| 00:00:00 | REPORTING AND WITH US TONIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME TO PRESENT THE AWARD NAMED AFTER THEIR FATHER ARE CHRISTINE AND NICOLE BLOOM, DAVID AND MELANIE'S 12-YEAR-OLD TWINS. |
| 00:00:11 | THEY'RE HERE TO GIVE THE AWARD. |
| 00:00:15 | LADIES. |
| 00:00:27 | >> OUR FATHER, DAVID BLOOM, PASSED AWAY THREE YEARS AGO WHILE COVERING THE WAR IN IRAQ. |
| 00:00:33 | WE LOVE HIM VERY MUCH AND WE MISS HIM, AND WE ARE PROUD OF THE HARD AND DEDICATED WORK HE DID, BUT TONIGHT, WE ARE NOT JUST THINKING ABOUT OUR DAD. |
| 00:00:43 | WE ARE ALSO THINKING ABOUT THE OTHER SOLDIERS ASK JOURNALISTS WHO HAVE, AND ARE, RISKING THEIR LIVES FOR US THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. |
| 00:00:52 | WE KEEP THEM ALL IN OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AND REMEMBER THE HARD WORK THEY ARE DOING FOR US. |
| 00:00:58 | >> THE DAVID BLOOM AWARD WAS CREATED TO HONOR DARING, ENTERPRISE REPORTERS WHO SHOW INVESTIGATIVE SKILLS AND BRAVERY UNDER DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES. |
| 00:01:10 | WE ARE THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THIS YEAR'S WINNER OF THE DAVID BLOOM AWARD IS BOB WOODRUFF. |
| 00:01:39 | >> BOB IS ONE OF OUR FAMILY'S AND OUR DAD'S BEST FRIENDS. |
| 00:01:44 | AS YOU KNOW, BOB WAS INJURED WHILE COVERING THE WAR IN IRAQ. |
| 00:01:49 | OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH HIM FOR A SPEEDY RECOVERY. |
| 00:01:53 | THIS IS WHAT THE JUDGES SAID ABOUT THE COMPETITION THIS YEAR. |
| 00:01:58 | "THE COMPETITION FOR THE AWARD WAS VERY INTENSE AND THE COMMITTEE WISHES TO EXTEND A SPECIAL REWARD OF RECOGNITION TO CNN REPORTER JEAN MESERVE. |
| 00:02:24 | " HER COVERAGE OF HURRICANE KATRINA REVEALED JEAN'S EXTRAORDINARY COMPOSURE AND COMPASSION AS WELL AS HER UNWAVERING RESPECT FOR THE FACTS AND COLORFUL DETAILS THAT MAKE FOR GREAT STORY TELLING UNDER EXCEEDINGLY DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES. |
| 00:02:39 | THE JUDGES WROTE, "IN 2005 THERE WAS NO REPORTER WHOSE WORK WAS MORE PERFECTLY EMBODIED THE SPIRIT OF THE AWARD THAN THIS YEAR'S WINNER, BOB WOODRUFF. |
| 00:02:51 | DAVID BLOOM GAVE HIS LIFE REPORTING FROM IRAQ, AND BOB NEARLY LOST HIS LIFE IN THE SAME THEATER. |
| 00:02:58 | BUT SENTIMENTALITY PLAYED NO ROLE IN THE JUDGING OF THIS COMPETITION. |
| 00:03:03 | IN FACT, BOB'S SUBMISSION DID NOT INCLUDE ANY OF HIS REPORTING FROM IRAQ. |
| 00:03:07 | RATHER, THE AWARD WAS DECIDED ON THE BASIS OF BOB'S PEERLESS AND ENTERPRISE REPORTING WHICH TOOK HIM LAST YEAR TO THE CAPITAL CITIES OF TWO OF THE WORLD'S MOST SECRETIVE AND BRUTAL REGIMES, NORTH KOREA AND IRAN, AND HIS COURAGEOUS COVERAGE OF HURRICANE KATRINA. |
| 00:03:27 | " CONGRATULATIONS TO BOB WOODRUFF OF ABC NEWS. |
| 00:04:02 | >> THE AWARD TONIGHT ON BOB'S BEHALF IS MARTHA RADITZ WITH ABC NEWS. |
| 00:04:50 | >> BOB WANTED ME TO ACCEPT THIS FOR HIM, AND IT MEANS AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT THAT HE WANTED ME TO DO THAT. |
| 00:04:59 | HE HAS A STATEMENT HE WOULD LIKE ME TO READ. |
| 00:05:02 | HE ALSO DID NOT WANT ME TO CRY, ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT WANT ME TO CRY VERY MUCH. |
| 00:05:09 | SO I HAVE READ IT SEVERAL TIMES, SO HOPEFULLY I WON'T CRY AT ALL, BUT WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT. |
| 00:05:16 | BOB SAYS, "I AM SO HONORED TO ACCEPT THE DAVID BLOOM AWARD, NOT ONLY BECAUSE DAVID WAS A TRUE FRIEND AND RESPECTED COLLEAGUE BUT BECAUSE OF WHAT THE AWARD MEANS. |
| 00:05:26 | DAVID WAS SO MANY THINGS, AN AVID COMPETITOR ON THE TENNIS COURT AS WELL AS A WORTHY COMPETITOR IN THE FIELD. |
| 00:05:33 | HE HAD AN ENTHUSIASM FOR EVERY STORY THAT WAS INFECTIOUS. |
| 00:05:37 | HE ALSO LOVED HIS FAMILY FIERCELY, AS YOU KNOW. |
| 00:05:42 | HE WAS SO VERY PROUD OF HIS THREE LITTLE GIRLS AND HIS WIFE, MELANIE, CHRISSY, NICOLE AND LITTLE AVA OUT IN THE AUDIENCE. |
| 00:05:50 | I WISH THAT I WAS HERE IN PERSON TO ACCEPT THIS AWARD AND GIVE YOU A GIANT HUG ALL THE WAY TO THE SKY JUST LIKE WE ALWAYS DO. |
| 00:05:57 | I AM SO HONORED THAT YOU HAVE ADOPTED ME INTO YOUR FAMILY AS A SURROGATE UNCLE. |
| 00:06:04 | WE'LL BE JUMPING ON THE TRAMPOLINE TOGETHER AGAIN, I PROMISE. |
| 00:06:07 | ONE THING DAVID AND I SHARED IS THE BELIEF THAT IN ORDER TO REALLY COVER A STORY YOU NEED TO BE OUT IN THE FIELD, YOU NEED TO TALK TO THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE SHAPING THE STORY, WHO ARE PART OF THE EVENTS UNFOLDING. |
| 00:06:16 | DAVID AND I REMARKED ALL THE TIME THAT WE COULD NOT BELIEVE SOMEONE WOULD ACTUALLY PAY US TO DO THIS JOB. |
| 00:06:22 | I KNOW SO MANY OF YOU IN THIS ROOM SHARE THAT SENTIMENT AND I AM HONORED TO BE COUNTED AMONG YOU AS A COLLEAGUE. |
| 00:06:28 | LAST YEAR, I COVERED SOME AMAZING STORIES ALL OVER THE WORLD IN PLACES LIKE IRAN, AND NORTH KOREA, AND IN OUR OWN COUNTRY WITH THE TRAGEDY OF KATRINA. |
| 00:06:37 | THOUGH I AM THE PERSON THE AUDIENCE SEES, NOW AS ALWAYS I WANT TO UNDERSCORE I AM ONE OF A TEAM, THE PEOPLE THAT HELPED TO SAVE DOUG AND MY'S LIFE INSIDE THE TANK IN JANUARY ARE THE SAME DEDICATED MEN WHO HAVE TRAVELED WITH ME ON SO MANY STORIES AND THEY HAVE ALWAYS HAD MY BACK. |
| 00:06:55 | MY ENTIRE FOCUS RIGHT NOW IS ON MY FAMILY AND MY RECOVERY AND GETTING BACK TO DOING THE JOB I SO LOVE. |
| 00:07:02 | BUT PLEASE INVITE ME BACK NEXT YEAR. |
| 00:07:04 | I WOULD LOVE TO RAISE A GLASS WITH YOU ALL. |
| 00:07:08 | TO LIFE. |
| 00:07:22 | " >> I ALSO WANT TO ADD THAT BOB AND LEIGH WANTED ME TO TALK ABOUT THE U. |
| 00:07:29 | S. MILITARY. |
| 00:07:30 | BOB AND LEIGH BOTH SAID THEY COULD NOT LOVE THE PEOPLE MORE WHO HELPED SAVE BOB'S LIFE FROM THE INITIAL INCIDENT TO GETTING HIM OUT OF IRAQ QUICKLY, TO CAREING FOR HIM AT -- TO CARING FOR HIM AT BETHESDA NAVAL HOSPITAL. |
| 00:07:47 | WE THANK THEM ALL. |
| 00:07:55 | SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SOMEDAY BOB BEING BACK WITH US AT ABC. |
| 00:07:58 | THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF BOB. |
| 00:08:24 | >> THE JUDGES FOR BOTH THE BARONE AND BLOOM AWARDS WERE MR. |
| 00:08:29 | VIC RATNER OF ABC NEWS, JAMES ROSEN OF FOX NEWS AND DEIRDRE WALSH OF CNN. |
| 00:08:35 | THE COMMITTEE THANKS THEM FOR THEIR INTEGRITY AND THEIR ENTHUSIASM. |
| 00:08:43 | NOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AT THE RISK OF SOUNDING A LITTLE BIT LIKE ED SULLIVAN I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SOMEONE IN OUR CROWD TONIGHT. |
| 00:08:50 | A BRAND NEW CHAMPION REPRESENTING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. |
| 00:08:54 | SHE IS THE NEW WORLD FIGURE SKATING CHAMPION WHO JUST WON IT LAST SATURDAY IN CALGARY, ALBERTA, MISS KIMMIE MEISSNER IS WITH US. |
| 00:09:17 | IT IS MY PLEASURE NOW TO INTRODUCE THE PRESIDENT OF THE SEPTEMBER, A MAN WHO ALSO -- PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, A MAN WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO BE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, PLEASE GIVE A WARM WELCOME TO VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY. |
| 00:09:47 | >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. |
| 00:09:51 | IT'S OBVIOUS, THIS IS A VERY MOVING ATTRIBUTE THIS EVENING TO THREE MEN, PETER JENNINGS, BOB WOODRUFF AND DAVID BLOOM, WHO REPRESENT THE VERY BEST OF YOUR PROFESSION. |
| 00:10:01 | WE'RE ALL MUCH BETTER OFF AS A NATION FOR THE TREMENDOUS CONTRIBUTION THEY'VE MADE OVER THE YEARS, THE PROFESSIONALISM AND THE DEDICATION THEY'VE SHOWN THAT'S REFLECTED IN THE AWARDS HERE TONIGHT. |
| 00:10:14 | LYNNE AND I ARE DELIGHTED TO BE WITH YOU THIS EVENING. |
| 00:10:17 | THE PRESIDENT, OF COURSE, IS ON HIS WAY TO CANCUN. |
| 00:10:28 | AND LYNNE AND I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO FILLING IN, AND WE DEEPLY APPRECIATE YOUR HOSPITALITY. |
| 00:10:33 | I'VE GOT TO ADMIT THAT I WAS A LITTLE STARTLED BY THE SIZE AND THE DIVERSITY OF THE CROWD TONIGHT. |
| 00:10:40 | WHEN I AGREED TO DO THIS, I WAS TOLD, "DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. |
| 00:10:45 | THEY'LL ALL BE FROM FOX. |
| 00:10:51 | " ACTUALLY, I'M FEELING PRETTY COMFORTABLE UP HERE. |
| 00:10:54 | THE LIGHTING COULD BE BETTER. |
| 00:11:02 | I CAN STILL SEE THE WHITES OF YOUR EYES. |
| 00:11:15 | SCOTT MCCLELLAN WAS THE ONE WHO TOLD ME I SHOULD ACCEPT YOUR INVITATION, AND I GUESS YOU COULD SAY THAT I OWED SCOTT A FAVOR. |
| 00:11:26 | HE INSISTED THAT I ACTUALLY SHOW UP AND DELIVER THESE REMARKS. |
| 00:11:31 | I SAID, "HELL, WHY NOT JUST POST THEM IN "THE CORPUS CHRISTI CALLER TIMES"? |
| 00:11:43 | BUT IT WAS SCOTT'S THINKING THAT, BY COMING HERE, I COULD IMPROVE MY RELATIONS WITH THE PRESS CORPS, YOU KNOW, DO A LITTLE BRIDGE-BUILDING, SO LET'S GO TO WORK ON THIS BRIDGE TO NOWHERE. |
| 00:12:03 | TONIGHT, I WON'T PLAY FAVORITES. |
| 00:12:05 | ALL AT ONCE, AND AT THE SAME TIME, THE ASSEMBLED WASHINGTON PRESS CORPS IS GOING TO HAVE A LOOK BEHIND THE SCENES, BECAUSE I BROUGHT ALONG SOME PICTURES. |
| 00:12:13 | SO LET'S KILL THE LIGHTS AND BEGIN THE SLIDE SHOW. |
| 00:12:20 | I REALIZE THAT PEOPLE IN THE NEWS MEDIA HAVE BEEN CONCERNED LATELY ABOUT THE N. |
| 00:12:26 | S.A. SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM. |
| 00:12:27 | YOU DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THAT. |
| 00:12:29 | I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THE WIRETAPPING IS CONDUCTED BY TRAINED PROFESSIONALS. |
| 00:12:39 | PEOPLE WHO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR AND EXACTLY HOW TO USE IT. |
| 00:12:47 | OF COURSE, I'M A BUSY MAN AND I CAN'T BE EXPECTED TO LISTEN IN ON ALL OF YOUR PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS. |
| 00:12:53 | SOMETIMES, I JUST REVIEW THE TRANSCRIPTS WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY SENIOR ADVISOR FOR WIRETAPPING. |
| 00:13:10 | ANOTHER CONTROVERSY THIS MONTH WAS THE BIG DEBATE OVER THE DUBAI PORTS DEAL. |
| 00:13:13 | IT'S ALL BEEN WORKED OUT NOW, BUT IF I MAY SAY, I'M A LITTLE BIT DISAPPOINTED. |
| 00:13:19 | DON RUMSFELD IS TOO. |
| 00:13:21 | WE HAD ALREADY ORGANIZED AN ELITE PORT SECURITY STRIKE FORCE AND EVEN GIVEN IT A TRIAL RUN. |
| 00:13:39 | I REALLY LIKE WORKING WITH DON RUMSFELD AND AS MOST OF YOU KNOW HE AND I GO BACK A LONG WAY. |
| 00:13:45 | HERE WE ARE -- UH-HUH, HERE WE ARE IN 1975 WITH OUR BOSS, PRESIDENT GERALD FORD IN THE OVAL OFFICE. |
| 00:13:52 | THAT'S DON ON THE LEFT AND ME ON THE RIGHT, BACK -- BACK WHEN I CARRIED A COMB. |
| 00:13:59 | HERE IS A TYPICAL PICTURE OF DON AND ME LISTENING TO PRESIDENT FORD. |
| 00:14:04 | THIS NEXT ONE, TAKEN JUST LAST SUMMER IS A TYPICAL PICTURE OF PRESIDENT FORD AND ME LISTENING TO DON. |
| 00:14:23 | AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, MY FIRST JOB IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH WAS BACK AS AN ASSISTANT TO DON RUMSFELD IN 1969. |
| 00:14:31 | AND I CANNOT SHAKE THE FEELING TO THIS DAY THAT DON STILL SEES ME AS AN UNDERLING. |
| 00:14:37 | SO RECENTLY, IN THE OVAL OFFICE, I ASKED THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF TO EXPLAIN TO DON THAT THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE DOES NOT OUTRANK THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. |
| 00:14:48 | HERE IS HOW DON TOOK THE NEWS. |
| 00:15:05 | I HAVE LEARNED NOT TO TAKE FRIENDS LIKE DON FOR GRANTED ESPECIALLY IN RECENT DAYS WITH ALL THIS CRAZY TALK ABOUT MY BEING FROZEN OUT AT THE WHITE HOUSE. |
| 00:15:14 | NOTHING COULD BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH. |
| 00:15:16 | OH, I SUPPOSE IF I WERE THE INSECURE TYPE I MIGHT READ TOO MUCH INTO THINGS. |
| 00:15:21 | FOR EXAMPLE, JUST THE OTHER DAY I WENT IN TO SEE THE PRESIDENT AT OUR USUAL TIME. |
| 00:15:31 | HE MUST HAVE BEEN DELAYED SOMEHOW, BUT I FIGURED HE WOULD BE ALONG ANY MINUTE. |
| 00:15:41 | AFTER AN HOUR'S -- AFTER AN HOUR OR SO, I FIGURED I HAD BETTER HURRY ALONG TO OUR NEXT APPOINTMENT, A CRUCIAL ONE IN THE SITUATION ROOM. |
| 00:15:53 | AND THEN IT WAS TIME FOR LUNCH WITH THE CABINET, AND I SURE DIDN'T WANT TO MISS THAT. |
| 00:16:02 | IT'S BEEN LIKE THIS A LOT LATELY AT THE WHITE HOUSE. |
| 00:16:06 | BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT MY STANDING IS NOT IN DOUBT. |
| 00:16:09 | I REALLY DO SPEND A LOT OF TIME EVERY DAY WITH THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN WASHINGTON. |
| 00:16:23 | SO POWERFUL, IN FACT, THAT HE INSERTED THAT LINE IN MY REMARKS. |
| 00:16:29 | ONE OF THE POLITICAL JOBS THAT KARL COUNTS ON ME TO DO IS TO GET OUT THERE AND WORK OUR BASE. |
| 00:16:48 | >> THIS ASSIGNMENT HASN'T DONE MUCH TO SOFTEN MY IMAGE. |
| 00:16:53 | SO LATELY, I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR SOME ADVICE. |
| 00:16:56 | THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF SAID "ONE THING YOU CAN DO IS GET IN SHAPE. |
| 00:17:00 | GET YOUR GEAR AND JOIN ME ON THE BIKE TRAIL. |
| 00:17:02 | " SO AS YOU WILL SEE IN THESE NEXT TWO SLIDES, OFF WE WENT WITH THE PRESIDENT IN THE LEAD. |
| 00:17:18 | THE PRESIDENT ALSO TOOK ME OUT ON THE ROAD TO GIVE ME SOME TIPS. |
| 00:17:23 | FOR ONE THING, HE SAID "WHEN LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE WAVING AT YOU, YOU HAVE GOT TO SHOW SOME REACTION, AND YAWNING DOESN'T COUNT. |
| 00:17:32 | " SCOTT MCCLELLAN'S BEEN GIVING ME ADVICE TOO. |
| 00:17:35 | HE TOLD ME TO RETHINK MY WHOLE APPROACH TO THE NEWS MEDIA AND I GUESS HE'S ON TO SOMETHING. |
| 00:17:40 | HERE IS HOW SCOTT GETS HIMSELF READY TO MEET THE PRESS CORPS. |
| 00:17:44 | AND HERE IS HOW I HAVE BEEN DOING IT. |
| 00:17:56 | I HAVE ALSO GOTTEN SOME GOOD ADVICE, AS ALWAYS, FROM MY WIFE, LYNNE. |
| 00:18:00 | SHE'S A SCHOLAR AND A BEST-SELLING AUTHOR. |
| 00:18:03 | SHE'S DONE SEVERAL CHILDREN'S BOOKS INCLUDING A VERY CHARMING AND SUCCESSFUL PRIMER ENTITLED "A IS FOR ABIGAIL. |
| 00:18:10 | " I THOUGHT I WOULD TRY A CHILDREN'S STORY MYSELF BUT LYNNE DIDN'T CARE MUCH FOR MY FIRST DRAFT OF "B IS FOR BUNKERBUSTER. |
| 00:18:21 | " LYNNE ALSO TOLD ME TO BE A LITTLE MORE SOCIABLE, BUT I KNOW HOW TO HAVE FUN. |
| 00:18:25 | NOBODY PARTIES LIKE ME. |
| 00:18:27 | THIS NEXT SHOT WAS TAKEN AT MY RECENT BIRTHDAY BASH WHEN I COULD FEEL MYSELF ALMOST LOSING CONTROL. |
| 00:18:41 | ANOTHER OF LYNNE'S HELPFUL SUGGESTIONS WAS THAT I GO OUT AND FIND MYSELF A PAL, A BUDDY, LIKE PRESIDENT BUSH HAS, SOMEBODY YOU CAN REALLY LAUGH IT UP WITH. |
| 00:18:53 | NOW, I LIKE HOW THE PRESIDENT HAS BONDED WITH HIS NEW BUDDY, BILL CLINTON, SO I THOUGHT I WOULD TRY SOMETHING LIKE THAT MYSELF. |
| 00:19:07 | THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT SO GREAT. |
| 00:19:09 | AND FOR SOME REASON THAT ESCAPES ME, THINGS DIDN'T GET MUCH BETTER WITH SENATOR LEAHY. |
| 00:19:23 | I THOUGHT FOR SURE KARL ROVE WOULD BE MY BUDDY SO I ASKED HIM IF HE WANTED TO GO HUNTING, BUT YOU KNOW, I CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON TWO SPECIAL BUDDIES, MY DOGS, JACKSON AND DAVE. |
| 00:19:34 | THEY'VE TAUGHT ME TO SEE THE WORLD IN BLACK AND WHITE. |
| 00:19:39 | MY DOGS WILL NEVER BE AS FAMOUS AS THE PRESIDENT'S DOGS. |
| 00:19:44 | BARNEY AND MISS BEAZLEY LIVE IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND THEY GET ALL THE ATTENTION, BUT I GUARANTEE YOU THIS. |
| 00:19:50 | MY DOG DAVE IS THE ONLY DOG IN AMERICA WHO KNOWS HOW TO WINK. |
| 00:19:58 | BEFORE WE TURN THE EVENING OVER TO THE REAL COMEDIAN, FRANK CALIENDO, I SUPPOSE I SHOULD DEAL WITH ONE FINAL MATTER. |
| 00:20:04 | IT CAME UP THE OTHER DAY WHEN I WAS ON "FACE THE NATION" WITH BOB SCHIEFFER. |
| 00:20:09 | IT'S THIS WHOLE BUSINESS ABOUT HOW THE WHITE HOUSE STAFF IS EXHAUSTED AND WORN OUT. |
| 00:20:12 | I DOWNPLAYED THE SITUATION A BIT WITH BOB BUT THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO THIS RUMOR AFTER ALL. |
| 00:20:32 | >> FORTUNATELY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE PRESIDENT KNOWS THERE IS ONE GUY IN THE WEST WING WHO IS CHIPPER AS EVER, HAPPY TO BE RIGHT WHERE HE IS AND TO STILL BE AT THE TOP OF HIS GAME, SO I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH A SMILE AND THANK YOU FOR A GOOD EVENING. |
| 00:21:09 | >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. |
| 00:21:12 | VICE PRESIDENT. |
| 00:21:13 | OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS A GREAT TALENT, AN UP-AND-COMER IN THE WORLD OF ENTERTAINMENT. |
| 00:21:17 | YOU HAVE SEE HIN ON MAD TV AND FOX NFL SUNDAY. |
| 00:21:22 | " PLEASE WELCOME MR. |
| 00:21:23 | FRANK CALIENDO. |
| 00:21:32 | >> THANK YOU, GUYS FOR CLAPPING ALMOST UNTIL I GOT UP HERE. |
| 00:21:36 | I FEEL LIKE I NEED THE BLOOM TWINS' BOXES TO STAND O. |
| 00:21:42 | IT'S AMAZING TO BE HERE. |
| 00:21:43 | I'M ORIGINALLY FROM A LITTLE SUBURB OF CHICAGO. |
| 00:21:51 | MILWAUKEE. |
| 00:21:52 | MY WHOLE CAREER HAS BEEN BASED ON DOING VOICES OF OTHER PEOPLE. |
| 00:21:55 | IT'S PRETTY INTERESTING. |
| 00:21:56 | I STARTED OUT WITH ONE IMPRESSION THAT'S REALLY GOTTEN PEOPLE TO KNOW ME. |
| 00:21:59 | JOHN MADDEN. |
| 00:22:00 | THE FOOTBALL ANNOUNCER. |
| 00:22:01 | SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE HIM. |
| 00:22:03 | I LOVE JOHN MADDEN. |
| 00:22:05 | BECAUSE HE MAKES ME FEEL SMART. |
| 00:22:06 | HE TELLS YOU THINGS YOU ALREADY KNOW. |
| 00:22:09 | HE DOESN'T GIVE YOU ANY NEW INFORMATION, SITS THERE WITH THE NFL SKADOODLE DRAWING INFORMATION ON PEOPLE'S BODY PARTS. |
| 00:22:18 | "THE QUARTERBACK, IF HE THROWS THE BALL AND THE RECEIVER, IF HE CATCHES IT IN THE END ZONE AND THAT'S GOING TO AND THAT'S GOING TO BOW-WOW-WOW YIPPIE-YO-YIPPY-YEAH, THAT'S GOING TO BE A TOUCHDOWN. |
| 00:22:37 | EVEN MY MOM WHO NEVER WATCHED FOOTBALL IN HER ENTIRE LIFE IS SAYING "DUH. |
| 00:22:46 | " I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HE'S DOING IN THE MIDDLE AND HE WRAPS IT UP WITH "AND THAT'S WHAT THAT'S ALL ABOUT. |
| 00:22:53 | " THAT'S A BAND-AID ON A JOHN MADDEN TRAGEDY. |
| 00:22:55 | HE WILL SAY THINGS LIKE "GREAT FOOTBALL IS ABOUT GREAT FOOTBALL. |
| 00:22:59 | WHEN YOU HAVE GREAT FOOTBALL PLAYERS PLAYING GREAT FOOTBALL THAT'S THE BEST KIND OF FOOTBALL TO PLAY, BUT YOU HAVE REGULAR PLAYERS PLAYING GREAT FOOTBALL THAT'S JUST REGULAR GREAT FOOTBALL AND THAT'S WHAT THAT'S ALL ABOUT. |
| 00:23:18 | " THAT'S ALL ABOUT PHRASE LEADS ME TO BELIEVE HE WOULD BE GREAT AT THE HOKEYPOKEY. |
| 00:23:22 | JOHN MADDEN IS PROBABLY IN HIS BUS SOMEWHERE RIGHT NOW PRACTICING, "YOU PUT YOUR RIGHT FOOT IN, YOU TAKE YOUR RIGHT FOOT IN, YOU PUT YOUR RIGHT FOOT IN, YOU SHAKE IT ALL ABOUT, YOU DO THE HOKEYPOKEY AND YOU TURN YOURSELF AROUND, BOOM, AND THAT'S WHAT THAT'S ALL ABOUT. |
| 00:23:37 | " AND I THINK HE WOULD BE A GREAT -- I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS JUST FOR THIS AUDIENCE, BECAUSE I THINK HE WOULD BE A GREAT SPEAKER FOR THE WHITE HOUSE, BECAUSE IF YOU EVER ASKED HIM A QUESTION LIKE "WHAT DO YOU THINK'S GOING ON WITH THE WAR ON TERROR? |
| 00:23:51 | " "I THINK WE HAVE TO DO THINGS THAT WE DO, AND WHEN WE DO THOSE THINGS OTHER THINGS HAPPEN, AND WHEN THE THINGS HAPPEN THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO HAPPEN YOU'VE GOT TO THINK WHAT MADE THAT HAPPEN AND THEN YOU'VE GOT TO THINK WE CAN'T LET THAT HAPPEN AGAIN. |
| 00:24:09 | " AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW FOOTBALL HE LOVES THIS ONE PLAYER, BRETT FAVRE. |
| 00:24:12 | IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO BRETT FAVRE IS THAT'S THE GUY FROM THE END OF "THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT MARY. |
| 00:24:20 | " HE LOVES BRETT FAVRE. |
| 00:24:21 | MAYBE BECAUSE IT SOUNDS SO GOOD WHEN HE SAYS IT LIKE "BRETT FAVRE. |
| 00:24:26 | " IT SOUNDS PERFECTLY -- I'M WAITING FOR THE DAY WHEN WHEN HE DOES AN INTERVIEW WITH HIM BECAUSE HE TALKS ABOUT HIM SO MUCH, LIKE, "BRETT, I WROTE YOU A POEM. |
| 00:24:36 | " "I HOPE YOU LIKE IT. |
| 00:24:38 | ROSES ARE RED VIOLETS ARE BLUE I MIGHT LIKE FOOTBALL BUT I LOVE YOU. |
| 00:24:42 | " HE TALKS ABOUT BRETT FAVRE FOR NO REASON AT ALL, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE SOMEBODY MADE A BET WITH HIM SAYING "YOU CAN'T WORK BRETT FAVRE INTO EVERYTHING. |
| 00:24:51 | " ONE DAY HE'S TALKING ABOUT HYBRID GRASS. |
| 00:24:54 | "HALF OF THAT GRASS ON THE FIELD IS REAL AND HALF OF IT IS FAKE BUT BRETT FAVRE IS ALL REAL. |
| 00:24:59 | YOU OWE ME 50 BUCKS. |
| 00:25:01 | BRETT FAVRE IS THE GREATEST PLAYER IN THE WORLD. |
| 00:25:04 | YOU HE WOULD STILL BE THE BEST TORSO IN FOOTBALL. |
| 00:25:09 | BRETT FAVRE, YOU THROW A FOOTBALL 200 YARDS UNDER WATER. |
| 00:25:11 | I CAN'T THROW A FOOTBALL ONE YARD UNDER WATER. |
| 00:25:14 | THAT'S 199 MORE YARDS BRETT FAVRE CAN THROW A FOOTBALL UNDER WATER AND HE CAN HIT ANY TARGET HE WANTS. |
| 00:25:21 | THAT'S WHY YOU PUT BRETT FAVRE IN AFGHANISTAN, BOOM, HE WOULD HIT OSAMA BIN LADEN. |
| 00:25:26 | BUT THE PACKERS DON'T WANT TO GET RID OF BRETT FAVRE. |
| 00:25:29 | THEY NEED BRETT FAVRE BECAUSE BRETT FAVRE IS THE BRETT FAVRE OF BRETT FAVRIST AND WITHOUT BRETT FAVRE THEY WOULDN'T HAVE BRETT FAVRE AND THAT'S WHAT THAT'S ALL ABOUT. |
| 00:25:43 | NOW, RECENTLY, I GOT A CHANCE TO BE ON THE "DAVID LETTERMAN SHOW" AND THIS VIDEO I DID HAS ENDED UP ALL OVER THE INTERNET, AND I AM A FAN OF PRESIDENT BUSH. |
| 00:25:55 | I ALWAYS HAVE BEEN. |
| 00:25:57 | I -- THANK YOU. |
| 00:25:59 | THAT'S THE FOX NEWS PEOPLE THERE, ISN'T IT? |
| 00:26:06 | I DON'T KNOW. LISTEN. |
| 00:26:07 | HEAR ME OUT ON THIS. |
| 00:26:09 | I DO LIKE HIM. |
| 00:26:11 | FOR A COUPLE REASONS. I THINK HE STICKS BY WHAT HE BELIEVES IN AND SECONDLY, I THINK IT'S GREAT WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO SEEMS LIKE HE'S ALWAYS LOOKING DIRECTLY INTO THE SUN. |
| 00:26:36 | >> CAN SOMEBODY DO ME A FAVOR AND HAND ME A PAIR OF SUNGLASSES? |
| 00:26:43 | " SOMEBODY GET ME A VISOR. |
| 00:26:48 | " SIR, YOU MEAN ADVISOR? |
| 00:26:54 | "NO, A VISOR. |
| 00:26:55 | WEREN'T YOU LISTENING, MAN? |
| 00:26:57 | " HE'S THE ONLY PERSON, OUR PRESIDENT IS THE ONLY PERSON I HAVE EVER SEEN DO THIS MOVE WHEN HE TALKS. |
| 00:27:06 | HAS ANYBODY -- DID ANYBODY DO THAT TONIGHT? |
| 00:27:08 | LIKE, "WHERE ARE YOU GOING? |
| 00:27:11 | CORRESPONDENTS' DINNER. |
| 00:27:12 | " NOBODY DOES THAT. |
| 00:27:14 | NOBODY WALKED IN LIKE, "WHARYOU DOING, MAN? |
| 00:27:17 | I'M DOING WHATEVER I WANT. |
| 00:27:20 | " "IT'S GOING TO BE FUN. |
| 00:27:28 | " >> I DON'T MEAN ANYTHING POLITICAL BY THIS. |
| 00:27:31 | I DON'T MEAN ANYTHING ABOUT THE PERSON. |
| 00:27:34 | I HAVE SEEN TWO OTHER CREATURES ON EARTH DO THAT MOVE. |
| 00:27:38 | AGAIN, NOTHING POLITICAL BY THIS. |
| 00:27:40 | I HAVE SEEN TURKEYS DO THAT. |
| 00:27:44 | SO EVERY TIME I SEE THE PRESIDENT ON TV I'M WAITING FOR HIM TO GO, "GOBBLE, GOBBLE. |
| 00:27:50 | " I WISH I HAD BEEN ADVISING HIM DURING THE DEBATES, BECAUSE HE -- HE COULD HAVE DONE THAT ALL THE TIME, BECAUSE JOHN KERRY WOULD SAY STUFF THAT WOULD MAKE HIM STUMBLE A LITTLE BIT. |
| 00:28:00 | I WOULD BEINGB LIKE "MR. |
| 00:28:02 | PRESIDENT, WHAT I WANTED YOU TO DO IS TURN TO HIM AND GO, "GOBBLE, GOBBLE. |
| 00:28:11 | " "WHAT? "GOBBLE, GOBBLE. |
| 00:28:12 | TAKE THAT, YOUR FLOP-FLIPPER, I'M THE KING OF AMERICA. |
| 00:28:15 | LAND OF THE FREE. |
| 00:28:17 | AND HOME OF THE WHOPPER. |
| 00:28:20 | GOBBLE, GOBBLE, WHOPPER, WHOPPER. |
| 00:28:25 | THAT'S A TURKEY BURGER. |
| 00:28:29 | UNFORTUNATELY, THE OTHER IS A BIRD TOO AND IT'S NOT THAT GREAT -- PIDGIONS DO THAT AND I FIGURE IF YOU COULD -- PICIONS DO PIGEONS ALSO DO THAT. |
| 00:28:46 | I LIKE IT MOSTLY WHEN OUR PRESIDENT GETS SOMETHING RIGHT BECAUSE WHEN HE GETS SOMETHING RIGHT HE IS THE HAPPIEST MAN ON EARTH, YOU KNOW? |
| 00:28:54 | HE GETS THAT LITTLE SMILE ON HIS FACE, THAT "I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT CAME OUT CORRECTLY" SMILE. |
| 00:29:02 | IT'S LIKE A FAN IS BLOWING ON HIM TWO OR 300 MILES AN HOUR AND IT'S NOT GETTING RID OF WORLD HUNGER, IT'S JUST GETTING ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE SENTENCE AND HE'S CONTENT, RIGHT? |
| 00:29:14 | LIKE "AND THAT'S WHY THE UNITED STATES WILL LEAD US ALL TO PEACE. |
| 00:29:36 | " >> "GOBBLE, GOBBLE. |
| 00:29:37 | " AND SOMETIMES -- YOU GUYS ARE WAY BETTER THAN I THOUGHT YOU WOULD BE. |
| 00:29:42 | PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE LIKE, "WHEN I GET HOME, "WHO OPENED FOR YOU? |
| 00:29:48 | " "VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY, AND HE WAS GOOD. |
| 00:29:51 | " SOMETIMES OUR PRESIDENT WILL ALMOST GET ALL THE WAY TO THE END OF THE SENTENCE AND HE WON'T BE ABLE TO THINK OF THAT LAST WORD, AND ARE YOU LIKE ME? |
| 00:29:59 | YOU FIND YOURSELF KIND OF ROOTING FOR HIM TO GET IT. |
| 00:30:07 | HE'S ALMOST ALWAYS ALL THE WAY THERE AND -- WE HAVE ALL BEEN THERE. |
| 00:30:11 | IT'S HAPPENED TO ALL OF US. |
| 00:30:12 | BUT FOR HIM, HE'S GOT TV CAMERAS ON HIM ALL THE TIME, AND -- MICHAEL MOORE, THE NOTEPAD AND THE CHEESEBURGER WATCHING HIM, "I'VE GOT TO MAKE A MOVIE ABOUT YOU" AND UNFORTUNATELY IT HAPPENS WITH THE EASIEST OF WORDS AT THE MOST INOPPORTUNE TIMES, THE CAMERAS ALL OVER THE PLACE, TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING REALLY SERIOUS HE CAN'T GET TO LIKE THE TERRORISTS, LIKE "THE TERRORISTS, THESE GUYS ARE, UM, THESE GUYS ARE, UH, THESE GUYS ARE BAD. |
| 00:31:03 | " YOU HAD TWO CHOICES. |
| 00:31:05 | "BAD" AND "NOT GOOD. |
| 00:31:07 | " JUST TOOK A LITTLE BIT TOO LONG, PLEASE. |
| 00:31:09 | I THINK IT STARTED FOR EVERYBODY WHEN THE NEWS PICKED UP ON THAT HE WOULD GET THE THINGS WRONG SOMETIMES, THE BIG ONE THAT -- DURING HIS FIRST TERM, LIKE, "THERE IS AN OLD SAYING IN TEXAS. |
| 00:31:24 | FOOL ME ONCE, SHAME ON YOU. |
| 00:31:28 | SHAME ME -- UH -- HOW MANY OF YOU THINK HE DOES THIS TO HIMSELF? |
| 00:31:41 | "I CANNOT BELIEVE I DID THAT. |
| 00:31:43 | " LET'S TRY THIS AGAIN. |
| 00:31:44 | HAND UP. HERE WE GO. |
| 00:31:45 | HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THAT MOVE? |
| 00:31:48 | THIS MOVE THERE. |
| 00:31:49 | IT'S A PRESIDENTIAL MOVE. |
| 00:31:50 | MANY PRESIDENTS ARE GOING TO DO IT. |
| 00:31:52 | I USED TO WONDER WHAT IT WAS THEN I REALIZED HE'S KIND OF LIKE A SLOT MACHINE BECAUSE EVERY TIME HE OPENS HIS MOUTH HE KNOWS HE'S GAMBLING JUST A LITTLE BIT. |
| 00:32:02 | LISTEN, HEY, I VOTED FOR HIM TWICE, ALL RIGHT? |
| 00:32:05 | IN EACH ELECTION. |
| 00:32:10 | "THERE IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE TAKE A LITTLE BIT TOO LONG TO GET THAT ONE. |
| 00:32:20 | " >> "FOOL ME ONCE, SHAME ON YOU, SHAME ME -- ONCE -- TWICE, THREE TIMES A LADY. |
| 00:32:32 | " WHAT I THINK HE SHOULD DO, JUST A SUGGESTION, IS FINISH THINGS WITH THE WORDS, "THE END. |
| 00:32:39 | " IF I DID THAT I WOULD ALWAYS KNOW WHEN I WAS DONE. |
| 00:32:42 | IT WOULD BE PERFECT. |
| 00:32:43 | THE SAME FOR HIM. |
| 00:32:44 | IF YOU WANT TO TEACH THE NATION "A PENNY SAVED IS A PENNY EARNED," "A PENNY SAVED IS -- IS ONE CENT. |
| 00:32:56 | " "YOU SHOULD PUT IT IN YOUR POCKET FOR A WHILE, IT'S YOURS, YOU EARNED IT, OR THE STOCK MARKET, NOT RIGHT NOW BUT -- IT TURNS IN -- PUT IN THERE AND BE -- FOREVER AND EVER LIKE ONE OF THOSE SIDEWAYS EIGHT THINGIES THAT MEANS A LONG TIME THE END. |
| 00:33:18 | " I JUST REALIZED I FORGOT TO TELL YOU THIS, THERE IS ANOTHER TIME HE DOES THIS A LOT IS HE DOES IT WHEN HE WANTS TO ACCENTUATE A POINT WHEN HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE LISTENING, "WE MUST DO THIS AS A COUNTRY. |
| 00:33:30 | WE MUST DO THIS TOGETHER. |
| 00:33:31 | " AND SECONDLY HE DOES IT WHEN HE SAYS A SPANISH WORD. |
| 00:33:38 | "I WOULD LIKE A BURRITO. |
| 00:33:44 | " "LOOK OUT FOR LA CUCARACHA. |
| 00:33:48 | " THE ONLY GUY WHO COULD GET TIRED ORDERING A TACO BELL. |
| 00:33:51 | "I WOULD LIKE A GORDITA AND TWO TACOS, POR FAVOR. |
| 00:34:02 | " "IT'S CANCUN, MAN. |
| 00:34:05 | MUY BUENO. |
| 00:34:07 | " I THINK ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PRESIDENTS TOO, SOMETIMES, BECAUSE IT'S SO DIFFERENT. |
| 00:34:12 | YOU ALWAYS HEAR THAT PRESIDENT BUSH BEHIND THE SCENES IS JUST -- PEOPLE -- PEOPLE GOLF WITH HIM AND ALL KINDS OF STUFF TELL ME HOW NICE AND FUN HE IS AND ALL KINDS OF STUFF BUT CLINTON WAS AMAZING ON TELEVISION. |
| 00:34:24 | HE COULD TALK HIS WAY OUT OF ANYTHING. |
| 00:34:27 | BILL CLINTON COULD STAND HERE IN FRONT OF YOU, LOOK YOU ALL DIRECTLY IN THE EYES AND SAY, "I AM NOT HERE. |
| 00:34:46 | " "I'M NOT. |
| 00:34:47 | " YOU DO NOT SEE ME. |
| 00:34:49 | I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS YOU'RE LOOKING AT, BUT IT IS NOT ME. |
| 00:34:55 | " "WHAT IS HERE ISN'T HERE, JUST THERE WITHOUT A T. |
| 00:35:04 | " "LADIES, I LOVE YOU. |
| 00:35:12 | " HE COULD TALK HIS WAY OUT OF ANYTHING. |
| 00:35:14 | NOT SO PRESIDENT BUSH. |
| 00:35:15 | HE TELLS THE TRUTH, SOMETIMES ON ACCIDENT. |
| 00:35:17 | IT JUST SLIPS OUT. |
| 00:35:18 | THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT HIM. |
| 00:35:19 | HE'S A REGULAR GUY, NOT SLICK WILLIE. |
| 00:35:22 | IF THE MONICA LEWINSKY SCANDAL HAPPENS TO BUSH THERE IS NO WAY HE GETS OUT OF IT, NOT A CHANCE. |
| 00:35:27 | PUT HIM ON THE STAND, MR. |
| 00:35:28 | PRESIDENT, DID YOU HAVE RELATIONS WITH THAT WOMAN, MONICA LEWINSKY? |
| 00:35:40 | " "UH." "WHAT DID THEY TELL ME TO SAY HERE? |
| 00:35:50 | " >> "THAT WAS OUT LOUD, WASN'T IT? |
| 00:35:58 | " >> "I CANNOT BELIEVE I SAID THAT. |
| 00:36:02 | " "THERE IS TWO KINDS OF WORDS, INSIDE WORDS AND OUTSIDE WORDS. |
| 00:36:05 | INSIDE WORDS STAY IN, OUTSIDE WORDS COME OUT. |
| 00:36:07 | THAT TIME AN INSIDE WORD POPPED OUT. |
| 00:36:11 | GOBBLE-GOBBLE. |
| 00:36:12 | " ORIGINALLY, THE PRESIDENT, I WAS TOLD, WAS GOING TO BE HERE TOO AND I WAS KIND OF HOPING ALTHOUGH I WAS WORRIED AT SOME POINT HE WAS GOING TO LOOK TO YOU, MR. |
| 00:36:22 | CHENEY AND SAY, "HEY, DICK, PULL. |
| 00:36:34 | " >> I DON'T KNOW, I THINK HE'S JUST FUN TO WATCH. |
| 00:36:37 | I JUST IMAGINE HIM WALKING AROUND THE WHITE HOUSE GOING, "HEY, BOO, GOT YOU. |
| 00:36:43 | " "THIS GAME IS FUN, MAN. |
| 00:36:47 | " TRY THIS AGAIN. |
| 00:36:48 | HEY, CONDI, BOO, GOT YOU. |
| 00:36:50 | " HE ACCIDENTALLY WALKS PAST A MIRROR, "HEY, BOO, GOT MYSELF, I KNEW IT WAS COMING BUT I DIDN'T EXPECT IT. |
| 00:36:58 | THAT SITUATION WAS SCARIFYING. |
| 00:37:04 | " SCARIFICATION FACTOR CODE RED, ONE STEP ABOVE ORANGE CRUSH, TWO ABOVE MELLOW YELLOW, ALL EFFECTIVE LEVELS OF FIGHTING TERROR AND ALSO TASTY BEVERAGES, OR BE-VA-RA-GES FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO SPEAK ESPANOLES. |
| 00:37:26 | I UNDERSTAND I'M ALL OVER THE PLACE. |
| 00:37:30 | THE ROBIN WILLIAMS SCHOOL OF COMEDY. |
| 00:37:32 | IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING SWITCH VOICES. |
| 00:37:35 | HE WENT OFF ON A TANGENT OVER THERE, YOU KNOW WHAT A TANGENT IS? |
| 00:37:42 | "I LOVE TANGERINES. |
| 00:37:44 | THEY'RE MY FAVORITE FRUIT. |
| 00:37:46 | " "I LIKE MELONS. |
| 00:37:48 | " THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH. |
| 00:37:49 | IT WAS AWESOME TO BE HERE. |
| 00:38:10 | THANK YOU. |
| 00:38:12 | >> THANK YOU. |
| 00:38:15 | FRANK CALIENDO, THANK YOU. |
| 00:38:20 | WONDERFUL. |
| 00:38:21 | LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. |
| 00:38:22 | LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. |
| 00:38:23 | THERE IS A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS WHO STAFF THE RADIO AND TELEVISION GALLERIES THAT WE RELY ON EVERY DAY TO SUPPORT US AND FACILITATE OUR WORK WITH THE AUTHORITIES THAT RUN THE CAPITOL AND THE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. |
| 00:38:36 | I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THEM NOW FOR ALL THAT THEY DO FOR US. |
| 00:38:39 | ON THE HOUSE SIDE WORKING UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MISS TINA TATE ARE GAIL DAVIS, OLGA KORONAKI, ANDY ELIAS, AND KIM OTIS. |
| 00:38:57 | ON THE SENATE SIDE WORKING WITH MR. |
| 00:39:00 | MIKE MASTRIONE ARE JANE RULE, MIKE LAWRENCE, SARAH ROBERTSON, AND THE TWO NEWEST STAFFERS IN THE GALLERY, ARLEN SALAZAR AND AARON YATEMAN. |
| 00:39:16 | IF YOU ARE EVER PLANNING A PARTY FOR 2,300 OF YOUR CLOSEST FRIENDS I STRONGLY SUGGEST YOU CONTRACT OF SERVICES OF MISS IVAN GOLDBERG WHO IS OUR DINNER COORDINATOR AND BACK WITH US AGAIN THIS YEAR, THANK YOU SO MUCH, IVAN, MY OWN PERSONAL DR. |
| 00:39:34 | MELFI. |
| 00:39:35 | THERE ARE FEW TIME IN A MAN'S LIFE WHEN HE CAN STAND UP BEFORE A CROWD OF 2,300 AND I LIVE TELEVISION AUDIENCE AND THANK HIS WIFE AND MOTHER SO BY GOD THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO RIGHT NOW. |
| 00:39:46 | MY WIFE KIM IS SITTING RIGHT UP FRONT HERE, IS THE MOST WONDERFUL WOMAN IN THE WORLD WHO HAS GIVEN ME EVERYTHING A MAN COULD HOPE FOR, HER LOVE AND SUPPORT AND THE GIFT OF OUR THREE TREASURES, JOSEPH, AVA, AND NICHOLAS, A DYNAMO OF 13 MONTHS OLD. |
| 00:40:01 | JOSEPH IS SIX AND AVA JUST TURNED THREE. |
| 00:40:07 | MOM, GRACE VIQUEIRA, THERE IS NOTHING I CAN SAY, BUT I LOVE YOU AND THANKS VERY MUCH. |
| 00:40:12 | MOM STOOD UP. |
| 00:40:16 | I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY A SPECIAL HELLO TO MY GRANDMOTHER, RUTH D'AMBROZI WATCHING TONIGHT FROM HAGERSTOWN, HI, GIGI, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY HELLO TO MY FATHER JOSEPH AND MY GRANDFATHER, TONY WHO ARE SOMEPLACE SMILING. |
| 00:40:35 | I LOVE YOU. |
| 00:40:36 | THEY SAY WASHINGTON IS A TOWN OF TRANSIENTS BUT OUR FAMILY HAS BEEN HERE FOUR GENERATIONS HELPING TO BUILD THIS CITY. |
| 00:40:42 | MY GRANDFATHER WAS A CEMENT FINISHER AND WORKED ALL AROUND THIS TOWN, MY GRANDFATHER CAME FROM SPAIN AND WAITED HOTEL BALLROOMS LIKE THIS DURING THE DEPRESSION TO PUT FOOD ON HIS TABLE. |
| 00:40:53 | I AM PROUD TO BE PART OF THEIR HER TACK, THANK -- HERITAGE, THANK YOU TO TIM RUSSERT AND BRADY DANIELS ALONG WITH THE DEDICATED JOURNALISTS WHO MAKE NBC NEWS A DREAM PLACE TO WORK AND AN INCREDIBLE FORCE FOR TRUTH THAT IT IS. |
| 00:41:06 | AND NOW, WITH ABSOLUTELY NO FURTHER ADO, MAY I INTRODUCE THE CURRENT CHAIRMAN AND THE MAN WHO IS GOING TO RUN NEXT YEAR'S DINNER, MR. |
| 00:41:15 | BRIAN WILSON OF FOX NEWS. |
| 00:41:24 | BRIAN. |
| 00:41:25 | >> I WON'T TAKE UP MUCH OF YOUR TIME BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT THIS EVENING IS REALLY ALL ABOUT, AND WE'LL GET TO IT IN JUST A WHILE. |
| 00:41:33 | I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE QUICK WORD ABOUT MIKE VIQUEIRA, HE'S BEEN A WONDERFUL GUY TO WORK WITH, HE'S ALLOWED ME TO BE AT HIS SIDE DURING NEGOTIATIONS ON THE HIGHEST LEVEL AT YOUR BEHALF AND THERE IS NO JOURNALIST IN TOWN, I THINK, WHO FEELS AS PASSIONATELY ABOUT ISSUES OF ACCESS ON CAPITOL HILL. |
| 00:41:50 | HE HAS BEEN A REAL FRIEND OF ALL OF YOU WHO WORK ON CAPITOL HILL EVERY DAY COVERING THIS INSTITUTION AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR MICHAEL VIQUEIRA, PLEASE. |
| 00:42:12 | AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THIS ORGANIZATION. |
| 00:42:15 | WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT ISSUES OF ACCESS. |
| 00:42:17 | WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF NEGOTIATIONS NOW WITH LEADER FRIST AND OTHERS. |
| 00:42:21 | AND IN A FEW DAYS YOU WILL RECEIVE AN EMAIL FROM ME WHERE YOU WILL GET ALL THE DETAILS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND I ASK YOU TO TAKE JUST A MOMENT TO READ THAT EMAIL WHEN IT COMES YOUR DIRECTION. |
| 00:42:32 | NOW ONE PIECE OF BUSINESS. |
| 00:42:34 | EVERYBODY PLEASE REMAIN SEATED AS THE VICE PRESIDENT AND MS. |
| 00:42:38 | CHENEY DEPART THE CHAMBER. |
| 00:44:45 | . . >> IF YOU WOULD LIKE A COPY OF ANY OF TONIGHT'S PROGRAMS, ORDER A D. |
| 00:44:52 | V.D. OR V. |
| 00:44:53 | H.S. FROM THE C-SPAN ARE VISMES. |
| 00:44:57 | ORDER ONLINE. |
| 00:44:59 | OR CALL |
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