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3, FREE SPEECH AND RADICAL ISLAM ISLAM. . |
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IF SOMEBODY CAN TO YOU AND SAID I AM GOING TO BE THE NEXT PRESS SECRETARY OF THE WHITE HOUSE, TUMMY... |
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ELOIDA PEOPLE DO NOT SEE HOW MUCH FUN IT IS. YOU HAVE TO SEE -- SEE ALL OF IT. FOR SOMEONE WHO IS... |
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I USED TO LISTEN TO YOU ON THE RADIO. AT TIMES I GET THE SENSE -- I STILL LISTEN TO YOU ON THE RADIO.... |
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I HAVE A UNIQUE COMBINATION. I AM THE ONLY PERSON THAT HAS COME INTO THIS SITUATION HAVING A BENT... |
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WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GEORGE BUSH 41 AND GEORGE BUSH AT 43 AND THE DIFFERENCE IN THEIR JOBS?... |
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THE DIFFERENCE IS I WAS A SPEECHWRITER FOR THE FIRST. ON THE SPEECH WRITER IS AN IMPORTANT JOB, IT... |
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AT THIS ONE? BEST MANAGER? |
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TO MANAGE A WHITE HOUSE IN SUCH A WAY THAT EVERYONE GETS ALONG IN IS PULLING IN THE SAME DIRECTION.... |
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WHAT IS THIS PRESIDENT DOING DIFFERENTLY? |
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HE SAYS HE HAS A FLAT ORGANIZATION. THEY CAN WALK IN AND TALK TO HIM WHEN THEY NEED TO. EVERYONE GETS... |
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WHY DO THEY NOT LET US SEE THAT? |
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I DO NOT KNOW. YOU SEE THIS A LOT IN POLITICS. SOMETIMES THERE IS AN ARTIFICIALITY TO SOME THINGS.... |
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WHEN PEOPLE FOUND OUT I WAS GOING TO BE INTERVIEWING YOU I WOULD ASK THEM, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF TONY... |
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TO CONTACT YOU AND THOUGHT THAT -- YOU WILL LIKE TO BE SECRETARY? |
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-- BOLTEN, THE CHIEF OF STAFF. WE HAD WORKED IN THE FIRST WHITE HOUSE, HE HAD COME ON MY RADIO SHOW.... |
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SHE WAS A LITTLE SKEPTICAL. THE FOUR -- THE FIRST BUSH WHITE HOUSE ADOPTED A BRUISING IN SOME WAYS.... |
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LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT A PHENOMENON IN OUR BUSINESS. YOU DIDN'T INTERVIEW WITH DAVID GREGORY AND THEY... |
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OF COURSE IT WAS GOING TO BE IN THE PEACE. THERE WAS NOTHING THAT YOU COULD DO ABOUT IT. WHEN I GET... |
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IS THAT THE WAY THIS BUSINESS SHOULD OPERATE? |
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I DO NOT KNOW. HE WAS TALKING ABOUT AN ESSAY THAT MY SON WROTE, THE FIRST TIME THROUGH WITH CANCER.... |
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THE CUT IT IN A WAY THAT I THINK A LOT LONGER THAN IN THE ORIGINALLY HAS SPREAD YOU KNEW IT WAS GOING... |
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WILL THE PRESIDENCY THAT? |
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I DO NOT THINK SO. |
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WHAT WAS YOUR FAMILY'S REACTION? |
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THAT NOT ONLY WATCHED IT, BUT THEY WATCHED THE 27 MINUTE VERSION ON THE INTERNET WHICH I DID NOT.... |
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ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS INTERESTING IS THAT WE DID NOT SEE YOUR WIFE AND WE ONLY SAW THE BACK OF... |
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WE DID NOT WANT ANY FRONTAL SHOT. THERE WERE ONLY A HANDFUL OF SHOTS THAT SHE WAS IN AND THOSE THAT... |
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WENT IN YOUR LIFE DID YOU THINK YOU COULD BE A PUBLIC PERSON? WHAT YEAR WERE YOU BORN? |
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1955. |
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WHAT PART OF CINCINNATI? |
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I WAS ACTUALLY BORN IN KENTUCKY. MY FATHER HAD JUST GRADUATED FROM EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY. I... |
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HOW LONG DID YOU LIVE IN CINCINNATI? |
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WHAT I WAS BORN MY FATHER WAS IN THE ARMY AND BOUNCED AROUND AND WENT TO A VARIETY OF PLACES. AFTER... |
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WHERE DID YOU GO TO COLLEGE? |
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DAVIDSON COLLEGE IN NORTH CAROLINA. |
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WHAT IMPACT IT HIGH SCHOOL HAVE ON YOUR LIFE? |
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IN THIRD GRADE I HAD A TEACHER WHO WROTE BOOKS OF POETRY. I THOUGHT THAT AWAY OVERDID IT. ONCE I... |
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WHY? |
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IT IS SOMETHING THAT FEELS NATURAL. I LOVE THE CREATIVITY OF ITS. I GUESS I AM VERBAL THAT WAY. I... |
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ARE YOU WRITING IN A JOURNAL EVERY DAY? |
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I AM NOT, I PROBABLY SHOULD. IT HAS BEEN A COMBINATION OF BEING BUSY AND THERAPY MAKES ME TIRED. |
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WHERE ARE YOU IN THAT PROCESS? |
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ONE MORE A WEEK FROM TODAY. I WILL BE EIGHT OUT OF 8. |
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GO BACK TO CINCINNATI, IN ITS -- TOM EIGHT ABOUT SOMEBODY WHO CAT IN IMPACT ON YOU? |
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A LOT OF PEOPLE -- TELL ME ABOUT SOMEBODY WHO HAD AN IMPACT ON YOU. |
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AND A LOT OF PEOPLE. I HAD AN EXTRAORDINARILY ENERGETIC SUPERINTENDENT. I THINK THEY PROBABLY DID... |
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WHO DID YOU DEBATE? |
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WE DEBATED EVERYBODY. IT WAS A VERY COMPETITIVE PROGRAM. WE TRAVELED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. I THINK... |
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WHAT DID HE TEACH? |
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HE TAUGHT HISTORY AND HE DID ADMINISTRATION. HE DID COUNSELING. THAT WAS THE KIND OF GUY HE WAS INCLUDING... |
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IS HE STILL ALIVE? BUT HE IS STILL ALIVE. HE IS IN CENTRAL FLORIDA. HE DOES NOT STILL TEACH. HE IS... |
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WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT YOUR MOTHER DYING YOUNG FROM CANCER. WHAT KIND OF CANCER? |
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CANCER. IN 1974. -- COLON CANCER. IN 1974. SHE WAS OPERATED IN 19 -- OPERATED ON IN 1972 AND SHE... |
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DO YOU READ IT? |
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FROM TIME TO TIME. SHE TALKED ABOUT PEOPLE WHO CAME IN AND VISITED HER. HOW SHE HAD BEEN WORRIED.... |
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WHAT CHURCH WAS THIS? |
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IT WAS THE FOREST PARK CHRISTIAN CHURCH. I THOUGHT, ARE YOU KIDDING ME? THE CHURCH HAD A HUGE ROLE... |
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HOW MANY BROTHERS AND SISTERS DID YOU HAVE? |
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I HAD ONE OF EACH. |
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WHAT WAS LIFE WITHOUT HER? DID YOUR FATHER REMARRIED? |
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MY FATHER REMARRIED AFTER A FEW YEARS. THERE IS ALWAYS THIS BIZARRE SENSE THAT THERE ISN'T AND THE... |
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WHEN DID YOUR FAITH START? |
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I THINK IT WAS STANDARD EQUIPMENT IN MY CASE. |
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DID YOU GO TO CHURCH EARLY? |
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WE WENT TO CHURCH PRETTY EARLY. I HAVE NOT HAD A LOT OF DARK NIGHTS. BY THE TIME I WAS GOING TO COLLEGE... |
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CAN YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU WROTE A COLUMN FOR "THE DETROIT NEWS AT" IN YOUR THE EDITORIAL EDITOR FOR... |
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THE EMOTIONAL ONES. MY WIFE AND I HAD THREE MISCARRIAGES BEFORE OUR FIRST CHILD. I WROTE ONE AFTER... |
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HOW OLD WERE YOU? |
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AT THAT TIME, I WAS 29 AND SHE WAS 27. WE GOT MARRIED WHEN I WAS 32. |
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HOW OLD ARE YOUR KIDS? |
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FIFTEEN, 11, AND 10. |
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YOU WROTE A PIECE FOR " CHRISTIANITY TODAY." WHAT IS THAT? |
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IT IS A MAGAZINE THAT HAS A WEB SITE. |
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YOU SAID THAT I SAT BY MY BEST FRIENDS BEDSIDE AS WASTING CANCER TOOK HIM AWAY. WHO WAS THAT? |
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MY DEPUTY EDITOR AT ""THE WASHINGTON TIMES." HE WAS A GREAT GUY. I HAVE BROUGHT HIM HOME FROM RICHMOND.... |
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THE FIRST TIME YOU GOT CANCER WAS WHAT YEAR? |
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WHAT YEAR WAS IT? IT WAS 2004. |
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WHAT WAS IT? |
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COLON CANCER. I HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK THIS. ACTUALLY IT WAS 2005. THEY REMOVED THE ENTIRE : BECAUSE... |
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HALL ONLY IS IT? |
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NOT TERRIBLY LONELY. -- HOW LONELY IS IT? |
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NOT TERRIBLY LONELY. I GO IN AND THEY GIVE YOU AN ANTI NOTCH SHOT DRUGS. I HAVE THREE AGENTS, IT IS... |
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IN WHAT WAY? |
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THAT MAKES YOU WOOZY. GREEN AND BLUE SEA AT THE END OF THE CHEMOS SESSION. . WOOZY AT THE END OF THE... |
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WHEN DID YOU DECIDE THAT YOU WOULD GO PUBLIC WITH THIS? |
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I WENT ON THE RADIO RIGHT AWAY. I TOLD PEOPLE TO GO GET YOUR COLONOSCOPY IS. I KNEW I COULD RELY ON... |
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WE HAVE SOME VIDEO TAPE FROM 1996 THAT WE ARE GOING TO RUN. |
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LET US THINK IN LOOK. WITH THE PAGEANTRY OF POLITICAL CONVENTIONS, THERE ARE NOT MANY SURPRISES ANYMORE.... |
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TALKING ABOUT THE DEMOCRAT ON THE OTHER SIDE. YOU RARELY HEAR CYNICISM. |
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WHEN I WAS A KID I WENT TO THIS. PREDELLA OF TIMES CYNICISM MEANS THAT I DO NOT KNOW A LOT BUT I WOULD... |
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THE PRESS ROOM. WE COVER IT ALL THE TIME. I CAN REMEMBER THE FIRST PRESS SECRETARY THAT LESSON. WHEN... |
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I CANNOT THINK SEPARATE I THINK THAT WATER IS UNDER THE DAM. |
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YOU ARE GOING TO AT ONE POINT? |
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A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE SPECULATING. IT WOULD NOT MAKE ANY SENSE. I WOULD DO NOT MIND, I ACTUALLY DID... |
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THERE WAS AN EXCHANGE WITH YOU AND APRIL BRYAN. |
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IN THE PAST THAT WE HAVE HEARD THAT SOME CABINET MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE MIDST OF TROUBLE AND... |
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YOU ARE OVERPLAYING THIS. |
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KNOW I AM NOT. DO NOT GO THERE. -- NO, I AM NOT. DO NOT GO THERE. |
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YOU ARE REALLY OVERPLAYING THIS. |
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HAS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL GOT TO THE PRESIDENT AND ASKED IF HE SHOULD RESIGN? |
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I HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF THAT AND I WOULD DOUBT IT. BUT WHY WOULD YOU DOUBT THAT? |
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THERE -- YOU ARE, TRUST ME. |
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I KNOW OF ANOTHER SECRETARY -- |
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YOU ARE OVERREACHING. I AM TRYING TO BE HELPFUL. |
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OF WHAT VALUE IS THAT? |
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I DO NOT KNOW. IT IS AN ATTEMPT TO WHITTLE SOMETHING OUT. THE WHITE HOUSE BEAT IS A TOUGH BEAT. ... |
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THERE IS ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL THAT IS THERE EVERY DAY. HE HAS BEEN AROUND FOR YEARS. HE USED TO WEAR... |
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THE ARIZONA STAR REPORTS THAT THE GOVERNORS OF ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO HAVE WRITTEN THE PRESIDENT PROTESTING... |
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WHAT THE PRESIDENT DOES -- YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THESE ARE NOT INCONSISTENT. SENDING PEOPLE... |
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FROM THE BORDER PATROL WE NEED PEOPLE FOR THE BORDER. |
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I DO NOT KNOW IF YOU HAVE NOTICED, BUT WE'RE CUTTING ABOUT 18,000 PEOPLE ON THE BORDER. THAT IS TWICE... |
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THIS IS AN INSTITUTION. MOST PEOPLE AND THE COUNTRY DO NOT KNOW WHO HE IS. EXPLAIN THAT. |
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IT IS INTERESTING BECAUSE HE AND I TALKED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. HE ASKED A QUESTION THAT WISTFULLY... |
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HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE WHITE HOUSE CREDENTIALS? IF YOU HAD YOUR DRUTHERS, HE WOULD ELIMINATE THEM. |
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I WOULD NOT ELIMINATE THEM. |
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HOW DO YOU GET TO BE IN THAT ROOM? |
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YOU WILL HAVE TO ASK STEVE SCULLY. THE WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS ASSOCIATION THAT HANDLES THE DISTRIBUTION... |
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SPEAKING OF THE SEATS, HERE IS SOMEONE THAT IS ALWAYS IN THE FRONT ROW. |
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I HAVE HEARD THAT THE REASON FOR THE MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR TAXPAYER PAID ARMS PACKAGE FOR THE MIDDLE... |
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YOU MISCHARACTERIZED WHAT IS GOING ON WHICH IS THAT YOU HAVE AN AID PACT WITH ISRAEL AND EGYPT. THAT... |
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ARE WE TRYING TO COME UP -- HELP THE POVERTY STRICKEN AND GIVE CORPORATE WELFARE TO THESE GROUPS? ... |
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HELEN THOMAS HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE THE 1960'S. SHE JUST TURNED 87 YEARS OLD. |
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SHE IS THE 86 OR 87. |
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SHE WENT FROM BEING A UPI REPORTER TO BEING AN OPINION NEST -- OPINIONIST. HOW DO YOU DO THAT? |
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IF I AM 86 OR 87 I WILL LOVE IT TO BE ABLE TO SIT THERE AND BE ABLE TO BADGER THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS... |
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HAS THE PRESIDENT CALLED ON HER WRIST AND LEG? |
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HE LED OFF WITH A QUESTION TO HELEN IN THE LAST PRESS BRIEFING. |
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EDGE TIME DO YOU HAVE A HAVE TIME AS TO WHO IS GOING TO CALL ON? |
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WHICH SUPPLY HIM WITH A LIST OF THE NAMES OF PEOPLE WHO -- OF WHO PEOPLE ARE AWAY THEIR -- WHERE THERE... |
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CAN YOU PREDICT ALMOST EVERY DAY WHAT IS GOING TO BE ON THE NEWS? |
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A LOT OF TIMES. IT BECOMES PRETTY PREDICTABLE. |
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HOW OFTEN DO YOU ATTEMPT TO GET SOMETHING ON THE KNEES AND YOU SUCCEED BY HAVING BEEN THE THE PRESIDENT... |
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YOU HAVE AN EVENT OR AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT YOU KNOW IS GOING TO DRIVE THE NEW SPIRIT IF I SAY THAT... |
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FOX NEWS SUNDAY, HE MODERATED THAT PROGRAM ON SUNDAY MORNING, |
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SEVEN YEARS. WHAT IMPACT DOES IT HAVE ON YOU THAT YOU USE TO BE A FOX AND NOW YOU ARE IN IN IN-POSSESSION... |
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WANT OF YOUR COLLEAGUES, BRET BAIER AND HAVE YOU TREATED HIM. |
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THE STATEMENT SAID THAT THE LETTER WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THE NEWS MEDIA AND IT WOULD ADDRESS THE QUESTION... |
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YOU WORKED WITH THEM. IS IT HARD TO HAVE HIM OUT THERE? HAVE YOU EVER GOTTEN INTO IT GOOD WITH A FOX... |
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I LOCK HORNS WITH JUST ABOUT ANYBODY IN THAT ROOM. THE ONE THING THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS NOT... |
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IS IT EVER PERSONAL WITH ANYBODY IN THAT ROOM SINCE YOU HAVE BEEN THERE? |
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AND NOW, FORTUNATELY. YOU SAW HER, SHE HAS BECOME A DEAR FRIEND. BRETT HAD A PROBLEM WITH A SEVERE... |
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YOU ARE THE PRESS SECRETARY GOING OUT AND THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU WOULD CHANGE BEFORE YOU GET IN... |
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IT IS HARD BECAUSE AT THIS POINT YOU ARE MIDSTREAM AND A PRESIDENCY. THE ONE THING THAT I WOULD SAY... |
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HOW LONG DID YOU KNOW -- GEORGE W. BUSH BEFORE YOU WENT TO WORK FOR HIM? |
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I WOULD NOT SAY THAT IT WAS REALLY WELL. I GOT TO KNOW HIM SOMEWHAT IN THE 1992 CAMPAIGN. I GOT TO... |
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WHAT SURPRISED YOU MOST? |
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IT IS SOMETHING THAT I SUSPECTED. HE HAS ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING ANALYTICAL MINDS THAT I HAVE... |
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HAVE YOU EVER SEEN HIM IRRITATED? |
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YES. |
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HOW DO YOU KNOW? |
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HE WILL LET YOU KNOW. YOU WILL SAY SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT MATCH UP -- THE PRESIDENT IS SOMEONE WHO... |
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WHAT WOULD HE DO WHEN YOUR JOB AT THE WHITE HOUSE -- TO BRING WEAK STUFF. |
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WHAT WE DO WHEN YOUR JOB AT THE WHITE HOUSE IS OVER? |
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I WOULD DEFINITELY DO SOME WRITING. I WILL DO SOME CHARITY WORK. AND IT WILL REQUIRE THINKING THROUGH... |
NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.
