Listen Up, Mr. President Book Party

Oct 19, 2009

Lebanese Embassy

A book launch party was held at the home of the Lebanese ambassador for Helen Thomas and Craig Crawford, co-authors of Listen Up, Mr. President: Everything You Always Wanted Your President to Know and Do (Scribner; October 6, 2009). The most veteran of White House reporters and a long-time Congressional Quarterly columnist wrote .. Read More
A book launch party was held at the home of the Lebanese ambassador for Helen Thomas and Craig Crawford, co-authors of Listen Up, Mr. President: Everything You Always Wanted Your President to Know and Do (Scribner; October 6, 2009). The most veteran of White House reporters and a long-time Congressional Quarterly columnist wrote about what they think it takes to be a good president. After welcoming remarks from the ambassador, Andrea Mitchell introduced the co-authors. They were also seen talking to guests as they signed books. Helen Thomas has covered nine administrations. A former bureau chief at United Press International, and currently a columnist for Hearst Newspapers, she is the author of Dateline: White House and Front Row at the White House. Craig Crawford is a columnist for Congressional Quarterly and a commentator for MSNBC and other news outlets.

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00:00:11 Unidentified Speaker THE MOST VETERAN OF WHITE HOUSE REPORT ITS AND LONG TIME CONGRESSIONAL -- REPORTERS AND LONG TIME...
00:01:34 Unidentified Speaker LATELY I HAVE BEEN ON THE COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN ON MSNBC. THEY HAVE BEEN GIVING ME THE NIGHT...
00:01:56 Unidentified Speaker HI EVERYBODY. I AM SO GLAD TO SEE YOU GUYS, REALLY. IT WAS SO NICE OF YOU TO COME. BESPEAK AEGIS...
00:02:12 Unidentified Speaker WHAT DID HE DO?
00:02:14 Unidentified Speaker I AM A THE OTTLEY E-MAILED. I WAS SO ANGRY.
00:02:19 Unidentified Speaker WHAT DID HE SAY?
00:02:24 Unidentified Speaker HE WAS JUST ENRAGED BECAUSE THE NEWS BROKE AS HE WAS COMING ON AT 6:00 IN THE MORNING, AND HE WAS...
00:02:43 Unidentified Speaker KISSINGER GOT IT. FU ELLS GO TO? BEGIN GO TO I THINK. IT GOES THAT FAR. THEY ARE TRYING TO RUN IT,...
00:03:14 Unidentified Speaker HE HAS GOT TO PROVE HE IS A PEACEMAKER.
00:03:20 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.
00:03:27 Unidentified Speaker FOR HER SONS.
00:03:29 Unidentified Speaker TWO EARNEST.
00:03:31 Unidentified Speaker EARNEST PHILLIPS AND REGINALD PHILLIPS. [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS]
00:03:55 Unidentified Speaker SHE SIGN FOR BOTH OF YOU.
00:03:56 Unidentified Speaker JUST TRYING TO CUT DOWN ON HER WRITING TIME. SAY HELLO TO HELEN IF YOU HAVE TIME.
00:04:05 Unidentified Speaker NO OFFENSE, BUT THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE.
00:04:09 Unidentified Speaker LESS RIDING TIME, MORE TALKING TIME.
00:04:21 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU SO MUCH HELEN.
00:04:24 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING BY. THANK YOU.
00:04:33 Unidentified Speaker HOW ARE YOU?
00:04:36 Unidentified Speaker FIND.
00:04:37 Unidentified Speaker HE IS A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT.
00:04:41 Unidentified Speaker I AM VERY HAPPY TO MEET YOU. THANK YOU.
00:04:45 Unidentified Speaker YOU ARE FAMOUS IN LEBANON. I WOULD BE VERY PLEASED IF YOU CAN PUT ANYTHING.
00:04:55 Unidentified Speaker OKAY, I WILL.
00:04:58 Unidentified Speaker IT WOULD BE NICE.
00:05:01 Unidentified Speaker YOU WERE IN THE LEGISLATURE IN LEBANON?
00:05:02 Unidentified Speaker YES.
00:05:04 Unidentified Speaker THAT IS WONDERFUL.
00:05:08 Unidentified Speaker A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT. SPIEZIO, YOU ARE DOING A GOOD JOB. YOU REALLY LIKE THE JOB.
00:05:16 Unidentified Speaker FOR NOW WE ARE JUST CONCENTRATING ON TCN JUST GUARD BRANCHING OUT. IT IS MAINLY A MATTER IN THIS ...
00:06:03 Unidentified Speaker MY BROTHER IS GOING TO BE 100. IT COSTS 400 BUCKS. $440.
00:06:11 Unidentified Speaker I WILL CALL.
00:06:13 Unidentified Speaker WHERE ARE YOU STAYING?
00:06:14 Unidentified Speaker WITH LUCY. I WILL CALL YOU LATER.
00:06:41 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS]
00:06:45 Unidentified Speaker FIRST OF ALL I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME ALL OF VIEW AT THE HOME OF LEBANON IN WASHINGTON. IT IS MY UTMOST...
00:11:22 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU.
00:11:24 Unidentified Speaker BAKLEY HELEN SAID THANKS TO ME AND I WENT TO TOO MUCH TROUBLE. THERE IS NO AMOUNT OF TROUBLED THAT...
00:15:50 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. THAT WAS A GREAT OBITUARY. [LAUGHTER] I WROTE IT MYSELF. [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU SO MUCH....
00:16:16 Unidentified Speaker THEY ARE MOST WELCOME.
00:16:19 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU WITH ALL MY HEART FOR SUCH KIND WORDS. YOU MADE ME CRY.
00:16:25 Unidentified Speaker NOT YOU. [LAUGHTER]
00:16:30 Unidentified Speaker YOU ARE ONLY AS GOOD AS YOUR LAST STORY AND AS FOR CRAIG, WELL, HE IS A GREAT WRITER AND I MERELY...
00:17:54 Unidentified Speaker ONE OF THE GREAT JOYS OF THIS PROJECT IS GETTING TO ANSWER THE QUESTION WHEN PEOPLE ARE CONSTANTLY...
00:20:35 Unidentified Speaker BY THE WAY, ALL THIS ORDER COME AND NOT LEBANESE.
00:20:39 Unidentified Speaker WE ARE PUSHING THE ENVELOPE HERE.
00:20:53 Unidentified Speaker WIESEN HAVE DINNER TOGETHER.
00:20:55 Unidentified Speaker WE NEED TO GET A PICTURE WITH ANDREA HERE.
00:21:02 Unidentified Speaker HI HELEN. ONE, TWO, THREE.
00:21:07 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU.
00:21:08 Unidentified Speaker YES, THANK YOU.
00:21:10 Unidentified Speaker I FEEL GUILTY. WE PUT SUCH A STRAIN ON YOU TO COME BACK.
00:21:16 Unidentified Speaker YOU FLU DOWN FROM NEW YORK TODAY?
00:21:20 Unidentified Speaker I GOT OUT IN TIME.
00:21:22 Unidentified Speaker WONDERFUL.
00:21:28 Unidentified Speaker WE HAVE GOT WORK TO DO.
00:21:32 Unidentified Speaker DULLES LOW YOU DOWN.
00:21:37 Unidentified Speaker WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
00:21:42 Unidentified Speaker THE CONGRESSMAN IS HERE.
00:21:49 Unidentified Speaker I HAVE GOT A WHOLE LIST. WE HAVE A LIST OF ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS.
00:21:56 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU.
00:21:59 Unidentified Speaker YOU DIDN'T MAKE A VERY LONG SPEECH.
00:22:03 Unidentified Speaker SHE NEEDS TO GET BACK TO WORK HERE.
00:22:07 Unidentified Speaker THAT IS RIGHT. NO, I FELT THAT EVERYBODY WAS VERY KIND. HI, HOW ARE YOU. THANK YOU FOR.
00:22:20 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SIGNING BOOKS.
00:22:25 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:22:28 Unidentified Speaker DARRELL HAS LOTS OF LEBANESE FRIENDS.
00:22:31 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS CALLED POLITICS AT ITS BEST, RIGHT? [LAUGHTER]
00:22:39 Unidentified Speaker I DON'T KNOW, IT MIGHT HURT YOU.
00:22:42 Unidentified Speaker HELEN, ONLY IF YOU ENDORSE ME. [LAUGHTER]
00:22:48 Unidentified Speaker YOU ARE RIGHT ABOUT THAT.
00:22:51 Unidentified Speaker ANYTHING SHORT OF ENDORSEMENT, I AM OKAY.
00:22:54 Unidentified Speaker YOU PROBABLY KNOW EVERYBODY HERE.
00:22:57 Unidentified Speaker NOT ENOUGH. THE SECRET IN POLITICS IS, YOU KNOW, DO YOU KNOW THEM AND OF THAT YOU FEEL THEY KNOW YOU?...
00:23:15 Unidentified Speaker YES INDEED.
00:23:17 Unidentified Speaker LET'S SEE WHERE HE IS IN HERE.
00:23:19 Unidentified Speaker OKAY.
00:23:21 Unidentified Speaker LET'S SEE IF THIS IS MASSIVE. THIS IS OUR SON, WILL.
00:23:28 Unidentified Speaker OKAY.
00:23:30 Unidentified Speaker THE WAY HE IS GOING, HE WILL BE A PROUD DEMOCRAT.
00:23:33 Unidentified Speaker IS THAT RIGHT? WHAT HAS HAPPENED?
00:23:39 Unidentified Speaker CALIFORNIA.
00:23:40 Unidentified Speaker PAUL, THANK YOU. SHE WENT AHEAD AND SIGNED AHEAD. GO TALK TO HER. SAY HELLO. WE THOUGHT PEOPLE WOULD...
00:23:57 Unidentified Speaker YOU ARE GETTING LEANER AND MEANER.
00:24:09 Unidentified Speaker THESE TIMES WILL PASS TOO.
00:24:12 Unidentified Speaker DID THEY HAVE THE NAMES IN IT? I SEE YOU HAVE GOT THEM. ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT, THAT IS GREAT.
00:24:28 Unidentified Speaker THANKS. [INAUDIBLE]
00:24:36 Unidentified Speaker YOU ARE NOT TOO BAD.
00:24:38 Unidentified Speaker CONSIDERING I AM A REPUBLICAN, I AM AS GOOD AS YOU ARE GOING TO GET.
00:24:43 Unidentified Speaker AT LEAST YOU HAVE GOT A SENSE OF HUMOR.
00:24:46 Unidentified Speaker I THINK YOU HAVE GOT TO. THAT IS WHY BILL MAHER KEETS HAVING ME BACK ON.
00:24:55 Unidentified Speaker IS THAT RIGHT?
00:24:57 Unidentified Speaker I DID LEBANESE WORKFORCE BENSE ABRAHAM IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY. I THINK THE AFCO CONARD HELEN...
00:25:24 Unidentified Speaker I DO REMEMBER THAT.
00:25:26 Unidentified Speaker I ALWAYS TELL THESE STORIES.
00:25:39 Unidentified Speaker GOOD TO SEE YOU. I WOULD HAVE MORE BOOK SIGNED BUT I WOULD MAKE TOO MANY ENEMIES BEHIND ME HERE.
00:25:48 Unidentified Speaker NEUBIG MEET-- YOU DID ME A BIG FAVOR. THANK YOU FOR.
00:25:52 Unidentified Speaker WHEN I'M IN THE WHITE HOUSE JUST ASK ME THE QUESTION FIRST.
00:26:02 Unidentified Speaker I JUST WANTED TO SAY HI.
00:26:04 Unidentified Speaker I HAD WONDERFUL TIME.
00:26:06 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. IT WAS A PRIVILEGE. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR BOOK.
00:26:15 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION.
00:26:16 Unidentified Speaker ABSOLUTELY, SEE YOU SOON.
00:26:20 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU.
00:26:21 Unidentified Speaker HELLO CONGRESSMAN, GOOD TO SEE YOU. NICE TO SEE YOU HERE.
00:26:32 Unidentified Speaker I WILL HAVE HELEN SIGN THIS PART.
00:26:38 Unidentified Speaker EXCELLENT, YEAH. JACKIE?
00:26:41 Unidentified Speaker MY DAUGHTER IS A REPORTER.
00:26:51 Unidentified Speaker WITH ROLL CALL, YEAH. I WORKED FOR CQ. [LAUGHTER] PRETTY SANA WE ARE ALL GOING TO WORK FOR DISNEY I...
00:27:51 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU.
00:27:55 Unidentified Speaker I REALLY DID ENJOY THAT. THAT THE DENT IN PARTICULAR. YOU DID SO MANY, YOU MAY NOT REMEMBER BUT THOSE...
00:28:20 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU FOR COMING. NOW, I FEEL BAD MAKING YOU WAIT. I FEEL SO BAD MAKING YOU WAIT.
00:28:32 Unidentified Speaker NO, WE STAND IN LINE FOR YOU.
00:28:37 Unidentified Speaker THE GREATEST CONGRESSMAN. THE ONLY ONE WHO SENDS PEACE IN THE WORLD, THE ONLY ONE. WHAT IS WRONG WITH...
00:28:50 Unidentified Speaker MY DAUGHTER IS SUCH A FAN OF YOURS HELEN AND SHE IS NOW WORKING AT ROLL CALL. IF YOU COULD SIGN THIS...
00:29:11 Unidentified Speaker OKAY. WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
00:29:19 Unidentified Speaker ELIZABETH. I AM SO GRATEFUL TO BOTH OF YOU FOR COMING. YOU HONOR ME.
00:29:26 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. WE WILL SEE YOU SOON, OKAY? WE LOVE YOU.
00:29:32 Unidentified Speaker YOU ARE THE LUCKIEST MAN IN THE WORLD. [LAUGHTER]
00:29:47 Unidentified Speaker WHO IS NEXT? [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS]
00:29:51 Unidentified Speaker SHE HAS GOT A SIGNATURE HERE AND AN EXTRA MESSAGE.
00:29:56 Unidentified Speaker HELEN THOMAS OF FORMER BEARD CHEAT THAT UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL IS CURRENTLY A COLUMNIST FOR HEARST...

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

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