Guests:
Rep.
Donna Edwards (D-MD)
Mike
Murphy
Kara
Swisher
Paul
Gigot
Andrea
Mitchell
Kathleen
Sebelius
Harry
Smith
Sen.
Ed Markey (D-MA)
Doris
Kearns Goodwin
Ed
Davis – Fmr. Boston Police Commissioner
Joe
Andruzzi – Fmr. N.E. Patriots player
John
Tlumacki – photographer
Mike
Bosse – Boston EMS
Kent
Scarna – First Responder
Sue
Schiller – EMS
Gregory:
Kathleen Sebelius resigned
– did
Obamacare win or is the ACA
terrible Mike Murphy?
Murphy:
ha ha ha
Gregory:
well did it?
Murphy:
we shall see
Gregory:
the reality is that in this
quantum
age the truth is unknowable
Edwards:
people like Obamacare!
Gregory:
the WSJ says her resigning
is
proof Obamacare is a failure
Gigot:
yes they're just using Obamacare
success
as excuse to cover up its failure
Swisher:
Disaster. Debacle.
Disaster.
Also, disaster
Gregory:
young people hate using
technology
that doesn't work immediately
unlike
everyone else
Swisher:
right
Murphy:
people may click on a
button
but will they pay the bills?
Edwards:
Sebelius served for 5 years!
Gregory:
Andrea Mitchell got to
interview
Kathleen Sebelius – how did it go?
Mitchell:
in retrospect should
you
have done the website right
Sebelius:
yes that would have been good
Mitchell:
aha
Sebelius:
but it works now
Mitchell:
true but irrelevant
Sebelius:
and now people have great choices
Mitchell:
you didn't pay enough
attention
to the website before the rollout
Sebelius:
no shit Andrea
Mitchell:
answer the question
Sebelius:
the website didn't work – I get it
Mitchell:
say it! say it!
Sebelius:
okay okay okay
– we
fucked up!!
Mitchell:
did the White House oversell it?
Sebelius:
what?
Mitchell:
Obamacare
Sebelius:
but the ACA works
Mitchell:
does it?
Sebelius:
sure look at expanded
Medicaid,
lower costs, more coverage
Mitchell:
what was your low point?
Sebelius:
hmmm... I guess I'd
have to
say the time when
the WEBSITE DIDN'T WORK
Mitchell:
people are asking
were
you pushed out of this job?
Sebelius:
look a lot of people leave
at
the end of a first term but I decided
to
leave after the end of open enrollment
Mitchell:
if you say so
Sebelius:
there's never a
good
time to leave this job
Gregory:
Ted Cruz said Sebelius' resignation
proves
Obamacare is a disaster
Cruz:
Obamacare is the worst
law
in American history
Brown:
I'd rather die than log
on
to the Obamacare website
Gregory:
the point is it doesn't
matter
if Obamacare is good or bad
Gigot:
Obamacare has ruined everything
Gregory:
right
Gigot:
but you have to have an alternative
Gregory:
you guys have an alternate plan?
Murphy:
we don't need one –
Obamacare is bad!
Gregory:
speaking of elections Obama
talked
about LBJ and voting rights
Obama:
the Republican party is
trying
to stop people from voting!
Gregory:
there's not much
evidence of voter fraud
Edwards:
there no evidence of voter fraud
Gregory:
how will this play in 2014?
Swisher:
this is about how elections
will
be done in 15 years
Gregory:
what do you mean?
Swisher:
we need a bitcoin for voters
Murphy:
as long as there's jobs
for
useless political consultants
Gregory:
if voter ID suppressed
the
vote than why did black turnout rise?
Edwards:
because of a backlash you idiot
Gregory:
what if Social Security
cards
had a photo on it
Swisher:
what if you could vote
using
drones from Amazon?
Murphy:
get off my lawn lady
Gregory:
Jeb Bush doesn't hate
immigrants
as much as most
Republicans
do
Murphy:
Bush is not a typical politician
– he's
very authentic
Gregory:
[ spit take ]
[
break ]
Gregory:
I'm in Boston Harbor
to
talk about heroism
Smith:
the mood is sacred
Witness:
the memories are still fresh
Smith:
the city was violated
Smith:
the Boston marathon
takes
place on Patriot's Day
Smith:
the revolution began in 1775
– that's
before the Declaration!
Smith:
the marathon attack was
therefore
an attack on all of us
who
love freedom and liberty
Gregory:
for all the talk of resilience
some
wounds don't heal
Goodwin:
the worst part is they
struck
us on our sacred day
Gregory:
yes we covered that
Markey:
Doris is right – Patriots Day is
a
celebration of freedom and that's
what
the terrorists hate about America
Gregory:
of course
Markey:
they knew what they
were
doing but the evoked
the
opposite response
Gregory:
exactly
Markey:
instead we got the sacrifice
and
resilience and all that
Gregory:
Joe you picked up a bombing victim
Andruzzi:
yes
Gregory:
did you hear the explosion?
Andruzzi:
yes
Gregory:
go on
Andruzzi:
and then I carried
a
victim a block to an ambulance
Gregory:
tell me about this photograph
Tlumacki:
I was there to take
pictures of
ordinary people
running the marathon
and
then a bomb went off
Gregory:
wow
Tlumacki:
it was amazing how
everyone was
immediately being helped
Gregory:
what do you think
about
when you see this picture
Davis:
it shows how police are
ready
to help at a moment's notice
Gregory:
how did the bombing
change
the city?
Bosse:
it was an honor
to
serve the city
Gregory:
what else?
Bosse:
I took the attack very personally
Gregory:
is it hard to think about it?
Bosse:
no
Gregory:
Boston will recover but
won't
people feel more vulnerable?
Goodwin:
maybe but people
won't
stay away
Gregory:
how did the Red Sox help the city?
EMS
worker: when Ortiz said
this
is our fucking city he spoke
for
the whole fucking city and about
how
we're taking it fucking back
Andruzzi:
these tragedies and
sports
really bring a community together
Gregory:
what lessons do
we
learn from the bombing?
Davis:
the lesson is don't fuck with Boston
Gregory:
shutting the whole
city
down to look for the bombers
was
a big deal
Davis:
we thought the city was under
attack
by a sophisticated terror cell
Gregory:
were mistakes made?
Markey:
there were many
great
brave heroes that day
but
don't forget 9/11
Gregory:
we won't
Markey:
Boston learned the lessons from 9/11
Gregory:
but the US didn't arrest
Tamerlan
for being radicalized
Markey:
exactly he should have
had
red flags on him for being
oriented
the wrong way
Schiller:
all agencies should
share information – but
in
a free and open society we
can't stop all terror attacks
Scarna:
I'm outraged at the
apologists
for terrorists
Gregory:
wow
Scarna:
I don't care if they had bad
childhoods
– people got killed –
we
need to stop apologizing for them
Gregory:
okay so no more
apologizing
for the bombers
Goodwin:
we always emerge
stronger
from these attacks
Gregory:
what will this photograph
mean
to you and others?
Tlumacki:
it will remind
people of the bombing
Gregory:
good point
Tlumacki:
but hopefully I will
replace
it with a photograph
of
the marathon as a happy occasion
Gregory:
well put
[
break ]
Gregory:
this is the anniversary of
the
assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Burns:
yes it's very historic
Gregory:
tell me about the Gettysburg address
Burns:
to me it is the greatest
speech
every made by an American
Gregory:
wow
Burns:
it was about the Declaration
and
a new birth of freedom
Gregory:
also it's short
Edwards:
it's very inspirational
Murphy:
I feel bad for Edward Everett
Burns:
it's a tough speech to understand
Gregory:
yes it is
Burns:
if you go to the website
you
can see Bill O'Reilly and
David
Gregory recite the address
Audience:
omg where do I sign up
Murphy:
the Gettysburg battle
was
a big fucking deal
Burns:
here were over 150,000 casualties
Swisher:
what about twitter?
Burns:
what if the address were given today?
Gigot:
Lincoln would break through
the
mindless chatter online and on cable tv
Burns:
the Wall Street Journal and
Fox
News would say “The big government
freedom-hating
President today gave
a
failed speech to distract from his
disastrous
and divisive war policies”
Gregory:
it's funny cause it's true
Panel:
LOL
Gregory:
and that's another
episode
of Meet The Press
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