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THINKING I'M GOING TO BEGIN A DISCUSSION OF UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY. AND I WILL. I DO THINK THE WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST IS ONE OF THIS NATION'S...
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WAS TV SUPERFICIAL. WE NEVER SAY C-SPAN IS
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SUPERFICIAL, BUT TV IS SUPERFICIAL. AND SEVERAL OF THE INDIVIDUALS YOU JUST PUT UP THERE WITH THE PICTURES OF US IN OUR YOUTH, THEY'VE ALL HAD QUITE...
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CHOSE. AND TAKE A LOOK. >> JOE MARTIN LIVES IN OCEANSIDE, CALIFORNIA, A C-SPAN WATCHER WHO WATCHES ON COX COMMUNICATIONS, ONE OF THE 25 PEOPLE WHO...
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YOUR ESSAY AND WE'LL COME BACK AND TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE. >> Caller: THIS IS GOING TO BE DIFFICULT, I'M MORE A WRITER THAN A READER. ...
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Host, -
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Caller, -
Host: IT IS THE SAT TALE OF A GROWING ADDICTION. >> Caller: YEAH. [LAUGHTER] >> Host: WELL, WHY DO YOU GET OUT OF BED AT 4 A.M.? >> Caller: I'M A DESIGNER...
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WORK. I OWN A COMPANY AND I DO ALL THIS
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ENGINEERING AT HOME. AND I STARTED WATCHING IT.
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I HAVE A TV BESIDES MY MONITOR. AND WHILE I'M DOING DRAWINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, I STARTED WATCHING C-SPAN,
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AND THE MORE I WATCHED IT, THE MORE I LIKED IT. >> Host: AND WERE YOU NOT INVOLVED IN POLITICS BEFORE YOU GOT C-SPAN? >> Caller: WELL, MILDLY. I STARTED...
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| 00:38:04 |
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WORKS AND YOU ADMIRE SOME MEMBERS OF THE OPPOSING PARTY. GIVE US SOME NAMES. WHO ARE YOU WATCHING THESE
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DAYS IN CONGRESS? ANY INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS? >> Caller: LET'S SEE, NOBODY REAL SPECIAL. I PRETTY WELL KNOW ALL
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THE PLAYERS IN IT. >> Host: HAVE YOU GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE YOU CAN RECOGNIZE THEM BY THEIR VOICES WHEN THEY GET UP TO SPEAK? >> Host: YEAH, THAT'S...
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NOW AND THEN, SOMEBODY COMES ON AND SAYS THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET ON FOR
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15 YEARS OR SOMETHING, AND THAT SORT OF -- . >> Host: GETS A LITTLE DISCOURAGING.
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WE'LL HAVE A FIFTH LINE FOR ESSAY CONTEST WINNERS AND LET YOU GET THROUGH. >> Caller: YOU KNOW, I HAVE SENT IN A COUPLE
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E-MAILS THAT WERE READ. >> Host: THERE'S AN ACCOMPLISHMENT. HOWEVER YOU COMMUNICATE WITH US, WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE
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| 00:39:09 |
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YOU OUT THERE IN OCEANSIDE, CALIFORNIA. HE WATCHES ON COX COMMUNICATION, A TOUGH GUY C-SPAN JUNKIE, AS HE
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DESCRIBES HIMSELF. YOU CAN READ IT AT CSPAN.ORG. LOOK FOR THE 25 YEARS OF VIEWER
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CALL-INS ICON. THANKS VERY MUCH. >> Caller: THANK YOU, SUSAN. >> Reporter: AN HOUR 12 OF OUR 25-HOUR CALL-IN MARATHON. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE U.S. SUPREME...
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THERE'S A DISCUSSION ABOUT DIVERSITY ON THE COURT, AND THERE WERE SOME -- A HUMAN
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| 00:39:53 |
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CRY IN SOME AREAS ABOUT WHY A HISPANIC WOMAN WASN'T NAMED OR WHY AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN WASN'T NAMED. DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT WHY THERE WEREN'T...
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COME. THE FIRST PRESIDENT BUSH HAD TALKED ABOUT IT. PRESIDENT CLINTON TALKED ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT. THIS PRESIDENT BUSH HAD TALKED ABOUT PERHAPS NAMING...
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LOOKING AT LEGAL ISSUES THAT SPUN OUT OF POLITICS. AND HAD AN INTEREST IN COURTS, COME FROM A FAMILY WHERE MEMBERS WHO ARE LAWYERS. AND THEN I WENT TO...
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CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY AND COVERING THE CLEARANCE THOMAS HEARINGS THAT YOU BROUGHT UP AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR. I WAS ACTUALLY IN THAT LAW SCHOOL AT...
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FOR
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CALLING. >>
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Caller: I WORKED AS A CPA FOR
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A MAJOR CORPORATION. WITH THE NEW BANKRUPTCY LAWS, SHE LOOKS FOR THE CREDIT CARD COMPANIES TO FAIL AND GET
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A SIMILAR BAIL-OUT TO THE SAVINGS &
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LOAN. DID THE SUPREME COURT HANDLE THE SAVINGS &
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LOAN BAIL-OUT OR HOW DID THAT WORK? >>
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Guest: NO, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY ISSUES RELATING TO THE NEW BANKRUPTCY LAW UP AT THE SUPREME COURT YET. BUT THE LAW IS FAIRLY YOUNG, AND IT COULD COME...
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INTERPRETING WHAT THE HECK DID COP DEGREES TRY TO DO HERE. >> Host: WE WANT TO LOOK AT A SNAPSHOT OF THE WORLD AND THE U.S. AS IT WAS IN 1991. >>
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Host: >>
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Host: OUR NEXT CALL COMES FROM SMYRNA, DELAWARE, BEEN WATCHING US FOR 18 YEARS, HAVE YOU? >> Caller: YES, YES. >> Host: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Caller:...
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JUDICIAL SYSTEM. I -- MY DAD WAS A
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POLITICIAN
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AND A LAWYER. HE PASSED AWAY
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IN 1985. HIS
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NAME WAS BILL LLOYD. AND
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ANYWAY, THE GUEST THAT YOU HAVE ON, THE JOURNALIST. >> Host: JOAN BISKUPIC OF USA TODAY. >> Caller: YEAH. I THINK IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL TO HAVE SOMEBODY...
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MIERS. I FEEL THAT SHE IS LEGALLY QUALIFIED. THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT SHE'S LEGALLY QUALIFIED. BUT I DO HAVE A CONCERN. I'M A REPUBLICAN, AND...
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| 00:46:55 |
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WAS THERE IN THOSE POSITIONS, SHE DID AT A POINT OR TWO SUGGEST SUPPORT FOR PRO-LIFE CAUSES. NOW, IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHERE SHE REALLY STANDS BECAUSE,...
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| 00:48:42 |
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PRESIDENT? AND WHAT QUALIFIES?
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I GUESS HIGH CRIMES OF MISDEMEANOR
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SOUND LIKE IT COULD BE JUST ABOUT ANYTHING THAT
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IS
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UNPLEASANT. >>
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Host: IS THERE ANYBODY IN PARTICULAR WHO IS ON THE COURT RIGHT NOW THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TAKEN OFF? >> Caller: NO, NO, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I'M A LITTLE...
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| 00:49:14 |
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AND HOW UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER SO MUCH OF OUR
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| 00:49:20 |
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BUSINESS HAS BEEN CLOSED OFF FROM US, AND THAT WORRIES ME QUITE A BIT AS A CITIZEN OF THIS COUNTRY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Host: THANK YOU VERY MUCH....
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STILL A
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MEMBER OF CONGRESS, AND A JUDGE BY THE NAME OF NIXON FROM THE SOUTH, TOO. SO IT STARTS IN THE HOUSE AND ENDS UP IN THE SENATE, AND WE SAW A LITTLE BIT...
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| 00:51:33 |
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RIGHT. ACTUALLY I'VE BEEN LIVING IN THIS COUNTRY FOR 28, 29 YEARS, AND -- . >> Host: WHERE ARE YOU FROM? >> Caller: ORIGINALLY FROM INDIA. >> Host:...
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TO BEGIN
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WITH? >> Caller: I DON'T KNOW. I LIKE THESE KIND
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Caller, -
OF POLITICALLY ORIENTED-TYPE TALKS AND WRITINGS AND SHOWS, AND
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I WAS SURPRISED TO FIND A WHOLE
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Caller, -
CHANNEL DEDICATED TO JUST
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THAT. IT WAS LIKE A TREASURE TROVE FOR ME. AND MY
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| 00:52:09 |
Caller, -
WIFE, SHE CAN'T UNDERSTAND ME. [LAUGHTER] >> Host: WE APPRECIATE YOUR STAYING -- . >> Caller: I WATCH C-SPAN OUT OF ALL THE CHANNELS AVAILABLE. >> Host:...
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| 00:52:35 |
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WHILE, AND THIS
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| 00:52:36 |
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LADY OBVIOUSLY IS ALSO PART OF THE GROUP BECAUSE IT BECOMES
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A GROUP MENTALITY AFTER A WHILE. YOU DO
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| 00:52:44 |
Caller, -
WHAT THE NORM IS. BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE A BIAS TO A JUDGE SITTING ON A SUPREME COURT AFTER THAT, THERE'S NO RECOURSE, THAT'S VERY BAD FOR DEMOCRACY. ...
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| 00:54:41 |
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FEMINIST, WAS A FEMINIST, HAS SUPPORTED
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Guest, -
ABORTION RIGHTS. SHE'S WRITTEN CRITICALLY ABOUT HOW ROE V. WADE WAS CRAFTED. THAT'S THE 1973 RULING THAT FIRST MADE ABORTION LEGAL NATIONWIDE. SHE...
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| 00:56:27 |
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OF ABOUT FIVE SITTING JUSTICES WHO WERE ELEVATED. SO THAT IS NOT A COMMON PRACTICE. IN FACT, GOING BACK JUST FROM OUR GENERATION,
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| 00:56:39 |
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EARLY -- EARL WARREN, PRESIDENT EISENHOWER PUT HIM ON THE BENCH. AND THEN WARREN BURGER WHO RICHARD NIXON HAD NAMED TO BE CHIEF JUSTICE, AFTER THE LBJ/FORTUS...
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| 00:57:18 |
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COURT AT THE TIME THE WAY HE TRUSTED WARREN BURGER, WHO HAD BEEN
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A POLITICAL PAUL IN SOME WAYS. EARL WARREN, EISENHOWER CHOSE HIM FOR MANY REASONS, SOME POLITICAL. AND IN THAT ERA, WE'RE TALKING EARLY '50s IT WASN'T...
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| 00:58:01 |
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SENATE NOMINATION PROCESS, AND IN TERMS OF HOW HE ANSWERED THE QUESTIONS,
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AND I THINK IT SEEMS NOW
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| 00:58:09 |
Host, -
THAT SOME OF THE
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| 00:58:12 |
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CONSERVATIVES LIKE SENATOR BROWNBACK OF KANSAS IS DEMANDING AN IDEOLOGICAL LITMUS TEST ON MRS. MIERS NOW BECAUSE THEY WANT MORE DEFINITION. WHEN BEFORE...
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| 01:00:11 |
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RIGHT TO
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PRIVACY EMBODIED IN THE 14th AMENDMENT LIBERTY CLAUSE IS WHAT'S FUND AMOUNTS TO THE RIGHT TO ABORTION NATIONWIDE. AND HE'S RIGHT ABOUT SENATOR BROWNBACK,...
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STAFF, JOHN PODESTA. >>
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I'D
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.