Sunday, November 24, 2013

This Week with George Stephanopoulos – November 24, 2013


Correspondents:
Terry Moran
Thomas Erdbrink
David Wright
Susan Saulny
Guests:
John Kerry (Sec. of State)
Sen. Saxby Chambliss
Christiane Amanpour
Martha Raddatz
Richard Haass
Matthew Dowd
Donna Brazile
Cokie Roberts
Bill Kristol
Mark Zuckerberg
Maya Angelou

Stephanopoulos: OMG the U.S. and Europe
made a deal with Iran on nuclear weapons

Moran: it's promise or peril depending on
whether you think Iran opening up
to daily inspections is a good thing
or the end of the world

Stephanopoulos: tough call

Moran: it's all temporary anyway

Stephanopoulos: Bibi says it's a terrible deal

Moran: Israel will lobby the U.S. Congress
for new bigger sanctions and may also bomb
Iran with Saudi Arabia which doesn't want
Iranian oil on the open market

Stephanopoulos: will this deal work?

Moran: can Iran be trusted – that's the question

Stephanopoulos: welcome John Kerry

Kerry: Hi George

Stephanopoulos: President Marco Rubio says
this deal will not stop Iran's nuclear program
while continuing sanctions clearly would

Kerry: he's an idiot

Stephanopoulos: be that as it may

Kerry: Iran's uranium will be destroyed
and their centrifuges will stalled

Stephanopoulos: but not destroyed

Kerry: true but while we do nothing
they keep building a nuke

Stephanopoulos: Republicans say 
this is a bad deal

Kerry: Under the brilliant tough Bush-Graham-Rubio
model Iran had 164 centrifuges and
now they have 19,000

Stephanopoulos: yes but Republicans
are tough and Democrats are weak

Kerry: right of course

Stephanopoulos: does Iran have
a right to enrich?

Kerry: no Iran has no right to enrich –
they have a right to get rich not to enrich!

Stephanopoulos: don't try to be funny Mr Secretary

Kerry: sorry

Stephanopoulos: can they enrich or not?

Kerry: Iran can only enrich if they prove
they have peaceful nuclear program

Stephanopoulos: I see

Kerry: they do have a right to a
have peaceful nuclear program

Stephanopoulos: Will Israel bomb Iran?

Kerry: there is no daylight between 
the U.S. and Israel

Stephanopoulos: maybe a little – after all
Israel hates this deal and Netanyahu
says it will let Iran build a bomb

Kerry: well he's wrong

Stephanopoulos: can you stop Congress
from passing increased sanctions?

Kerry: oh god they are such idiots

Stephanopoulos: we all know that

Kerry: look increased sanctions will
only drive Iran to build a bomb

Stephanopoulos: yes but at least
we will be tough

Kerry: oh cripes

Stephanopoulos: can we deal with a regime
that calls Israel a rabid dog and accuses
America of war crimes?

Kerry: look this is going to difficult –
we have to proceed without cobwebs

Stephanopoulos: I don't understand

Kerry: look the whole point of sanctions
and threats of war is to get them to
cry uncle and they now have

[ break ]

Stephanopoulos: Saxby can you support this deal?

Chambliss: no because under this
deal Iran can still enrich uranium 
and will still have centrifuges

Stephanopoulos: I see

Chambliss: the sanctions are working and
doing exactly what they designed to do –
greatly hurt ordinary Iranian people

Stephanopoulos: that's the purpose?

Chambliss: yes – now is the time
for more sanctions!

Stephanopoulos: now we need more sanctions?

Chambliss: yes –Congress will do it!

Stephanopoulos: I see

Chambliss: the sanctions as they 
now are working – so of course we 
should change them!

Stephanopoulos: that makes sense

Chambliss: you just can't trust those wily Persians

Stephanopoulos: no?

Chambliss: this will encourage Iran
to build a nuclear weapon

Stephanopoulos: thanks for coming

[ break ]

Stephanopoulos: what is the mood in Tehran?

Erdbrink: they are thrilled –
the sanctions have really hurt

Stephanopoulos: is that right?

Erdbrink: Iran's currency has collapsed

Stephanopoulos: sounds tough

Erbdrink: but being posted to
Tehran has finally gotten me on tv

Stephanopoulos: well good luck Thomas

[ break ]

Stephanopoulos: wasn't Rouhani elected
to get sanctions relief?

Amanpour: absolutely – these sanctions
have really hurt people

Stephanopoulos: so sanctions work

Amanpour: but let's be clear – sanctions never
stopped Iran building a nuclear bomb

Stephanopoulos: that proves we 
need more sanctions

Amanpour: and remember this deal is
only a very tiny lifting of the sanctions

Stephanopoulos: why are other
countries so concerned?

Amanpour: because there is a power
struggle in the middle east

Stephanopoulos: it turns out the U.S.
has been secretly negotiating with Iran

Raddatz: I love this – hidden plane flights!
Secret talks!

Stephanopoulos: talk nukes to me Martha

Raddatz: this deal doubles the time
for Iran to build a bomb

Stephanopoulos: Bill you are always wrong
about everything – give us your expertise on Iran

Kristol: this is a terrible deal – all sanctions are
ending and Iran can refresh their bomb program

Amanpour: all of that is a lie

Haass: calm down – this is a limited
deal with much to negotiate

Stephanopoulos: can Israel wait six months?

Kristol: no Bibi will probably bomb
Iran in a few weeks

Stephanopoulos: can this deal stop
Iran from building a bomb?

Haass: this is not a problem to be solved –
it's one to be managed long-term

Stephanopoulos: coming up – our stellar
panel whines about filibuster reform

[ break ]

Stephanopoulos: OMG the Senate 
moved to majority rule!

Brazile: the GOP is the one that broke
the Senate – it's not functioning

Roberts: yes the Senate is not functioning –
but whose fault it that? Harry Reid is the Senate
majority leader – why doesn't Harry Reid do
something about it?!?

Stephanopoulos: he just did!

Roberts: this will just make everything worse!

Stephanopoulos: that's crazy

Dowd: this just reflects the terrible
bitterness in America

Kristol: Harry Reid broke his word
because just the Republicans had a few filibusters

Roberts: well more than a few

Kristol: it just a little cloture between friends

Roberts: there are 200 nominations waiting

Kristol: only the Democrats are to
blame for everything that is bad

Roberts: filibuster reform just reflects
the hatred and dysfunction in America

Dowd: Cokie is right – we are all retreating
into our little tribes of hate and majority
rule is the worst hate of all

Stephanopoulos: majority rule proves Obama
is terrible and unpopular and dishonest

Dowd: Obama was going to change to the
tone in Washington and yet he can't make
Republicans like him proving he is terrible

Roberts: both sides are equally to blame

Kristol: no one knows this but Republicans
are secretly very popular

Stephanopoulos: Obama has a
Second Term Slump!!

Stephanopoulos: the JFK assassination
anniversary is getting a lot of attention

Dowd: it was a time of hope until
Obama ruined it all

Roberts: Matt is right about everything –
it was time of hope when America had
never lost a war and we still had jobs and
Americans weren't a bunch of tweeting
facebooking reality show watching losers

Stephanopoulos: was JFK a conservative 
or a liberal?

Kristol: JFK would be Republican today

[ panel laughs ]

Stephanopoulos: it's funny because people
tune into my tv show to be lied to and misinformed

Panel: ha ha ha ha

[ break ]

Zuckerberg: it's sad that kids who grew
up in America but are undocumented
don't have civil rights

Wright: but they're breaking the law

Zuckerberg: some came as kids and
most came just to work

Wright: you just want to hire foreign nerds
but what about the fruit pickers

Zuckerberg: the sons of fruit pickers may
create a future Facebook

Wright: you went to Washington to lobby for reform

Zuckerberg: I poked those senators

Wright: what about privacy?

Zuckerberg: we have a great privacy track record

Wright: of course 

Zuckerberg: you should be clear about
what you're doing – the government
totally blew it by not being transparent 
about national security

Wright: what about the Obamacare website?

Zuckerberg: just keep working on getting it right
we've had failures too

[ break ]

Saulny: you wrote a book about your mother

Angelou: she told me I could be great

Saulny: nice

Angelou: I think about her every morning

Saulny: your boyfriend almost killed you

Angelou: forgiveness releases you of a weight

Saulny: you were a calypso singer and dancer

Angelou: and a good one!

Stephanopoulos: and that's all the time we have


Sunday, November 17, 2013

Meet The Press – November 17, 2013


Guests:
Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH)
Ezra Klein
Dan Henninger
Mike Murphy
Kathleen Parker
Tom Brokaw
Chris Matthews

Gregory: OMG the Republican House
passed a bill to change Obamacare!

Gregory: are Democrats fleeing Obamacare?

Pelosi: no

Gregory: but Democrats are frustrated
Pelosi: some of them

Gregory: aren't Democrats losing confidence 
in Obama?

Pelosi: no

Gregory: but

Pelosi: calm down Fluffy

Gregory: but Obamacare

Pelosi: I call it the ACA because I got it through

Gregory: okay Nancy

Pelosi: the law does not require these
cancellations – the laws says if you had a
plan before the law was enacted you
could keep it and that's still true

Gregory: would you or other Democrats
actually campaign on Obamacare?

Pelosi: the ACA

Gregory: whatever

Pelosi: it's working in Kentucky – it saves lives

Gregory: but people are mad

Pelosi: so the President is going to let
people stay on their crappy plans but the
insurer must inform people that they
have better options

Gregory: but one million cancellation
notices have gone out in California

Pelosi: and they will get second 
letter correcting that

Gregory: did you lie to people in 2010

Pelosi: no

Gregory: but if your plan doesn't meet
government standards then you can't keep it

Pelosi: you can if it pre-dates the law

Gregory: Obama apologized – why don't you?

Pelosi: that's neither here nor there

Gregory: this was a forseeable problem

Pelosi: insurers must tell people they
have better choices

Gregory: in 2010 you said this would
be awesome and it's not awesome

Pelosi: I stand by what I said

Gregory: okay

Pelosi: we passed this law and it got
past court challenges and we're going
to keep fighting for this law

Gregory: do you still consider this law a success?

Pelosi: it will be

Gregory: what is success?

Pelosi: if people can sign up

Gregory: why aren't you more
concerned that this is a disaster?

Pelosi: you can't be knocked for a
loop over a little setback

Gregory: will Democrats lose seats
over Obamacare?

Pelosi: remember the government shutdown?
That was bad!

Gregory: yes I recall that

Pelosi: also in 2014 we will fight over jobs,
gay rights and immigration reform

[ break ]

Gregory: welcome Kelly Ayotte -
you hate the ACA

Ayotte: my constituents are telling me
they have less choice – there's only
one insurer in New Hampshire

Gregory: is your goal to repeal
the ACA altogether?

Ayotte: no Republicans voted for the ACA
so it must be bad

Gregory: are you open to fixing the law
and how would you provide insurance for
40 uninsured million Americans?

Ayotte: the first rule in politics is
First, Do No Harm the Upper Middle Class

Gregory: I knew that

Ayotte: all we have to do is allow
people buy insurance across state lines

Gregory: what else?

Ayotte: we have lots of good ideas

Gregory: like what?

Ayotte: lots of them

Gregory: what are they?

Ayotte: repeal Obamacare

Gregory: what else?

Ayotte: we have many ideas

Gregory: thanks for coming Kelly

Gregory: is Obamacare done for?

Klein: it's not now – but they have time to get
the website working and get people signed up

Gregory: okay

Klein: after all the Medicare D rollout was a disaster

Henninger: this is really complicated and
there's no way to fix it in two weeks

Gregory: wow

Henninger: they may lose an entire
generation of young people who
will grow up hating the government

Gregory: won't insurers just raise premiums?

Klein: the insurers will want healthy
people signed up – that's where the money is

Gregory: Doug you hate big government 
and mandates

Henninger: FDR is being proved
wrong by a slow website in 2013

Gregory: I see

Henninger: in the next two weeks people
will abandon government after
80 years of giving it a chance

Klein: Paul Ryan had exchanges in his plan too

Gregory: thanks for coming guys

[ break ]

Gregory: this week Obama came out
and said we fumbled the rollout

Brokaw: I would have thought Obama
would have been on top of this since
it was so important to him

Gregory: where is Obama's Bobby Kennedy
where's the muscle?

Matthews: he should have had a Obamacare Czar

Murphy: this is crackup and now we
have the midterms coming up

Gregory: fascinating

Murphy: the GOP should now come up
with their policies and run the table

Parker: John Boehner told me that they
will be on the attack for the rest of the year

Matthews: the problem with the Katrina
analogy is the Bush didn't do anything at all
not that he tried and failed

Brokaw: also the GOP still has no plan 
to fix health care

Murphy: that's true – but now we are
allowed to have an alternative

Gregory: what will it be

Murphy: take away from the poor and
give to the middle class

Gregory: people like the idea of not
having pre-exising conditions

Matthews: what if Obama goes to the
Republican party and asks for money for Obamacare?

Parker: they will say no

Gregory: people say this is Obama's Katrina
I say it's more like Obama's Iraq

Parker: no that was different Bush was a hero

Brokaw: the American people don't trust
Obama because he won in Syria
without firing a shot

Murphy: Obama is the most unpopular
politicians of all time

Parker: what if Obama had just agreed
to delay Obamacare for a year in August?

Murphy: the campaign is over – 
now it's time to govern

Matthews: the campaign never ends

Murphy: that's true

Matthews: it's only going to get nastier

Parker: he's been getting bad advice

Brokaw: people are scared of getting
a terminal disease and they blame politicians

Gregory: just want to be healthy and
never pay for insurance – is that so hard?

[ break ]

Gregory: you made a documentary about
the Kennedy assassination and
interviewed Stephen Spielberg

Brokaw: JFK was the perfect guy for his time,
following Eisenhower, it was the tv age –
he was young, glamouros, good looking,
and left with all this unfinished business

Gregory: the Kennedy assassination is
like 9/11 – nothing was same after

Matthews: I studied the JFK the canny
politician – he was trying get re-elected
while working on a civil rights law

Brokaw: I've talked to all his advisors
and JFK was taking a hawkish line 
through 1964 but probably wouldn't have 
gone all-in in Vietnam

Matthews: he was hawkish – but would he
really have put 500,000 troops in Vietnam
I don't think so

Gregory: thanks for coming

Gregory: Ha – Bill Clinton dissed
Obama on health care

Parker: ha ha the Clintons are totally
distancing themselves

Brokaw: don't forget they screwed up
health care in 1993

Matthews: Hillary Clinton is moving 
to the right of Obama

Gregory: ha ha

Matthews: the great thing about Bill Clinton
is he is totally in touch with white people
in a way Barack Obama is not

Murphy: Hillary Clinton is threatened
by Elizabeth Warren

Parker: she is warm and wonderful

Murphy: just like a Bond villain

Brokaw: I love these parlor games
but this is ridiculous

Matthews: Democrats don't like
a coronation – they like a fight!

Gregory: I'm looking forward to it!

Matthews: ha!

Gregory: and that's another episode
of Meet The Press

This Week with George Stephanopoulos – November 17, 2013


Host: Martha Raddatz
Guests:
Jon Karl
Rebecca Jarvis
Matthew Dowd
David Plouffe
Sen. Kristen Gillibrand (D-NY)
Adam Kinzinger (R-IL)
Gwen Ifill
Howard Dean
Bret Stephens

Raddatz: OMG Obama's Presidency is in crisis!

Karl: Obamacare's flaws may threaten
his Presidency

Obama: we fumbled the rollout

Karl: the website doesn't work and
people are getting plan cancellations

Raddatz: oh my

Karl: not as many people trust Obama
and this may be Obama's Katrina from
which Bush never recovered

Raddatz: Obama's Katrina!

Karl: Democrats are bailing on Obamacare

Raddatz: will anyone be fired?

Karl: that's not going to fix anything

Raddatz: but he has to fire someone!

Dowd: Presidents need to show
accountability like when Bush fired Rumsfeld

Raddatz: but that took years

Plouffe: the website is going to be fixed –
but they need to regain people's trust

Raddatz: how?

Karl: get the health insurance CEOs on board

Jarvis: young healthy people aren't
rushing to buy health insurance

Raddatz: Matt you're a Republican –
bash Obama for me

Dowd: Obama can't pass any laws from now on?

Raddatz: is just like Katrina?

Dowd: no one has died but it's eerily similar

Plouffe: But Bush lost trust because he
lied to get us into a war and then 
screwed that up too

Dowd: oh right that happened

Raddatz: can he regain the trust
of the American people?

Karl: it's possible

Raddatz: can he regain trust?

Gillibrand: of course – people don't want
to lose insurance because of
a preexisting condition

Raddatz: but the trust has been shattered!

Gillibrand: oh come on Martha

Raddatz: but Obama misled everyone!

Gillibrand: the whole point is to provide
people with adequate useful health insurance

Raddatz: but Obama fell on his sword
but has missed that sword a couple of times

Gillibrand: what the hell are you talking about

Raddatz: the leadership!

Gillibrand: Obama's legacy is going to be
providing millions of Americans with health care

Raddatz: but 39 Democrats defected!

Gillibrand: they're just responding to
the needs of their constituents

Raddatz: exactly!

Gillibrand: people are worried about their
family's health coverage and that
makes sense – but the law helps people

Raddatz: are you planning running
for President in 2016?

Gillibrand: no I'm endorsing Hillary Clinton –
she's got the gravitas and she's rested and ready

Raddatz: you are pushing to reform
sex assault prosecution in the military

Gillibrand: we're getting the votes –
we need to protect soldiers giving
their lives for our country

Raddatz: would you leave murder and
theft in the chain of command?

Gillibrand: no – we have 26,000 assaults

Raddatz: but you don't have the data

Gillibrand: yes we do – this comes
from the Department of Defense

Raddatz: but but

Gillibrand: if you are raped you are
likely to be retaliated against

Raddatz: John McCain says you don't
have military experience to oversee the military

Gillibrand: I like John but this is my job and
I'm sorry but the military has allowed sex
assaults to occur for too long

Raddatz: what is the President's position?

Gillibrand: we have lots of Generals supporting us

Raddatz: lots don't

Gillibrand: they're serving now – of course
they support the chain of command

Raddatz: I see

Gillibrand: and one three-star general!

Raddatz: thanks for coming

Raddatz: OMG SNL made fun of
President Obama – that is the best
thing I have ever seen!!

Ifill: Obama came out this week saying
he fumbled – they've hit bottom

Raddatz: happy 65th birthday Howard Dean

Dean: I signed up for Medicare in 10 minutes
we need a public option!

Raddatz: but is the rest of his term is destroyed?

Stephens: this is the great political
disaster in decades

Raddatz: I love it!

Stephens: this will crush jobs

Kinzinger: the website will be fixed –
but Obama is raising taxes and
secretly wants socialism

Raddatz: aren't Republicans doing really well?

Kinzinger: yes

Ifill: Obama's doesn't want single-payer

Kinzinger: that's the goal of the Democrat party

Raddatz: no one trusts Obama!

Stephens: Obama is incompetent –
he wiretapped Germany, let Ed Snowden
steal secrets and let Syria give up
chemical weapons without firing a shot

Raddatz: someone had to say it


Sunday, November 10, 2013

Meet The Press – November 10, 2013


Guests:
Sec. John Kerry (State)
Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ)
Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN)
Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD)
Joe Scarborough
Mark Halperin
Doris Goodwin

Gregory: OMG John Kerry did not
make a deal to end Iran nuclear arms

Gregory: Hi John

Kerry: Hi David

Gregory: can you make a deal with Iran?

Kerry: yes – we just need to
hammer out the modalities

Gregory: what does that mean?

Kerry: we use what I call 'exhaust diplomacy'

Gregory: what is that?

Kerry: where I keep talking until you are
exhausted and agree to give up your 
entire nuclear program and also
throw in a plate of hummus

Gregory: is Iran playing games while
they plan to nuke Martha's vineyard
and will that impact my property values?

Kerry: no we just need to work on the
wording of the agreement – you know
this is serious business Fluffy!

Gregory: yeah yeah yeah

Kerry: remember this is a new
Iran government – we need time

Gregory: but I want a deal now!

Kerry: there's no rush – we need to get it right

Gregory: Bibi wants to crush Iran
before we can lift sanctions

Kerry: well he's an idiot

Gregory: perhaps but I like him

Kerry: let me be perfectly clear –
we have to two deals – a current architecture
deal and the hopefully another guarantee
deal for a non-growing nuclear program

Gregory: thanks for being perfectly clear

Kerry: look it's not to much to ask to try
diplomacy before we start another war

Gregory: what's the rush – why not
punish Iran some more?

Kerry: Fluffy the point of sanctions
is not to make Iranians suffer

Gregory: what's the point of being a big
empire if you can't inflict a little needless
suffering now and then?

Kerry: sure – but the reason to have
the sanctions is to bring them to
the negotiating table – well here they are

Gregory: but punishing Iranians is so fun

Kerry: don't worry we are doing that
but also trying to achieve something

Gregory: I'm worried that you and Obama
are being suckered by these wily Persians

Kerry: you're a moron

Gregory: but you're not skeptical!

Kerry: you're one to talk about being skeptical

Gregory: ha

Kerry: look Fluffy we're not stupid

Gregory: but you're rushing into a bad deal

Kerry: you moron we didn't even make a deal!

Gregory: you're weak!

Kerry: shut up Fluffers

Gregory: Obama is weak and abandons
friends and allows Syria to commit murder
and is reluctant to use America's
awesome military power

Kerry: Hey stupid – Obama was the one
who wanted to bomb Syria and Republicans
got skittish and told him not to use force –
do you even remember that?!?

Gregory: but Obama is weak and
Republicans are strong

Kerry: Ask Qaddafi and bin Laden about that

Gregory: but Republicans are manly
and Democrats are weak!

Kerry: that's mythology you dumbass

Gregory: you said you don't think
Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone

Kerry: I'm Secretary of State and can't say more

Gregory: but do you think it was the CIA,
the mafia, the USSR or Cuba?

Kerry: yes

Gregory: thanks for coming

[ break ]

Gregory: what about Iran?

Corker: clearly Iran is about to build a
nuclear bomb and Obama doesn't care

Gregory: right

Corker: Obama is about to give
away the store because he wants
to give muslims a bomb

Gregory: so should we have more sanctions?

Corker: I don't trust those wily Arabs

Gregory: I don't blame you

Corker: all of us want to see diplomacy
but Barack Obama is always ready to
jump in the arms of terrorists

Gregory: we all know that

Corker: think about it – if Obama eases
sanctions it will like when Obama
gave North Korea the bomb and
they nuked Topeka

Gregory: they did?

Corker: I think I saw it on '60 Minutes'

[ break ]

Gregory: Welcome Chris -- there 
is a lot of excitement about 
you all over America!

Christie: I know David!

Gregory: how can you impact the country?

Christie: people want politicians to
get the job done and that's what I do

Gregory: clearly you are a shy man
but can you save the Republican party?

Christie: look I am much too modest
to talk about those things

Gregory: give it a try

Christie: if you go to black people
and talk to them they may even listen to you

Gregory: wow!

Christie: I know!

Gregory: you would lose to Hillary
Clinton in New Jersey

Christie: it's a blue state and I'm
a Republican – suck it!

Gregory: okay

Christie: blacks, hispanics, students,
young people – they all voted for me

Gregory: are you a moderate or a conservative?

Christie: we added over 140,000 jobs

Gregory: that's not much in a state of 6 million

Christie: fuck you Fluffy!

Gregory: the Wall Street Journal points
out you have a terrible jobs record

Christie: but we cut business taxes

Gregory: but it didn't work

Christie: look stupid if I had done a
good job I wouldn't have run again

Gregory: sound logic indeed

Gregory: what about Obamacare?

Christie: I knew Obamacare would fail
that's why I didn't set up state-run exchanges

Gregory: that makes perfect sense

Christie: I have boldly called on Obama
to tell the truth – I always tell the
people in New Jersey the hard truths!

Gregory: like what happened with New Jersey
transit trains during Superstorm Sandy?

Christie: if you ask me that again I
promise I will rip off your goddamn
head and piss on your brain

Gregory: okay okay

Christie: don't push me Fluffy

[ break ]

Gregory: Joe do you think Chris Christie
would marry me if I asked him?

Scarborough: I miss Colin Powell
and Ronald Reagan

Gregory: so do I

Scarborough: Republicans need to stop
attacking each and start getting together
and winning like a football team

Gregory: which one is Richie Incognito?

Halperin: Chris Christie is magical –
and he's a leader – he's like
Albus Dumbledore meets Tony Soprano

Goodwin: Christie is just like Teddy Roosevelt
both were blunt, fighters and
were called communists by other Republicans

Edwards: he's not President yet

Gregory: why are you anti-Christie Donna?

Gregory: I'm bored with praising Christie
let's bash Obama

Scarborough: Obama botched the website!

Goodwin: both sides are rooting the
other side to fail and people are hurt

Gregory: Obama apologized!
Mark Halperin is that enough?

Halperin: not to overstate the case but
Obama's entire Presidency is on the line
in the next few days – it will be a total 
failure if he can't get the tea party like 
him in the next ten days

Gregory: what happens if Obamacare fails?
What is the plan for that?

Edwards: what happens when people
realize David Gregory is full of it? What's the plan?

Scarborough: I try not to be partisan and
Republicans will tell you that I am not partisan

Gregory: oh sure

Scarborough: but Obama rammed
the individual mandate
down Republicans' throats

Gregory: Kerry says Lee Oswald 
may not have acted alone

Goodwin: we have a need to believe
in a conspiracy to give the assassination
a larger meaning

Gregory: that's somewhat patronizing

Goodwin: although my husband
thinks it was the mafia and I think
it was the New York Yankees

Gregory: Joe I am so thrilled to cover
your book about we can help the
Republican party thrive

Scarborough: I'm thrilled too David

Gregory: we've got to help the
Republican party win!

Scarborough: we've got to come up
with a big agenda and big plans and
stop electing amateurs

Gregory: sadly Americans do like
government sometimes

Scarborough: we used to win Presidential
elections easily – because people trusted
Republicans to be strong and smart
and show good judgment

Gregory: now – not so much

Scarborough: right – if we don't change
Obama and Hillary Clinton will have
16 years to choose Supreme Court
justices and that will transform
politics for 50 years

Gregory: you sound worried

Scarborough: I love the shutdown but it
was bad tactics – like running the
football on 4th and 31 because
you think it makes you more of a man

Gregory: and that's another
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