Guests:
Rep. Xavier Becerra
George Will
Matthew Dowd
Carly Fiorina
Audie Cornish
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Raddatz: OMG Obama's charm
offensive
has failed to make the
parties agree!
Audience: so sad
Raddatz: how was your
dinner date
with Barack Obama?
Boehner: he's a nice guy
but he doesn't want
to fix the budget by
cutting taxes on rich people
Raddatz: do you trust
Barack Obama?
Boehner: oh yes – we
just need to cut
spending now that he's the
President
Raddatz: Obama says we
don't have
an immediate debt crisis
Boehner: that's true - but
old people
will eventually wreck
America
Raddatz: when will that
happen?
Boehner: in a year or two
Raddatz: but you agree
with the President
that this is not an
immediate problem
Boehner: yes but just we
can't spend
more money than we have
Raddatz: we did that under
Reagan
Bush I and Bush II
Boehner: see how bad the
problem is?!?
Raddatz: Obama says we
need to create jobs
Boehner: balancing the
budget will create jobs!
Investors will hire people
when we halt spending!
Raddatz: can you get a
Grand Bargain?
Boehner: hope springs
eternal Martha
Raddatz: would you be
willing to raise taxes
in exchange for cutting
Social Security?
Boehner: no – Obama got
his tax
increases in January!
Raddatz: what would you
accept?
Boehner: Slashing Medicare
and Medicaid
Raddatz: Rand Paul said
GOP is stale and
moss-covered and Marco
Rubio says USA! USA!
what does the GOP need to do?
Boehner: Republicans need
to persuade people
that ever since Obama
became President slashing
spending became an
imperative
Boehner: did Senator
Portman admit to
you that he's secretly a
tolerant Republican?
Boehner: yes and frankly I
was shocked
Raddatz: what if you had a
gay son?
Boehner: I grew up
discriminating against
gay people - it's what my church
teaches
and I will never change
Raddatz: what about gun
control?
Boehner: look I care about
people who
get shot but let's not go
overboard
Raddatz: what does a new
Pope mean for you?
Boehner: I think an
American Pope is a
giant step forward and
Francis is reformer
Raddatz: what kind of
reform does the church need?
Boehner: clean up the
finances, caring more
for the poor, oh and fewer
decades-long
worldwide conspiracies to
rape children
Raddatz: thanks for coming
John
[ break ]
Raddatz: Hi panelists -
can Washington
reach a budget agreement?
Will: Obamacare caused the
recession in 2007
and Paul Ryan still wants
to spend money
Fiorina: we must cut taxes
on the rich
and cut Social Security
Becerra: low taxes on rich
people
is a form of spending
Cornish: when you don't
hear anything
that's a sign a deal is
being made
Dowd: I frequently lecture
the President
in a condescending way
about being condescending
Raddatz: CPAC is trying find ways
to
make the GOP more popular
Fiorina: Americans don't
care about CPAC
they care about lower
taxes for rich people
Will: the media is very
mean to conservatives
Raddatz: that is so sad
Will: I see the Rise of
the Libertarians
Becerra: they need to
choose a path and stick with it
Raddatz: why didn't Marco
Rubio
mention immigration?
Cornish: because it's
unpopular
Dowd: CPAC is like a
Flintsones episode –
dinosaurs and tv reality
show stars
Cornish: what's wrong with
public discussion?
Dowd: nothing – just not
with Neaderthals
Raddatz: Portman now
supports gay marriage
Will: CPAC is mostly young
people
who don't hate gay people
Dowd: sure he's got a gay
son –
that's a good way to get
to the truth
Fiorina: people who
discriminate
are good people too
Raddatz: if you say so Carly
Fiorina: self-appointed
judges should
not decide civil rights
Raddatz: they're appointed
by the
President and Congress
Fiorina: even so I don't
trust legislators either
Raddatz: who do you trust
Fiorina: we must decide
civil liberties by plebiscite!
Raddatz: Episode IV: A New
Pope
Dowd: Francis of Assisi
was a friend
to animals, the
environment, the poor and
was barefoot and wore old
clothes
Raddatz: he was a hippie?
Fiorina: even
non-Catholics were united in
spirituality when the new
Pope was named
Raddatz: that is so true –
thanks
for coming everyone
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