Republican Party Platform Vote

Sep 1, 2008

C-SPAN | Washington Journal

Representative Kevin McCarthy and Senator Richard Burr spoke about the Republican Party platform adopted the previous week in St. Paul, Minnesota. Among the topics addressed in the platform were immigration, stem cell research, climate change, same-sex marriage and abortion. They responded to telephone calls and electronic mail.
Representative Kevin McCarthy and Senator Richard Burr spoke about the Republican Party platform adopted the previous week in St. Paul, Minnesota. Among the topics addressed in the platform were immigration, stem cell research, climate change, same-sex marriage and abortion. They responded to telephone calls and electronic mail.

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00:00:06 Unidentified Speaker ST.PAUL MINNESOTA IS THE SCENE OF THIS WEEK'S REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. WE ARE JOINED BY THE CHAIRMAN...
00:00:37 GUEST THIS PLATFORM COMPARED TO THE LAST ONE IS MUCH SMALLER AND MORE PRINCIPLED AND FORWARD LOOKING. IT...
00:00:56 HOST HOW DIFFICULT WAS IT TO COME TO CONSENSUS ON ISSUES IN THOSE HEARINGS?
00:01:02 GUEST IT WAS NOT DIFFICULT AT ALL. WE DID A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PREPARATION AND WE REACHED OUT LIKE NO...
00:01:56 HOST TODAY SPEAKING AGENDA HAS BEEN SHORTENED BUT THE RATIFICATION OF THE PLATFORM IS ONE OF THE ITEMS...
00:02:09 GUEST I THINK IT WILL GO SMOOTHLY. ONE THING WE FOUND IS THAT WE DID OUR WORK LAST WEEK. IT SHOULD GO SMOOTHLY....
00:02:25 HOST LET'S GIVE OUR VIEWERS A CHANCE TO WEIGH IN ABOUT THE PLATFORM. CALL THE NUMBERS ON YOUR SCREEN. THE...
00:03:09 GUEST IT STATES CLEARLY THAT BORDER SECURITY IS THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT THING FROM AN ECONOMIC AND NATIONAL...
00:03:30 HOST IT ALSO TALKS ABOUT SANCTUARY CITIES. WHAT DOES THE CALL ON THE GOVERNMENT TO DO?
00:03:38 GUEST WE ARE NOT SUPPORTIVE OF SANCTUARY CITIES. WE BELIEVE IN THE RULE OF LAW. ONE THING YOU'LL FIND IS...
00:03:58 HOST YOUR HOUSE COLLEAGUES FOR THE PAST MONTH OR SO CHAIRMAN MCCARTHY HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ENERGY ISSUES,...
00:04:16 GUEST WE WANT TO BE ENERGY INDEPENDENT. WE BELIEVE IN AMERICAN ENERGY, AMERICAN OIL, AMERICAN SOIL -- AMERICAN...
00:04:42 HOST FOR THE FIRST TIME IT WAS WRITTEN THAT THE REPUBLICANS ARE ADDRESSING THE ISSUE OF CLIMATE CHANGE...
00:04:51 GUEST THAT'S RIGHT. WE TALK ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE. WE ARE NOT SPECIFIC ON THE REMEDIES BUT I THINK WE ELUDE...
00:06:08 HOST YOU APPROVE A PLATFORM BEFORE SENATOR MCCAIN IS ELECTED THE GOVERNOR OF ALASKA AS HIS RUNNING MATE....
00:06:40 Unidentified Speaker GOVERNOR PALIN WILL BE GLAD TO SEE THE WE NAME ALASKA AS ONE OF THE AREA'S FOUR INCREASE PRODUCTION....
00:07:31 HOST JACKSONVILLE A SUPPORTER OF SENATOR MCCAIN. CALLER: I SENT IN SOME SUGGESTIONS. I AM SORRY TO SAY...
00:11:39 GUEST LET ME SUGGEST YOU MY WIFE WOULD TAKE GREAT OFFENSE TO THE FACT THAT A MOTHER DOESN'T HAVE EXPERIENCE...
00:12:59 HOST WHAT IS THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM SAY ABOUT THE ISSUE OF ABORTION?
00:13:04 GUEST OPPOSED TO ABORTION. ONE THING YOU WILL SEE IS THAT WE BELIEVE YOU CAN HAVE THERE IS DEBATE, THAT...
00:13:23 HOST SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA. GO AHEAD. CALLER: I AM A DEMOCRATIC CONVERT, I AM FOR JOHN MCCAIN RIGHT NOW...
00:14:10 GUEST I THANK YOU FOR SWITCHING TO SENATOR MCCAIN BUT THE REALITIES ARE THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE A...
00:14:35 HOST THAT WILL BE VOTED ON THIS AFTERNOON ON THE CONVENTION FLOOR?
00:14:42 GUEST THE CONVENTION IS -- SOME THINGS ARE NOT GOING ON AND OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE DOWN WITH PEOPLE...
00:15:09 HOST IS A PLATFORM ADOPTED FIRST AND THEN THE PLACING OF THE NAMES IN NOMINATION DONE AFTER THAT?
00:15:18 GUEST YOU HAVE TO SET UP THE CREDENTIALS AND THE RULES FOR THE CONVENTION. THE PLATFORM AND THEN YOU GOING...
00:15:36 HOST WE RELIGIOUS SEE THE PLATFORMS COMMITTEES ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS JUST BEFORE THE CONVENTION. HOW MUCH...
00:15:45 GUEST MORE THAN KEVIN AND I EVER DREAMED. WE WERE VERY CONSCIOUS OF EXACTLY WHAT YOU JUST SAID. A TREMENDOUS...
00:16:51 HOST THERE IS ALSO A LINK TO THAT ON OUR WEBSITE. CALLER: GOOD MORNING. I WHISPERED -- PROUD TO SERVE ...
00:18:03 GUEST LET ME SAY FIRST THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE COUNTRY. I BELIEVE THAT GOVERNOR PALIN LIKE MANY...
00:19:08 HOST WHAT SORT OF REACTION ARE YOU GETTING FROM PARTY MEMBERS TO THIS PARTICULAR IMMIGRATION PORTION OF...
00:19:17 GUEST MANY PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY WERE WORRIED WITH WHAT THE PLATFORM WOULD SAY ABOUT IMMIGRATION. BY...
00:20:05 HOST IS A FRUSTRATING AT ALL IN THE SENSE OF SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE IN THE PLATFORM AND A SURLY...
00:20:25 GUEST THE ONE THING THAT YOU SEE OF THE 112 PEOPLE THAT SERVED ON THIS COMMITTEE NOT ONE OF THEM AGREE 100%...
00:23:29 HOST WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT THE ISSUE OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE?
00:23:36 GUEST WE ARE OPPOSED. WE BELIEVE MARRIAGES BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN AND WE'RE VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD ABOUT...
00:24:34 GUEST ONE THING THAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT WE HAVE A PRIMARY SYSTEM. THE ONE THING THAT I SAW IN THE PRIMARY...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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