Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)
Rep. Peter King (R-NY)
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN)
Sen. Any Klobuchar (D-MN)
Karen Hughes
Tony Blair
Gregory: OMG nerdprom is
so funny
but first we might go to
war with Syria
and somehow we managed to
get
John McCain as a guest
Gregory: Senator did Syria
really
use chemical weapons?
McCain: who knows – he
probably would someday
Gregory: right
McCain: Obama gave Assad a
green
light to commit mass
executions
Gregory: that sounds like
something
Obama would do
McCain: Obama just loves
murder
Gregory: so what should we
do?
McCain: use missiles to
create a
no-fly zone and supply the
rebels with guns
Gregory: I like it
McCain: also Russia is
flooding
Syria with weapons so we
should do also
Gregory: we must not allow
a Syria-weapons gap
McCain: Fluffy right now it's an
unfair
fight and a stalemate
fight and a stalemate
Gregory: so if we equalize
the fight
it won't be a stalemate
anymore?
McCain: where's my
pudding?
Gregory: didn't we invade
Iraq and find they
didn't have any weapons of
mass destruction?
McCain: this is totally
different –
we're pretty sure he does
and if he
doesn't Assad is a bad guy
Gregory: I stand corrected
– so you
think the U.S. should use
force?
McCain: sure why not –
we can't let chemical
weapons fall into the
wrong hands
Gregory: should the U.S.
declare war?
McCain: no Americans are
tired of war
– we should just go in
operationally
Gregory: that sounds like
an invasion
McCain: oh no - U.S. boots
on the ground
would be the worst
possible thing we could do
– it would turn people
against America
Gregory: I see
McCain: on the other hand
if we don't
attack the Syrian people
will turn against us
Gregory: the Senate fixed
airport delays
– is that the right
approach?
McCain: no the sequester
cuts are
crippling America's
defenses!
Gregory: Biden says you
might have
won in 2008 if the Republicans
hadn't
crashed the economy
McCain: well that's nice
but don't forget
I ran a terrible campaign
Gregory: true – thanks
for coming John
[ break ]
Gregory: Keith should we
declare war on Syria?
Ellison: there is a
terrible humanitarian
crisis there and we need
to do more
Gregory: Peter should we
invade Syria?
King: Obama puts America's
prestige on the line!
Gregory: that's true
King: but I don't trust
those rebels –
some of them are terrorists
Gregory: like the IRA?
King: ha good one Fluffy
Gregory: please criticize
the FBI for me
King: the FBI did not
visit Tameralan's mosque
or his friends or
neighbors or consult the
FBI crystal ball which can
tell who will be a terrorist
Gregory: the FBI dropped
the crystal ball!
Ellison: of course you
want to blame
the FBI – it's a better
story
Gregory: Peter you want to
spy on
Muslim-Americans
King: damn right – even
the liberal
Tom Friedman hates muslims
– it's all the rage
Gregory: I'm convinced
King: the FBI never even
reported
Tameralan to the Boston
Police!
Gregory: Keith you're a
muslim
Ellison: I'm an American!
Gregory: well make up your
mind
Ellison: going after a
whole community
is wrong and doesn't help
security
Gregory: how is political
correctness hurting security?
King: the police never
spied on
Tameralan's mosque because they
are
afraid of being called anti-Islam
Gregory: that's a strong
charge Peter
King: the threat to
American is coming from muslims
Ellison: the ricin attack
didn't come from a muslim
King: that wasn't
terrorism that was a
harmless prank like when
the IRA bombed civilians
Ellison: muslims love this
country!
Gregory: what questions do
you have Peter?
King: how can we blame the
community
and also how does this
affect New York City?
Gregory: thanks for coming
guys
King: I'm keeping my eye
on you Keith
[ break ]
Gregory: hi panel – how
was nerdprom?
Klobuchar: Obama
skillfully made fun
of himself and Mitch
McConnell
Gregory: George W. Bush
was
very good at everything
Todd: Obama took potshots
at the media
because he hates Buzzfeed
and Politico
Gregory: John McCain
thinks Obama
supports mass murder
Klobuchar: McCain talks tough
but chickened out when you asked
him about
boots on the ground
Murphy: you know I've
heard that it's
easier to start a war than
end one
Castro: we were fooled
over WMD once before
Hughes: no one is for
boots on the ground
but al-qaeda is taking
over Syria and the
whole world wants us to
attack
Todd: the White House
regrets drawing that
red line because now there
are no good choices
Klobuchar: Assad is more dangerous
than Qaddafi who was kind of an idiot
Murphy: the rebels might
not be good guys
Gregory: what will define
Obama's legacy?
Castro: a lot of issues –
but I believe
Congress is up to the task
Gregory: you must be
joking
Gregory: Karen I love Bush
but
his second term was kind
of a mess
Hughes: Obama is a failure
because
all the big spending and
debt
Todd: Obama has one year
to get anything
done and since he failed
on guns he must
pass immigration reform or Maureen Dowd
will write
another stupid column
Gregory: I've heard Obama
is a loser
– is that true Amy?
Klobuchar: Obama can bring
people together
over the debt and even
Republicans
favor immigration reform
[ break ]
Gregory: greetings Prime
Minister -
you supported Bush's invasion of Iraq
which turned out to be not so brilliant
Blair: after 9/11 I
thought it was
important to do whatever Bush wanted
Gregory: Bush told you not
to
support him if it would hurt you
politically
Blair: yes it turns out
Bush was
somewhat shrewd in that regard
Gregory: indeed
Blair: but at the time I
thought invading
Iraq was the right thing to do
Gregory: may I ask why?
Blair: 9/11
Gregory: the Bush library
link Iraq and
terrorism which we know is
false
Blair: yes but by invading
Iraq brought
out the violent ethnic tribal
wackos
who are arguably like terrorists in that
sort of extreme kind of way as one sees in
Africa and
Asia all those non-anglo places
Gregory: what about Syria?
Blair: well you know old
chap I see this as a
clash of civilizations and
you see all these
foreigners who don't
believe in freedom like we do
Gregory: Britain has
homegrown terrorism
Blair: we must cast out
this ideology –
and like fascism or
communism or
kardashianism we will
fight it for a long time
Gregory: what was it like
to sit through
the dedication of the Bush
'library'?
Blair: you can disagree
with George W. Bush
but he has great character
and integrity
Gregory: no doubt
[ break ]
Gregory: panel what is the
Bush legacy?
Murphy: he made the tough
decision
to respond to terrorism
Hughes: he cut taxes, gave
out prescription drugs,
had tougher standards on
education and made
the brave and tough decision
to respond
to massive terror attacks
Klobuchar: he helped
rebuild a bridge in my state
Gregory: Bush was actually
a fiscal
conservative wasn't he?
Todd: yes and it turns out
people love
prescription drugs
Gregory: I asked Barbara
Bush if Jeb Bush
should run for President and she
“no we've had enough Bushes”
Hughes: oh any mother will
say that about her son
Gregory: really?
Hughes: yes – she also
said George W. Bush
would never beat Ann Richards
Gregory: what a sweet
mother
Murphy: don't cross her
Fluffy
Gregory: she scares me
Murphy: she terrifies us
all
Gregory: and that's
another episode
of Meet The Press