Meet The Press – June 29, 2014

Chuck Todd

Kelly O'Donnell

Andrea Mitchell

Cynthia McFadden

Guests:

Former President Bill Clinton

RNC Chair Reince Priebus

Kathy Ruemmler Fmr. Obama 
White House Counsel

Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI)

Nia-Malika Henderson

Valerie Jarrett

Carly Fiorina

Sara Horowitz - Freelancers Union

Monty Moran - CEO of Chipotle

Darren Walker - President Ford Foundation

O'Donnell: Boehner and Obama

used to be friends – now Obama sticking

with his year of action

Boehner: Obama is not faithful [ weeps ]

Obama: this is a stupid stunt!

O'Donnell: they're not longer BFFs

Gregory: what's up with this lawsuit?

Ruemmler: to say this is frivolous 
is an insult to frivolity

Gregory: I like frivolity

Ruemmeler: I'm sure

Gregory: so how about impeachment?

Ruemmler: um yeah that's a good idea

Gregory: yeah but Obama tweaked 
Obamacare and limited carbon emissions

Ruemmler: you say that but Boehner

announced he was suing but is still

looking for reasons which is odd

Gregory: well used to practice 
with Green & Fazio

[ voice over ] I'd like to sue someone 
but don't I need a reason?

Gregory: we arrested a terrorist but

why is he in a court and not being

tortured at a lawless navy base in Cuba?

Ruemmler: because law

Gregory: but doesn't this terrorist 
possess super-powers?

Ruemmler: no Fluffy

[ break ]

Todd: the Clintons were broke and

are now worth $100 million which

is too much money to run for President

Schmidt: Clinton is out of touch

like Al Gore and John Kerry

Dunn: Americans don't mind wealthy

people they just don't like assholes

Todd: in 2007 Obama said he used

to be poor proving Hillary Clinton is out of touch

Gregory: so Hillary is out of touch!

Todd: however polls says people

do not think she is out of touch

Gregory: well pooh

[ break ]

Gregory: you understand why Hillary

is in trouble for saying she was dead broke

Clinton: I understand you are shallow idiot

Gregory: meanie

Clinton: what she said is factually true

Gregory: yes but she is out of touch

Clinton: she is not out of touch - 
you're out of touch

Gregory: no you're out of touch

Clinton: back in the 1970s Hillary was 
helping poor people and troubled 
mothers what were you doing

Gregory: the funky chicken

Clinton: you probably went to Studio 54

wearing a plaid jacket asking is Evel Knivel

was bad for Jimmy Carter in 1980

Gregory: so you think I'm unfair

Clinton: oh don't even try that Fluffy

Gregory: don't try what?

Clinton: I was the poorest President

ever in 1992 and now I'm doing well

but I still shop at my little corner grocery store

except I have Secret Service and $100 million

Gregory: do you still never federal protection?

Clinton: Hillary won't let me go 
anywhere without them

Gregory: the issue is you have too

much money to be President

Clinton: the real issue is is she aware

of the struggles of millions of Americans

Gregory: so you're saying the 
Obama economy sucks

Clinton: Obama pulled us out of a

Depression and his policies weren't

even fully implemented

Gregory: so you're blaming John Boehner

Clinton: I'm saying we should have invested

in America back when interest rates were low

Gregory: okay but but-

Clinton: the GOP hates government 
unless it's something they want

Gregory: I suppose but-

Clinton: look at GOP flip-flops on the 
Export Import Bank

Gregory: Iraq: it's baaack

Clinton: oh cripes

Gregory: Dick Cheney says America is

less safe because of Obama –

is Dick Cheney a credible critic?

Clinton: if he hadn't started a war in Iraq

none of this would be happening right now

Gregory: not even a war in Syria

Clinton: Dick Cheney has made a 
career out of blaming people for not 
fixing the mess he made

Gregory: what is America's role in the world? Also Benghazi!

Clinton: ten embassies were attacked

when Bush was President and where 
was the GOP outrage?

Gregory: something about french fries

Gregory: who would be best Republican to win in 2016?

Clinton: why would I answer that? [ laughs ]

Gregory: is Hillary going to run?

Clinton: I'm just a bit player [ laugh ]

Gregory: really?

Clinton: I believe Hillary is the most 
gifted public servant I've known but it 
has to be her decision

Gregory: right

Clinton: the important question is –

why do want to be President

and what would you do

Gregory: is it time to give pot a chance?

Clinton: we should leave it to the states

Gregory: Colorado legalized it

Clinton: there's pot and then there's pot

Gregory: is Hillary Clinton too rich to be President?

Priebus: yes – flying on a private 
jet is unseemly

Gregory: exactly

Priebus: I think people are tired the Clintons

Gregory: are people tired of the Bushes too?

Priebus: no because they not 
obnoxious like the Clintons are

Gregory: they're not?

Priebus: no Bill is out there criticizing

Dick Cheney just because Dick invaded

a country by mistake – what a hypocrite!

Gregory: who among us has not 
invaded  a nation of 30 million by 
mistake and without a plan

Priebus: exactly! Like this morning

I poured decaf by mistake! Same thing!

Gregory: what is the GOP foreign policy?

Priebus: Obama is weak and procrastinates

but Republicans decisively launch wars without thinking

Gregory: some would say he's prudent

Priebus: but he drew a red line

in Syria and didn't bomb them

Gregory: but he got all the Syria 
chemical weapons without firing a shot

Priebus: I don't know that

Gregory: so if you don't know

for you all you know it's true

Priebus: Benghazi!

Gregory: Boehner is suing he President

Priebus: the Constitution gives power to

'we the people' so Obama technically

should not even be in office

Gregory: Thad Cochran got elected

with Democratic votes –

is the GOP cracking up?

Priebus: I love primaries

Gregory: they 're the most you can

have with your clothes on not sitting at a desk

Priebus: we're going to win the 
House and Senate!

Gregory: problem solved then

[ break ]

PANEL

Gregory: Reince Priebus just called 
Hillary Clinton obnoxious!

Mitchell: Clinton is rusty and out of touch

Gregory: voters don't like anybody these days

Henderson: we're seeing a wave

of populism across America

Gregory: what about Boehner's

threatened lawsuit

Duffy: Obama has seized more

power than has ever happened

in the history of the nation

Ruemmler: um no he's the President

Gregory: but what if a Republican

President unilaterally halted Obamacare?

Ruemmler: well then the hand

would be on the other foot

Duffy: Obama is waiving welfare 
reform so what's to stop him from 
rounding us up and putting us all in 
FEMA concentration camps?

Henderson: this battle gins up supports

from conservatives and liberals

Mitchell: Boehner and Obama

probably agreed the lawsuit

was good for both of them

Duffy: also all liberals are losers

Gregory: the IRS are so arrogant

making me pay taxes when I

already paid them last year

Ruemmler: the IRS is a little 
tone-deaf but that's all

Duffy: we know the IRS targeted

right-wing groups

Gregory: we don't know that

Duffy: well maybe they did

Mitchell: maybe the IRS is just incompetent

Duffy: we need a special prosecutor!

Gregory: that's not going to happen

Ruemmler: there's no evidence of

any political targeting

Gregory: hey the Supreme Court ruled

for cell phone privacy – is this because

of Ed Snowden?

Mitchell: absolutely – it's all about the NSA

Henderson: the ruling said cell

phones basically are our whole lives

Gregory: should we elect a

smart phone President?

Gregory: Obama watched the

World Cup with Valerie Jarrett

McFadden: Obama used to be popular

– what went wrong?

Jarrett: being President isn't easy

McFadden: what about raising 
the minimum wage?

Jarrett: good idea

McFadden: are you Obama's spine?

Jarrett: he doesn't need me to be his spine

McFadden: 36 people work for you

Jarret: those guns aren't going

to take themselves away

McFadden: you're the most powerful

woman in Washington

Jarret: [ laughs ]

McFadden: is Michelle Obama

going to run for office ?

Jarret: that's never going to happen

McFadden: would you?

Jarrett: maybe

McFadden: should we have a women President?

Jarrett: absolutely!

McFadden: what about Hillary Clinton?

Jarrett: when she announces I'll comment

McFadden: you had dinner with Rupert Murdoch

Jarrett: isn't that amazing!

Gregory: is Jarrett Obama's connection

to the real America?

McFadden: yes and also the 
business community

[ break ]

Gregory: omg Obama reached over

the sneeze guard at Chipotle!

Clinton: I used to grab the fries out of the fryer

Gregory: what about raising the minimum wage?

Chipotle CEO: the issue isn't how much

money people are making but how much

rice belongs in a large burrito

Fiorina: the sad truth is raising the

minimum wage will hurt poor people

Freelancer: people need to be independent

Ford Foundation CEO: we have

too much income inequality

Clinton: Culture matters

Fiorina: culture in government

matters and government is totally

unaccountable except for the elections

Clinton: I presided over a small government

Fiorina: yes and that was good

Clinton: but not a weak government

that cripples the SEC and 
allows a financial crisis

Ford Foundation CEO: Ronald Reagan

believed in investing in infrastructure

Fiorina: tax laws benefit the rich which I hate

Clinton: we need to be creative 
to empower people

Gregory: the Big Question is Hillary Clinton

too rich and out of touch??

Clinton: shut up Fluffy

Gregory: and that's another

episode of Meet the Press