whatever you want to say about Bill Clinton,

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<v Speaker 1>but the one thing that you have to say about

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<v Speaker 1>him and his wife is they are ruthless and they

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<v Speaker 1>will not put up with double crossers. I'm not talking

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<v Speaker 1>about the media now and within their own administration. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>They're not gonna put up with people sandbagging them or

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<v Speaker 1>undermining them. If if that happens, all hell is brought

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<v Speaker 1>down on these people in a number of different ways,

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<v Speaker 1>which is why there haven't been any Clinton Tell All books.

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<v Speaker 1>That's why a guy like Sandy Burglar would risk his

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<v Speaker 1>reputation in jail time to go in and do whatever

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<v Speaker 1>he did the National Archives to make sure that the

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<v Speaker 1>Clinton administration end up looking good when the nine eleven

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<v Speaker 1>Commission started looking at the things that happened prior to

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<v Speaker 1>nine eleven. Uh, this administration is not ruthless in anyway.

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<v Speaker 1>It doesn't punish or penalized people that attempt to undermine it. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>And it it seems to accept that you can talk

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<v Speaker 1>to reporters from the Post, in the New York Times

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<v Speaker 1>and these networks and get a fair shake. As I say,

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<v Speaker 1>you can't not talk to him. Uh. And of course

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<v Speaker 1>when the Wilson story breaks and he writes his op ed,

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<v Speaker 1>that's full of lies. Uh. The administration is what we

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<v Speaker 1>gotta we gotta refute this, and it was in the

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<v Speaker 1>New York Times. So you start trying to refute the

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<v Speaker 1>fact Cheney didn't send the guy, as he's saying, was

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<v Speaker 1>the caseum, which was a big thing, and that did

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<v Speaker 1>come out in the trial. Wilson was trying to make

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<v Speaker 1>it known to anybody the Vice President's office sent him

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<v Speaker 1>into jail and they didn't. When he when he comes

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<v Speaker 1>back right his oup ed, they're all saying in a

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<v Speaker 1>White House, who's this guy? And cool to see how

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<v Speaker 1>this guy end up over there? We didn't do this.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's when it was learned at Valerie Plame work there,

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<v Speaker 1>and Valerie Plame recommended her husband to go. And then

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<v Speaker 1>you've got the political connections to those two have, and

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<v Speaker 1>there you know whatever their political and ideological orientations are.

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<v Speaker 1>And Bamo you've you've got to You've got a a giant,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, inter agency game of sabotage going on here. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>This kind of thing was just not permitted in the

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<v Speaker 1>Clinton White House. They just wouldn't put up with it.

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<v Speaker 1>Nobody had the guts to even try it. Uh. But

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<v Speaker 1>you when you, when you have a desire to work

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<v Speaker 1>with these people and try to spend and convert them

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<v Speaker 1>into a liking you. And I'm gonna tell you, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't care whether that's in politics or just in in

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<v Speaker 1>in any avenue of personal life. If your prime objective

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<v Speaker 1>is to make somebody like you, you've lost. That's not

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<v Speaker 1>especially if they don't. And the and the idea to

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<v Speaker 1>try to turn them, uh and explain your way of things.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't understand the naivete these reporters show up for

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<v Speaker 1>interviews conversations with Republican officials, administration, congressman senators with their

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<v Speaker 1>stories already written, their minds already made up, because they

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<v Speaker 1>have a prejudice about what Republicans and Conservatives are. And

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<v Speaker 1>so the whole the whole point of of of talking

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<v Speaker 1>to members the administration and Republicans otherwise to trip them up.

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<v Speaker 1>And what happened here. Russer, Matt Cooper, Judith Miller. It's

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<v Speaker 1>a bunch of journalists at the center, it is, and

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<v Speaker 1>what Libby told them and in the FBI and the

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<v Speaker 1>grand jury and so forth. But I mean this jury

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<v Speaker 1>that came out and talked said they had a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of sympathy for Judath Miller. The The New York Times

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<v Speaker 1>in full Babe ended up in jail for not revealing

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<v Speaker 1>her sources to Fitzgerald. Uh. Juror said, well, I really

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<v Speaker 1>felt sorry for her. The defense was just just pounding.

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<v Speaker 1>It was it was. It was just they were just

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<v Speaker 1>too hard on her. Um, you don't hit the girl

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<v Speaker 1>is one characteristic or aspect of that. But until until

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<v Speaker 1>people learn that you know you you you, You're not

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be able to bring a bunch of reporters in

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<v Speaker 1>from Washington or New York and explain conservatism or your

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<v Speaker 1>policy and have a sympathetic ear or even an ear

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<v Speaker 1>that wants to understand what you're trying to do beyond

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<v Speaker 1>me and why they keep thinking they can do this,

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<v Speaker 1>Uh is also beyond me. And I know what you say, well,

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<v Speaker 1>what would you do? Well, you have to talk to

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<v Speaker 1>my understand and a presidential administration has to talk to me,

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<v Speaker 1>have to do press conferences and and you you have

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<v Speaker 1>to do all this. Uh, I myself have had experience

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<v Speaker 1>dealing with these people, as you know. Uh. And give

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<v Speaker 1>an example, and I can give you many. Yesterday, after

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<v Speaker 1>the program, we got a phone call from a cable

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<v Speaker 1>news network and they wanted to take five seconds of

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<v Speaker 1>what I said about the end Culter Kerfuffel and use

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<v Speaker 1>it all afternoon and all night last night. Now, I

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<v Speaker 1>spoke for fourteen minutes on the end Culter Kerfuffel, and

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<v Speaker 1>the five seconds they wanted to take was totally out

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<v Speaker 1>of context and was uh irrelevant, but it fit they're

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<v Speaker 1>preconceived notion in prejudice about what the holy end culter

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<v Speaker 1>thing was about five seconds out of fourteen. But the

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<v Speaker 1>same thing happened with the Michael J. Fax that people say, well,

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<v Speaker 1>how come you don't go on these places and get

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<v Speaker 1>your side of it? Why don't you going to explain yourself.

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<v Speaker 1>I've learned that that that's not what happens. We denied

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<v Speaker 1>permission for them to use the five seconds that they

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to use yesterday. I don't know if they ended

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<v Speaker 1>up trying to use it anyway. I didn't. I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>didn't watch. I didn't get any email read. Normally, when

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<v Speaker 1>I appear on a cable news network somewhere, somebody sends

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<v Speaker 1>me an email rush righth rsh I saw you I

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<v Speaker 1>or Factor Afternoon. I didn't get any of that. But

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<v Speaker 1>I don't talk to him much because here's an example.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll give you another example of the New Yorker Jane Mayer,

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<v Speaker 1>who with Jill Abramson, who is the bureau chief of

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<v Speaker 1>New York Times Washington, I think, wrote a book about

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<v Speaker 1>Clarence Thomas and just smeared the guy. And she was

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<v Speaker 1>going to do a story in The New Yorker about

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<v Speaker 1>twenty four and so forth, and it was going to

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<v Speaker 1>be a basically a profile of Joel Cerno. And I

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<v Speaker 1>was told that she wanted to talk to me about

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<v Speaker 1>this because she knew that I was friend of SnO.

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<v Speaker 1>So I called some people who already talked to her

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<v Speaker 1>and found out that basically it was a story on

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<v Speaker 1>how the program promoting torture and you're just going to

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<v Speaker 1>be a treatise and torture. So I called her into

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<v Speaker 1>those circuits knowing what this was about, and I talked

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<v Speaker 1>to her for about twenty minutes, and the first fifteen

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<v Speaker 1>were purely social. I'd been on a TV show with

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<v Speaker 1>her wants but wait, wait, wait, way back, Bob Beckle

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<v Speaker 1>hosted a local TV show in Washington, the panel show

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<v Speaker 1>I Eat the McLaughlin Group, Like that night had appeared

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<v Speaker 1>on the show where and she remembered that, and uh,

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<v Speaker 1>and I have a good memory. I remembered that she

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<v Speaker 1>had to hustle out of there and go play tennis.

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<v Speaker 1>And I reminded her of that, and she was, oh, wow, yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you're right, You're right about it. She congratulated me and

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<v Speaker 1>all my success, How wonderful it all was blah bla,

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<v Speaker 1>talking about understand your friends with Joel, understand he had

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<v Speaker 1>a party at your house for when um she was

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<v Speaker 1>she was in the mall with her daughter, shopping on

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<v Speaker 1>her cell phone, wasn't taking any notes, and then starts

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<v Speaker 1>asking me about torture. You know, the last five minute,

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<v Speaker 1>the last five minutes of what she really wanted my

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<v Speaker 1>thoughts on and all this other stuff was you know,

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<v Speaker 1>just just set up, knowing full well that it was

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<v Speaker 1>about torture. I you know, did my best, and I

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<v Speaker 1>was honest, and I did my best to tell her,

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<v Speaker 1>I think, you know you're barking up a tree here,

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<v Speaker 1>that it's got no branches on it. But that's just

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<v Speaker 1>that the story was written before it was published. Is

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<v Speaker 1>the point? So well? I can't figure out is why

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<v Speaker 1>other people are not as I'm not trying to give

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<v Speaker 1>myself credit. This has been learned by experience. It's no

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<v Speaker 1>great insight of mine. I look at I got, I

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<v Speaker 1>got sandbaged. I can't tell you how many times the

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<v Speaker 1>first five years of this show, thinking you could be nice,

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<v Speaker 1>fair and just be honest, and they will, they will

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<v Speaker 1>report what you say. It's it's not that way with us.

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<v Speaker 1>This it doesn't happen then, So why other people don't

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<v Speaker 1>figure this out? This is why I get so fed

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<v Speaker 1>up when I see some of my conservative brethren in

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<v Speaker 1>the d C media trying to curry favor with the

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<v Speaker 1>drive by media. That's why I get so bent out

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<v Speaker 1>of shape when I see potential Republican candidates and elected

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<v Speaker 1>officials trying to make the media they're best friends, because

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's it's all temporary. Even if it works for

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<v Speaker 1>a while, it's all I get se come back and

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<v Speaker 1>the media is gonna end up stabbing you ask Senator McCain. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, they're dumping on him after him being their

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<v Speaker 1>favorite Republican for four years. And is why it irritates

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<v Speaker 1>me when elected Republicans go on Sunday shows and trash

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<v Speaker 1>their own party and their own president just curry favor

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<v Speaker 1>with these people. But in this case, you have the

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<v Speaker 1>administration talking to them, and they have to talk to them.

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<v Speaker 1>But to think that there was a chance that the administrations,

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<v Speaker 1>especially on this subject, the war in a rock, Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>there's just a different way to approach him, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>approach him. You know, they walk into the office or

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<v Speaker 1>you meet him for lunch or whatever. And and just

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<v Speaker 1>I know why you're here, Mr reporter. You're here to

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<v Speaker 1>sandbag the administration. You're here to do us wrong. You're

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<v Speaker 1>here to lie about us blah blah, put him on

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<v Speaker 1>the defensive. Uh. And Uh. The last thing they want

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<v Speaker 1>is for you to peg them. The last thing they

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<v Speaker 1>want is for you to be able to know it

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<v Speaker 1>and then say what they're gonna do and then have

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<v Speaker 1>them do it. It has worked for me in the past,

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<v Speaker 1>but I don't even find it interesting enough to have

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<v Speaker 1>time to do it anymore. But why this administration thinks

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<v Speaker 1>that they can sit down and talk to these people

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<v Speaker 1>and they're gonna fair shake beyond me,