Richard Engel
Mayor Mike Bloomberg (NYC)
Wayne LaPierre – NRA
E.J. Dionne
Ralph Reed
David Brooks
David Boies
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Gregory: wow Obama went to
Israel
and also Iran is threatening us
and also Iran is threatening us
Audience: eek
Gregory: Obama brought
Israel
and Turkey together
and Turkey together
Engel: Turkey is needed to
prevent
the whole Middle East from imploding
the whole Middle East from imploding
Gregory: Syria is the
middle of a civil war
Engel: Syria's chief
export is instability
– Obama went to reassure Israel
– Obama went to reassure Israel
Gregory: his presence is
comforting
Engel: some say he went
too far to
embrace the dream of Zion
embrace the dream of Zion
Gregory: like Neo he is
the chosen one
Brooks: Obama's trip was a
total triumph –
he endorsed the zionist
dream and also
supported Palestinian
statehood
Gregory: assuming we are
going
to invade another middle east
country which one should it be?
to invade another middle east
country which one should it be?
Dionne: Obama
reestablished the two-state
solution – now can John Kerry make it happen?
solution – now can John Kerry make it happen?
Greg: oy gevalt!
[ break ]
Gregory: Obama went to
Israel –
what did you think?
Bloomberg: he actually
achieved something
– pretty impressive
Gregory: you are going
all-in against guns
but has the moment after
Newtown been lost?
Bloomberg: 90% of the
public thinks we
should have reasonable
checks on buying guns
Gregory: and yet the
assault weapons ban failed
Bloomberg: wait until you
see my incredible ad blitz
Gregory: you can't think
the assault gun
ban will pass do you?
Bloomberg: we shall see
Greggers
Gregory: you sound like
you've been
defeated by the NRA
Bloomberg: it's not over
yet Fluffy
Gregory: Wayne LaPierre
says you have a
secret agenda to create a
registry of gun
owners to take all their
guns away
Bloomberg: Wayne LaPierre
is a lunatic
who wants crazy people to
have military weapons
Gregory: true but he's not
alone
Bloomberg: there are 300%
more gun
stores than McDonalds
stores than McDonalds
Gregory: why not combine
them
with a drive-thru gun
store?
Bloomberg: in McDonalds in
Europe
you can buy a glass of beer and in Texas
a military-style machine gun
you can buy a glass of beer and in Texas
a military-style machine gun
Gregory: what about the
Second Amendment?
Bloomberg: the Court has
said background
checks are perfectly legal
Fluffers
Gregory: will you target
people
who don't support gun
control?
Bloomberg: look I don't
like guns and I
have the money and intend
to spend it
Gregory: willl you spend a
lot of money?
Bloomberg: I've already
spent $12 million
Gregory: or as you call it
'spare change'
Bloomberg: right
Gregory: will politicians
pay a price
for not controlling guns?
Gregory: If I have
anything to say about it
Gregory: how far will you
take your
war on sugary drinks?
war on sugary drinks?
Bloomberg: I will never
stop
fighting Big Sweetness!
fighting Big Sweetness!
Gregory: you'll have to
pry my
big gulp from my very cold
purple hands
Bloomberg: sugar kills
more people than starvation!
Gregory: then why not send
the starving our twinkies?
the starving our twinkies?
Bloomberg: Salt kills
David!
Gregory: are you going to
ban salt too now?
Bloomberg: it's the new
crack
Gregory: people will have
to go to
Amsterdam to score some a
little
illicit sodium
illicit sodium
Bloomberg: obesity is a
public health threat!
Gregory: where do you
cross the
line into Big Mother?
line into Big Mother?
Bloomberg: look we don't
allow guns on airplanes
or asbestos in schools so
why not ban sweet drinks in large amounts
Gregory: thanks for coming
Mayor
[ break ]
Gregory: Wayne talk crazy
to me
LaPierre: that rich Mayor
is clearly crazy -
Americans cling to their
sugar, fat and guns
Gregory: well he's
spending millions –
are you armed and
prepared?
LaPierre: we do not want
Americans to
have nuclear weapons
unless they really need one
Gregory: almost everyone
wants
universal background
checks
LaPierre: background
checks are useless
because they don't catch
the mentally ill
Gregory: you are worried
about a national registry
LaPierre: what two farmers
do in the privacy
of their own gun sale is
their own business
Gregory: why not have a
registry
to track dangerous
weapons?
LaPierre: criminals won't
be in a registry
- it will be you and me
- it will be you and me
Gregory: just the two of
us?
LaPierre: George
Stephanopoulos can come too
Gregory: can you support
any kind
of background check?
of background check?
LaPierre: yes I would
support adding
people who are adjudicated
dangerous
into the system but
keeping the giant loophole
Gregory: Joe Biden says
the Constitution
doesn't require limitless
ammunition
LaPierre: please - the
AR-15 is like a little toy gun
Gregory: I did not know
that
LaPierre: gun owners are
the
true victims of these lies
Gregory: would limiting
machine guns
violate the Constitution?
LaPierre: hell yes!
Gregory: you have staked
out an extreme position
LaPierre: ask the White
House why
Obama won't prosecute drug
dealers
with guns in Chicago?!
Gregory: would you support any
kind of limit on guns?
kind of limit on guns?
LaPierre: no – guns keep
us safe!
Gregory: you want armed
guards in schools
LaPierre: every mom and
dad wants
their kids at a school
with more guns
Gregory: of course
LaPierre: also we need to
lock up
more people for the crime
of sounding crazy
Gregory: I'd be careful
with that if I were you
LaPierre: Obama doesn't
want to
prosecute gang members!
prosecute gang members!
Gregory: that's going a
little far isn't it?
LaPierre: he loves thugs
and
gangs and drug dealers!
gangs and drug dealers!
Gregory: thanks for coming
Wayne
[ break ]
Gregory: Ralph almost 60%
of
people support gay
marriage
Reed: yes other polls
shows gay marriage is 'icky'
Rosen: even most
evangelical kids
support marriage equality!
support marriage equality!
Brooks: this is greatest
time to be
gay since Ancient Greece
gay since Ancient Greece
Gregory: what a time that
must have been
Brooks: gays wanted
committed
relationships – I mean
who knew?
Gregory: what's wrong with
gay marriage Ralph?
Reed: because men parts
fit better with lady parts
Dionne: gays are the only
ones left still
supporting traditional
family values!
Rosen: married gay couples
are just
like others except men do
housework
Gregory: ha
Rosen: the plaintiffs in
court are wrong because
the purpose of marriage is
not to have kids – it's love
Reed: that's not fair
Rosen: of course it is
Reed: the only issue
before the court
is are gay parents bad
therefore
no gay person can ever get
married
Rosen: that is all kinds
of stupid
[ break ]
Gregory: David are gays a
protected class?
Boies: yes - but even if
they are not banning marriage is irrational
Gregory: ooh
Boies: gay marriage is
good for children!
Gregory: aren't you asking
the Supreme Court
to invalidate laws in
dozens of states
Boies: yes but that has to
be done when
states are discriminating
unfairly
Gregory: was Roe v Wade
decided too quickly?
Boies: Fluffy this is not
about creating a right –
it's expanding a right to
everyone
Gregory: predict the
Court's vote for me
Boies: we will win!
Gregory: thanks for coming
Gregory: Ralph when do
Republicans
finally support gay marriage?
finally support gay marriage?
Reed: never!
Gregory: really?
Reed: The GOP is
pro-marriage
Rosen: no you aren't
Reed: we're pro-marriage
for the right people
and we're anti-marriage
for the wrong people
Rosen: the Constitution
applies to everyone
to protect the spine of
America
Gregory: can we ever get
gun legislation passed?
Dionne: the whole country
is
in favor background checks
Brooks: why are we talking
about background
checks when we should be
putting more in prison?
Rosen: Republicans are
fighting for
less spending on police
and prosecutors!
Reed: the proposed law
would not prevent
Newtown therefore we
should have fewer
laws which also would not
prevent Newtown
Gregory: that makes so
much sense
Reed: darn right
Gregory: and that's
another
episode of Meet The Press
