Campaign 2008

Oct 24, 2008

Regent University

Republican and Democratic Party leaders and proponents debated the topic: "Election 2008: Which Party Is Best Suited to Lead America?" Each participant delivered an opening statement and discussion was augmented by questions from the audience. Among the topics they addressed were the state of the economy, tax policy and federal spending, .. Read More
Republican and Democratic Party leaders and proponents debated the topic: "Election 2008: Which Party Is Best Suited to Lead America?" Each participant delivered an opening statement and discussion was augmented by questions from the audience. Among the topics they addressed were the state of the economy, tax policy and federal spending, national security, and leadership issues. Regent University's sixth annual "Clash of the Titans" debate was moderated by NBC News' Norah O'Donnell.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:19 Unidentified Speaker SUPPORTERS OF JOHN MCCAIN AND BARACK OBAMA MET IN A DEBATE. MIKE HUCKABEE, STEVE FORBES, AND RICK...
00:01:07 Unidentified Speaker WE WELCOME ALL OF YOU TO THE SIXTH ANNUAL CLASH OF THE TITANS WHICH WILL BE ONE OF THE BEST UNIVERSITY...
00:03:57 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, DOCTOR. I HAVE HAD AN EXTRAORDINARY CAREER AT NBC. I HAVE BEEN ON EVERY CONTINENT ON THE...
00:11:41 Unidentified Speaker WE WILL BEGIN WITH OPENING STATEMENTS. THIS WILL BE ABOUT FIVE MINUTES EACH. THEN WE WILL HAVE A ROUNDTABLE...
00:12:45 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET ME SAY THANKS FOR HAVING THE EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE WITH THESE...
00:17:46 Unidentified Speaker THAT WAS RIGHT ON TIME. EXACTLY FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US, I AM DELIGHTED TO...
00:22:34 Unidentified Speaker HE IS STRETCHES. -- SHE STRETCHESHE GOES RIGHT INTO THE CLOCK.
00:22:45 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
00:22:52 Unidentified Speaker AT THANK YOU, DR. ROBERTSON, THANK ALL OF YOU. -- THANK YOU, DR. ROBERTSON. MY GRANDFATHER WAS AN IMMIGRANT,...
00:27:59 Unidentified Speaker IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE THIS AFTERNOON AND TO SHARE THE STAGE WITH SOME MANY FORMER PRESIDENTIAL...
00:33:09 Unidentified Speaker NOW WE WILL HEAR FROM RICK SANTORUM.
00:33:12 Unidentified Speaker I APPRECIATE THIS. ONE SMALL CORRECTION, I HAVE SEVEN CHILDREN, NOT SIX CHILDREN. WE JUST HAD A BABY...
00:38:24 Unidentified Speaker YOUR CLAUSES INCLUDED.
00:38:25 Unidentified Speaker I WILL STOP.
00:38:30 Unidentified Speaker LET'S GO TO GERALDINE FERRARO.
00:38:33 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK DR. ROBERTSON FOR HAVING THIS. AND OF COURSE ALL OF MY PANELISTS. I THINK...
00:40:41 Unidentified Speaker YES.
00:40:44 Unidentified Speaker WE NEED TO GET YOU DIZZY. -- BUSY. AT THE PEOPLE RUNNING I THOUGHT I COULD SUPPORT CHRISTOPHER DODD,...
00:44:02 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. NOW WE WILL HAVE THE ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION. THE GUEST BE TO QUESTION EACH OTHER. -- THE...
00:44:19 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK STEVE FORBES WHICH STOCKS I SHOULD BUY. I'M JUST WANT TO TAKE THAT ANSWER...
00:44:29 Unidentified Speaker A SUBSCRIPTION TO MY MAGAZINE WILL GIVE YOU ALL THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED. [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE]...
00:44:38 Unidentified Speaker LET ME ASK YOU, IT IS INTERESTING THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT -- SENATOR SANTORUM, YOU SAID THAT AS...
00:45:30 Unidentified Speaker IF A CHRISTIAN FEELS THEY'RE DOING THE WILL OF GOD AND A CHOP YOUR HEAD OFF, I WOULD HAVE A PROBLEM...
00:46:48 Unidentified Speaker D.C. PEOPLE IN THE U.S. SOMEHOW BEEN FORCED INTO A FACE FOR THEY WERE SOMEHOW A VULNERABLE TO BE CONVERTED...
00:47:11 Unidentified Speaker NO, BUT IT IS OVERSEAS. WE SHOULD NOT DO WITH THE EUROPEANS DO IT AND TO GIVE UP AND LET THE REST...
00:47:45 Unidentified Speaker CAN I ASK MYMIKE HUCKABEE A QUESTION, WITH THE SANCTITY OF LIFE ISSUE, WOULD THAT APPLY TO THE SAME...
00:48:01 Unidentified Speaker THERE IS ALWAYS THIS PROBLEM WHEN A WAR IS LOST BECAUSE THERE WILL BE PEOPLE THAT WILL BE KILLED. ...
00:48:38 Unidentified Speaker TIME FOR STEVE FORCE ASK A QUESTION. -- STEVE FORBES TO ASK A QUESTION.
00:48:51 Unidentified Speaker ON THIS WHOLE DEBATE ON TAX CUTS, CUTTING TAX RATES, CAN YOU CITE ANY TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY WHERE...
00:49:09 Unidentified Speaker WHEN RONALD REAGAN REDUCED TAX RATES, WE WERE LEFT WITH DEFICITS. AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THOUGH CLINTON...
00:49:44 Unidentified Speaker CONGRESS SPENT THE MONEY AND SPEND SOME MORE.
00:49:46 Unidentified Speaker A REPUBLICAN CONGRESS.
00:49:56 Unidentified Speaker SOMEHOW AND WASHINGTON,IN WASHINGTON, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT MAKES THESE PEOPLE DO STRANGE THINGS....
00:50:48 Unidentified Speaker IF I COULD PICK UP A LITTLE BIT WHAT STEVE FORBES SAID IT HAS BETWEEN 1900 AND '80 AND '84 I SERVED...
00:52:36 Unidentified Speaker JUST A POINT ON THAT, IT DID WORK. WHEN YOU COMPARE THE GROWTH AND INNOVATION THE U.S. HAS EXPERIENCED...
00:53:05 Unidentified Speaker IF YOU TAKE THE REASON WHY WE ENDED UP WINNING THE COLD WAR, IT IS NOT ONLY THAT PRESIDENT REAGAN...
00:53:34 Unidentified Speaker IS NOW TIME FOIT IS NOW FOR DONNA BRAZILE. JOE THEPLUMBR PLUMBER RECENTLY GAINED FAME. HE WAS ASKING...
00:54:27 Unidentified Speaker I THINK THAT WE SHOULD DO WITH THE RIGHT WAY AND THIS IS TO REDUCE TAX RATES. TAX RATES ARE A BURDEN....
00:55:25 Unidentified Speaker HOW WOULD YOU CLOSE THE GROWING INCOME INEQUALITY OTHER THAN HAVING SOMETHING TO TRICKLE DOWN ON THEM?...
00:55:36 Unidentified Speaker 1ST HE STABILIZE THE DOLLAR AND THEN YOU HAVE A TAX CUT. -- FIRST YOU STABILIZE THE DOLLAR. YOU WANT...
00:56:37 Unidentified Speaker IN 2001, JOHN MCCAIN SAID HE COULD NOT SUPPORT A TAX CUT WHEN MANY OF THE BENEFITS TO GO TO THE MOST...
00:56:55 Unidentified Speaker -- EASY A SOCIALIST?
00:57:01 Unidentified Speaker BACK THEN HE WAS INCORRECT. WE NEED A TAX CUT INSTEAD OF CONTINUING THE TRADITION THAT YOU SEE IN...
00:57:17 Unidentified Speaker SENATOR MCCAIN'S CURRENT TAX PLANS WILL GIVE TAX CUTS TO THE TOP 1% OF AMERICANS AND ALSO REWARD THOSE...
00:57:29 Unidentified Speaker WHAT WE CAN DO IS TO REDUCE THE TAX BURDEN. WE HAVE A CORPORATE TAX RATE HERE OF 35%-40% WHEN YOU...
00:59:10 Unidentified Speaker I KNOW UNDER SENATOR OBAMA'S PLAN THAT JOE WILL BE PLAYING ZERO CAPITAL GAINS TAXES ON HIS INVESTMENT...
00:59:19 Unidentified Speaker I AM GOING TO PLAY ALAN COLMES HERE. YOU HAVE TO ANSWER MY QUESTION. SHOULD WE BE RAISING TAXES THAT...
00:59:38 Unidentified Speaker HOW DO YOU KNOW IT IS NOT GOING TO RESULT IN MORE MONEY INTO THE FEDERAL COFFERED? YOU ARE GOING TO...
00:59:51 Unidentified Speaker BECAUSE OF THE HISTORY OF CAPITAL GAINS TAXES, WHEN THE RATES WENT UP, WE DID NOT GET MORE REVENUES,...
01:00:14 Unidentified Speaker IF YOU ARE GOING TO RAISE TAXES, THAT MONEY GOES INTO THE GOVERNMENT. THE GOVERNMENT GETS THOSE TAXES....
01:00:46 Unidentified Speaker I AM ASKING IF YOU WOULD RAISE TAXES SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU WANT TO INCREASE TAXES ON RICH PEOPLE.
01:00:57 Unidentified Speaker AS SOMEONE WHO PAYS CAPITAL GAINS TAXES BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE REAL-ESTATE BUSINESS, LET ME SUGGEST...
01:01:47 Unidentified Speaker 25 COUNTRIES HAVE ADOPTED THE FLAT TAX.
01:01:49 Unidentified Speaker IT HAS NEVER WORKED. YOU MAY LIKE IT, IT IS EASY. BUT IT IS NEVER GOING TO GO ANYWHERE IN THIS COUNTRY....
01:02:05 Unidentified Speaker THE OF LITTLE FAITH. -- YE OF LITTLE FAITH.
01:02:12 Unidentified Speaker IS IT MY TURN FOR A QUESTION? BEFORE YOU SAID WE ARE A SAFER NATION NOW AND THEN WE WERE NINE OR EIGHT...
01:04:40 Unidentified Speaker I AM SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT HER HUSBAND'S LOST.
01:04:44 Unidentified Speaker IT IS MY COUSIN'S.
01:04:48 Unidentified Speaker AS A SENATOR WHO VOTED FOR THIS WAR, I AM SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT THOSE LOSSES.
01:04:55 Unidentified Speaker WOULD YOU HAVE VOTED FOR IT IF YOU KNEW THERE WERE NO WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION?
01:05:01 Unidentified Speaker I DID NOT VOTE FOR IT BECAUSE OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. THIS WAS A REGIME IN POWER -- LET'S...
01:06:01 Unidentified Speaker NONE OF THEM CONNECTED TO AL QAEDA.
01:06:04 Unidentified Speaker THIS MAN WAS HARBORING TERRORISTS, SUPPORTING TERRORISTS.
01:06:08 Unidentified Speaker WOULD YOU DO THE SAME THING?
01:06:11 Unidentified Speaker USING CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS. YOU HAD AN ATMOSPHERE IN WASHINGTON D.C. AND THAT WE WERE ...
01:06:30 Unidentified Speaker I AM GOING TO USE HIS 14 SECONDS. I THINK HE IS THE NEXT QUESTIONER. WOULD YOU THEN FEEL THAT WE SHOULD...
01:06:52 Unidentified Speaker THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS, IN THE NEXT MONTHS, SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN IRAN. SOMETHING...
01:07:17 Unidentified Speaker I WAS BEGINNING TO FEEL LIKE I WAS BACK IN THE REPUBLICAN DEBATES.
01:07:23 Unidentified Speaker THAT IS THE PROBLEM THAT GOVERNORS HAVE.
01:07:26 Unidentified Speaker I AM JUST TOO DARN POLITE. ONE OF THE QUESTION IS HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TAXATION,...
01:09:55 Unidentified Speaker IF THIS IS GROWING UP POOR, THIS IS A CONTEST ON THIS PLATFORM TO NIGHT. WE HAVE A LOT OF US. STEVE...
01:10:07 Unidentified Speaker I WILL TAKE HIM.
01:10:15 Unidentified Speaker RONALD REAGAN AND JIMMY CARTER BOTH SHOWED WHERE I LIVED IN THE SOUTH BRONX WHEN I WAS A KID. I DO...
01:12:25 Unidentified Speaker I DO NOT THINK THAT GIVING THE GOVERNMENT IS MEANING THAT THEY WILL SPEND IT WISELY. YOU CAN CONTINUE...
01:12:38 Unidentified Speaker NOBODY WAS RIGHT WHEN HE SAID THAT PAYING TAXES WAS PATRIOTIC. IT IS PATRIOTIC TO PAY FOR SCHOOLS...
01:12:53 Unidentified Speaker WE WILL TURN TO THE AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION. OUR HAVE BEEN HANDED A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS. EACH OF YOU...
01:13:24 Unidentified Speaker IT HAD TO BE DONE. WE WERE IN A STATE OF CARDIAC ARREST. WE WERE IN BE IN A FAR WORSE DISASTER TODAY....
01:15:23 Unidentified Speaker AND JOE BIDEN WAS TOLD TO REHEARSE WITH A FEMALE BEFORE HIS DEBATE. DO YOU THINK THIS WAS NECESSARY?...
01:15:37 Unidentified Speaker WHAT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ENJOYED DOING IN PREPARING FOR A DEBATE BEFORE AN ELECTION IT IS PRACTICING...
01:16:06 Unidentified Speaker BARB BARNETT WAS THE ATTORNEY WHO WAS WITH GEORGE BUSH THE FATHER. HE WOULD SHOW UP WITH A PREPPY ...
01:17:22 Unidentified Speaker PAUL BUT GALLUP PLAYED GEORGE W. BUSH IN 2000 -- BEGALA PLAYED GEORGE W. BUSH IN 2000.
01:17:36 Unidentified Speaker THE NEXT QUESTION IS FOR SENATOR SANTORUM FROM VIRGINIA BEACH. CAN YOU BELIEVE THE SUPPORT FOR SARAH...
01:17:51 Unidentified Speaker I THINK SARAH PALIN HAS A STRONG SUPPORT AMONG THE CONSERVATIVE RANKS. SHE INITIALLY, FROM HER PERFORMANCE...
01:18:52 Unidentified Speaker DO YOU THINK SHE IS QUALIFIED?
01:18:55 Unidentified Speaker IF BARACK OBAMA IS QUALIFIED, SHE IS QUALIFIED. [APPLAUSE] YOU ARE EATING INTO MY TIME. I SERVED WITH...
01:20:00 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS HOW I BELIEVE THE OTHER SIDE HAS REALLY LOST THE ARGUMENT. WHEN THEY CAN NO LONGER TALK ABOUT...
01:21:02 Unidentified Speaker I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET TO THE AUDIENCE QUESTIONS. IS THERE ANY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HOW THE MEDIA...
01:21:16 Unidentified Speaker YES. THERE ARE QUITE A FEW DIFFERENCES. I SAID TO JOHN, HE IS MY HUSBAND. WE WILL BE MARRIED 50 YEARS...
01:24:22 Unidentified Speaker BUSH WENT TO YALE, SO THAT MAKES THEM EXTREMELY BRIGHT.
01:24:26 Unidentified Speaker HE HAD A FATHER THAT WENT TO YALE. LEGACY DOES WORK, TOO. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE LEGACY, AND BARACK OBAMA...
01:24:39 Unidentified Speaker I AM SORRY YOU GOT -- ABOUT YOU GUYS AT REGENT, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT TO THE PRESIDENCY.
01:24:48 Unidentified Speaker WE ARE COMPARING BARACK OBAMA AND PALIN. YOU WENT TO BRING SOME OF THESE KIDS UP, AND THERE ARE PROBABLY...
01:27:21 Unidentified Speaker ANY TIME WE SEE THAT WOMEN IN PUBLIC POSITIONS OF LEADERSHIP IT IS SO IMPORTANT. I AGREE THAT SARAH...
01:28:19 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS THE MODERATOR'S DISCRETION. YOU HAVE TWO WOMEN WHO ARE DEFENDING A REPUBLICAN WOMAN ON THE...
01:28:47 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE 15 MINUTES. I WILL LIKE TO DEFEND A REPUBLICAN MAN, JOHN MCCAIN. I THINK...
01:30:56 Unidentified Speaker I THINK JOHN MCCAIN SHOULD HAVE PICKED MIKE HUCKABEE TO BE HIS RUNNING MATE.
01:31:02 Unidentified Speaker I DO NOT BODE GOOD IN SKIRTS.
01:31:08 Unidentified Speaker THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM NORTH CAROLINA. DO YOU GET TO KEEP ALL OF THE CLOTHING WORN ON YOUR SHOW...
01:31:18 Unidentified Speaker IT IS SEXIST TO ASK ME A CLOTHING QUESTION. JUST BECAUSE I AM A MAN . A MANSEAN'S -- I GET SEAN'S...
01:32:29 Unidentified Speaker WHY DO YOU THINK THE QUESTION OF PALE AND'S LACK OF EXPERIENCE AND OBAMA'S -- SARAH PALIN'S LACK OF...
01:32:44 Unidentified Speaker OBAMA HAS BEEN ON A NATIONAL STAGE FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS. HE WENT THROUGH IT DIFFICULT PRIMARY PROCESS....
01:34:39 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU ALL FOR QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE. WE WILL WRAP UP WITH CLOSING STATEMENTS. IF THERE IS...
01:34:55 Unidentified Speaker I APPRECIATE IT. BARACK OBAMA'S CAMPAIGNED ON CHANGE. ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF IT...
01:38:09 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, SENATOR. [APPLAUSE]
01:38:19 Unidentified Speaker LET ME TELL YOU HOW MUCH I HAVE ENJOYED DOING THIS. LET ME SEE IF I COULD FOR ONE MINUTE GET THIS...
01:42:01 Unidentified Speaker GOVERNOR HUCKABEE.
01:42:04 Unidentified Speaker I WANT TO SAY THANKS TO REGENT UNIVERSITY FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE. BELIEVE THIS OR NOT, I ACTUALLY...
01:45:05 Unidentified Speaker LET ME JUST SAY SOMETHING. IF JOHN MCCAIN OR SARAH PALIN AS ELECTED, I WILL BE PRAYING EVERY DAY,...
01:47:56 Unidentified Speaker THE ECONOMIC CRISIS THAT WE FACE AND THE FEELING THAT THE END IS AT HAND. SOMEBODY SAID THAT THE END...
01:50:30 Unidentified Speaker LET ME ALSO THANK DR. ROBERTSON, AND THE DISTINGUISHED FACULTY AND STAFF AT REGENT UNIVERSITY AND...
01:54:32 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH TO OUR DISTINGUISHED PANEL. WE APPRECIATE THE UNIVERSITY AND ALL OF YOU WHO...

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

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