WEBVTT - McCain Sucks Up to Drive-By Media, Bashes Bush

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<v Speaker 1>Well. Senator McCain, who some are calling Senator mccrazy. Senator

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<v Speaker 1>mccayn is uh is back. He's sucking up to the

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<v Speaker 1>drive by media and taking cheap shots at President Bush.

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<v Speaker 1>He was in Ohio yesterday campaigning four and with Senator

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<v Speaker 1>Mike DeWine said this at a news conference. I think

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<v Speaker 1>one of theest mistakes we made was underestimating the size

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<v Speaker 1>of the task and the sacrifice that would be required.

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<v Speaker 1>Stuff happens, mission accomplished, last throws a few dead enders.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm as more familiar with those statements than anyone else

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<v Speaker 1>because it greaves me so much that we have not

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<v Speaker 1>told the American people how tough and difficult this task

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<v Speaker 1>would be. I'm gonna go back. I have a quote

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<v Speaker 1>here from President Bush on April of two thousand three, right,

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<v Speaker 1>may I read that quote to you. Iraq can be

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<v Speaker 1>an example of peace and prosperity and freedom to the

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<v Speaker 1>entire Middle East. It will be a hard journey, but

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<v Speaker 1>at every step of the way, Iraq will have a

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<v Speaker 1>steady friend and the American people. I'm not I I

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<v Speaker 1>am not aware of the President. I'm well, I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>aware of myself. Ever thinking this was going to be

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<v Speaker 1>a cake walk. Uh, And I'm not aware of the

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<v Speaker 1>administration making the case. I think that mission accomplished. Banner

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<v Speaker 1>on board the aircraft carrier. Uh. You know, some could

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<v Speaker 1>say that was misleading. Uh, but the mission at that

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<v Speaker 1>time was accomplished. That was getting rid of Saddam. The

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<v Speaker 1>war in Iraq actually was quite successful and didn't take

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<v Speaker 1>very long. It is the aftermath, the quest for peace,

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<v Speaker 1>so to speak. Uh, that is taking a long time.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think the President misled anybody about it. Anyway.

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<v Speaker 1>Here is what McCain wanted. He wanted coverage on all

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<v Speaker 1>the evening news at cable channels, drive by media adulation, McCaine, McCain, McCain, McCain,

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<v Speaker 1>and he got it. Here's a montage. Senator McCain says

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<v Speaker 1>that the administration misled the public about the war, led

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<v Speaker 1>the public to think it would be a day at

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<v Speaker 1>the beach. War of words. Senator John McCain comes out swinging,

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<v Speaker 1>accusing the President of misleading the American people, making them

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<v Speaker 1>think it would be some kind of day at the beach.

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<v Speaker 1>Tough talk. McCain ripped into the administration for painting too

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<v Speaker 1>rosie a picture and trying to lead the American people

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<v Speaker 1>into believing the war was some kind of day at

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<v Speaker 1>the beach. President Bush faces tough criticism, and this comes

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<v Speaker 1>from McKay supporter Republican Senator John McCain. McCain blamed the

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<v Speaker 1>Bush administration for leading the American people to believe the

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<v Speaker 1>war in Iraq would be a day at the beach.

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<v Speaker 1>Senator John McCain is turning up the volume on his

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<v Speaker 1>criticism of the war in Iraq. McCain blasted top Bush

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<v Speaker 1>officials for painting to Rosie a picture in the war

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<v Speaker 1>tough talk. One very prominent member of the GOP. Strong

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<v Speaker 1>words from John McCain. John McCain has not simply been

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<v Speaker 1>a cheerleader. He has told people a lot more the truth.

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<v Speaker 1>Senator John McCain hit the administration hard. Could it be

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<v Speaker 1>a revival of the straight Talk Express that was? That

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<v Speaker 1>was our old friend Claire Shipment at ABC panting away?

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<v Speaker 1>Are we going to get this dratark Express back? This

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<v Speaker 1>is why Senator McCain is going to have trouble in

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<v Speaker 1>the Republican primaries. He is appealing to the the base

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<v Speaker 1>instincts of the drive by media. The Republican primary voters

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<v Speaker 1>have no love for the drive by media. Anybody pandering

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<v Speaker 1>to the drive by media is not somebody the Republican

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<v Speaker 1>base is going to be excited about. Then you add

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<v Speaker 1>to that the fact that McCain, in pandering to the

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<v Speaker 1>drive by media, had to go out and tack the

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<v Speaker 1>administration on an area in which the administration shows its

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<v Speaker 1>strongest suit. The American people are behind well, that the

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<v Speaker 1>Republican base was to stick with them, very much behind

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<v Speaker 1>the president in this whole effort. In fact, USA Today

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<v Speaker 1>had this poll out yesterday to confirms something that I've

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<v Speaker 1>been thinking about for the longest time. Pole has his

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<v Speaker 1>approval rating back up to and the excuse according to

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<v Speaker 1>the poll, the reason that the approval numbers up is

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<v Speaker 1>is that, Uh, the American people loved the response to

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<v Speaker 1>recent acts and tempted acts of terrorism. Illustrating one of

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<v Speaker 1>my theories that over the course of these recent months,

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<v Speaker 1>where his approval numbers have been in the mid to

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<v Speaker 1>high thirties, Uh, it's not because people disapprove per se

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<v Speaker 1>of the way Bush is doing this or doing that.

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<v Speaker 1>It's because they wish people would Republicans anyway, the Pole

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<v Speaker 1>wish you would do more Project US power go in

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<v Speaker 1>and kick butt and show the world what we're capable

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<v Speaker 1>of and end this thing with a stunning victory and

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<v Speaker 1>with a pole shooting up to overt two p in

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<v Speaker 1>USA today, I think that view tends to be validated

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<v Speaker 1>now in all fairness, uh and I want to mention

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<v Speaker 1>this to you in in in conjunction with Senator McCain's

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<v Speaker 1>pandering to the drive by media and criticizing this administration

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<v Speaker 1>for its words about the war in Iraq, ABC last

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<v Speaker 1>night had a very rare positive report on ABC's World

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<v Speaker 1>News Tonight. Charles Gibson reported encouraging news from Baghdad. The

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<v Speaker 1>decision was made to redeploy thousands of US troops from

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<v Speaker 1>the Baghdad area from other areas of rock to secure

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<v Speaker 1>the city and reduce a number of daily attacks. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>the numbers are preliminary, but it seems to be working.

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<v Speaker 1>After two weeks I Rocky authorities say that the number

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<v Speaker 1>of vital attacks has gone down by thirty percent. ABC

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<v Speaker 1>reporters said by saturating some of the most dangerous neighborhoods,

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<v Speaker 1>they have reduced violence across Baghdad by almost a third.

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<v Speaker 1>US figures calculated differently show it drop either way. The

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<v Speaker 1>Americans are fired up. And my quote Lieutenant Patrick Patterson

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<v Speaker 1>of the cavalry, who says, yeah, it's been great. We've

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<v Speaker 1>got a lot of smiles, We've got a lot of waves. Still,

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<v Speaker 1>despite the positive tone, ABC is McArthur concluded, hope has

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<v Speaker 1>often gone sour in the rock. If they can't make

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<v Speaker 1>their own peace, America's success in Baghdad could quickly be reversed. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>that's the new, not new, that's the formulaic balance that

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<v Speaker 1>the media has to put an egg or again. All

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<v Speaker 1>kinds of great news, but but just so we're fair,

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<v Speaker 1>it could all go to hell in a handbasket in

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<v Speaker 1>the next five minutes. So on the day, Senator McCain

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<v Speaker 1>goes out and uh and is critical in order to

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<v Speaker 1>get this this loving slavish attention from the drive by media,

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<v Speaker 1>the news out of a rock pretty good. That's almost

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<v Speaker 1>the same kind of thing. It happens with Democrats opening

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<v Speaker 1>a door right into their noses and so forth. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>And this, as I say, was reported on ABC's World

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<v Speaker 1>News Tonight last night. Amy Louisville Open Line Friday on Wednesday, Hello,

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<v Speaker 1>Hi Rush negative is from another rush baby. Thank you,

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<v Speaker 1>um and I just had a comment quick comment Singer

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<v Speaker 1>McCain what he said. I'm a military wife and my

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<v Speaker 1>husband went over to Iraq as soon as the war

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<v Speaker 1>and as Sissadam fell, and um, I all fail this,

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<v Speaker 1>lad at all. He told me. My husband told me

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<v Speaker 1>before he went over there that this would be the

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<v Speaker 1>hard part. Um, not the actual itself, but the stabilization.

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<v Speaker 1>And um, I personally have not heard any President Bush

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<v Speaker 1>say anything, but it's going to be a tough road. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, look, the lid just something trying to make

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<v Speaker 1>a big case out of this, uh bush lode. You

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<v Speaker 1>know that the theme is bush lode. So when you

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<v Speaker 1>have the banner that says mission accomplished, Bush, Lad, when

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<v Speaker 1>Cheney says the insurgency is in its last throws Cheney

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<v Speaker 1>laud um what what? What's uh? You know what? What's

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<v Speaker 1>continued troubling about this? He is Senator McCain's pandering to

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<v Speaker 1>the drive by media at the expense of his own party,

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<v Speaker 1>uh and his own president. On the one hand, he's

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<v Speaker 1>very supportive of the president, very supportive of the war.

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<v Speaker 1>On the other hand, he thinks Rumsfeld because that fits

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<v Speaker 1>and dovetails right with where the drive by media is

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<v Speaker 1>on Rumsfeld to come out and say that the American

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<v Speaker 1>people were misled on this. Why don't you tell us

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<v Speaker 1>this at the beginning, senator, Why don't you go when

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<v Speaker 1>the President said what he said or said what you

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<v Speaker 1>thought he said, or when when when Cheney said what

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<v Speaker 1>he said? Why didn't you stop what you were doing,

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<v Speaker 1>stand up and say, wait a minute, I don't think

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<v Speaker 1>this is right. American people need to be told something else.

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<v Speaker 1>Why didn't you come in after the fact with armchair

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<v Speaker 1>quarterbacking in hindsight like anybody can do. But we played

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<v Speaker 1>for you the montage there, folks, all the coverage McCain got,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's what he was angling for. And if he thinks,

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<v Speaker 1>if he thinks that this is going to help him

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<v Speaker 1>with the Republican base, I'm he's sadly, sadly mistaken. Marty

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<v Speaker 1>in Washington, your next. Nice to have you on the program.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for us pleasure. Listen, everything you're saying about McCain

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<v Speaker 1>is right. He was a complete jerk and an idiot

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<v Speaker 1>for saying what he did when he did. But you

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<v Speaker 1>know now that the elephants on the table. I have

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<v Speaker 1>felt this way for a long time. I mean since

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<v Speaker 1>I saw those buildings, you know, five years ago, go

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<v Speaker 1>down on the TV set, is it? I did not

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<v Speaker 1>understand why in the ensuing days and in the past

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<v Speaker 1>five years, the president hasn't beat the living daylights out

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<v Speaker 1>of this to tell people this is gonna be hard.

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<v Speaker 1>It just hasn't come across and and and I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know if the fault his I think it is to

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<v Speaker 1>a great degree or certainly, as you point out, the

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<v Speaker 1>media's traditional media has got its own template on this thing.

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<v Speaker 1>But I mean, this is why Democrats are so much

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<v Speaker 1>smarter than Republicans. Their pr thing. They always prepare you

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<v Speaker 1>for the worst. This is going to have to be

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<v Speaker 1>a horrible sacrifice. And if if Butch had done that

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<v Speaker 1>when he had the political capital of five years in

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<v Speaker 1>the last five years and just hammered, hammered that home

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<v Speaker 1>over and over again, and how desperately we need for

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<v Speaker 1>our security to have a democracy in Iraq, he I

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<v Speaker 1>don't think he'd be having the poll numbers that that

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<v Speaker 1>he does. And again, you know, McCain was an idiot

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<v Speaker 1>for doing it, But he's just saying something that every

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<v Speaker 1>probably everybody in the Republican Party knows. Well, uh yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I think my memory is that when it comes to

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<v Speaker 1>the entire war on Terror, which I've always considered a

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<v Speaker 1>rock to be part of. I think the President has

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<v Speaker 1>gone out of the way to talk about how long

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<v Speaker 1>this is going to take, that it's going to go

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<v Speaker 1>on longer than his administration. Now, if you separate the

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<v Speaker 1>two and think I Rock is different, which is what

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<v Speaker 1>what many of the President's opponents do, and say it's

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<v Speaker 1>just an isolated little campaign over there that has no

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<v Speaker 1>relationship to the war on terror. Uh, then you could say,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, the president has come out and specifically said

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<v Speaker 1>he has a couple of times. I gave you one

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<v Speaker 1>quote from two thousand three, but he said it's going

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<v Speaker 1>to be hard. It's not that he hasn't said it.

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<v Speaker 1>Your point is he hasn't set it enough. Um Um,

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<v Speaker 1>you know it's it's arguable you talk about the Democrats

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<v Speaker 1>having great pr by telling people how rotten things are

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<v Speaker 1>going to be. I don't know that that's great pr.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think it's uh, you know, a great way

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<v Speaker 1>to boost morale of the fighting forces that are over there.

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<v Speaker 1>At the same time, he's been great as far as

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<v Speaker 1>boosting the morale of the troops. And maybe that's because

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<v Speaker 1>he's too good of the commander in chief. But on

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<v Speaker 1>the other hand, the downside of that is, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>darn well when it drags on, then the public back

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<v Speaker 1>at home, the upbeat messages just starting in sync with

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<v Speaker 1>what's going on, and I just you know, it's it's

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's a problem. He's too principal of a man

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<v Speaker 1>to engage in these democratic pr things that they always

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<v Speaker 1>seem to win. And now we're paying the price. We're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna pay the price. Um, well, are they winning on

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<v Speaker 1>what basis? Are you saying they're winning pulling data? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just just pulling data that. Yeah, I'm wait till

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<v Speaker 1>November to see if they're winning. I reject that. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't think they're winnings. I think that is part of

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<v Speaker 1>the mindset that many conservatives had that for forty years,

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<v Speaker 1>the Democrats always seem to be Outsmartinus, they always seem

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<v Speaker 1>to be a couple of steps ahead of us. There

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<v Speaker 1>pr always seemed to be brilliant and coordinated and organized.

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<v Speaker 1>I think they're not winning elections these days. There and there,

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<v Speaker 1>there there. That party is falling apart, whether anybody wants

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<v Speaker 1>to admit it or not. The Democrat Party is falling apart.

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<v Speaker 1>The idea that the Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and John

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<v Speaker 1>Kerry and Jack Mirtha represent a brilliant pr campaign and team.

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<v Speaker 1>I just I reject that, and I don't fall prey

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<v Speaker 1>to that. The one thing I do want to talk

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<v Speaker 1>about though, before you go, and that is you wish

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<v Speaker 1>the President had come out more often and uh and

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<v Speaker 1>more forcefully reminding the American people is a worthy cause.

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<v Speaker 1>And here's what we're doing. This is why it's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>take a long time. We can't level a country because

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<v Speaker 1>we're trying to establish a beacon of democracy there. We

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<v Speaker 1>need to show the Iraqi people that we have nothing

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<v Speaker 1>against them. We're not gonna blow up their buildings, are

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<v Speaker 1>not gonna blow up their schools, We're not gonna level

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<v Speaker 1>the country. Um. And and thus it's gonna take a

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<v Speaker 1>long time. We're battling a number of surgencies and so

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<v Speaker 1>forth terrorist actions. Uh, and it's a new kind of warfare.

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<v Speaker 1>I would love for that to have happened as well.

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<v Speaker 1>But more than that, I would have loved a really

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<v Speaker 1>true American projection of power. Had there been a true

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<v Speaker 1>American projection of power, had there really been shock and all.

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<v Speaker 1>I think the American people would have a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>more understanding or patients for this, and apparently the polls

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<v Speaker 1>say that they have. I'm glad you called Marty. Thanks

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<v Speaker 1>much