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Guest: WELL, THE SENATE
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Host, -
WILL PASS THE HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL TODAY. THE PRESIDENT WILL VETO IT MONDAY OR TUESDAY AND I THINK NEGOTIATION AND WE'LL END UP WITH FUNDING...
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SUMMER AND INTO THE FALL. >> Host: AND WHAT HAS IN THE END HAS THIS DEBATE IN THE CONGRESS DONE ANYTHING TO THE EITHER THE PROSECUTION OF THE WAR AND...
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| 00:00:48 |
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LOST. I THINK HARRY REID TOLD THE TRUTH ABOUT HIS OWN BELIEFS. I DON'T AGREE WITH HIM SAYING THAT THE WAR IS LOST. PUSHED ON THEY, WE THINK WE CAN HAVE...
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IRAQI GOVERNMENT BUT I DON'T THINK MANY PEOPLE SERIOUSLY BELIEVE THAT. ONLY WAY FOR A POLITICAL SOLUTION IS SECURITY AND DEFEAT AL QAEDA. AND THEN THE...
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STRATEGY. AMONG THE ADULTS INTERVIEWED, 61% SAID THEY WERE CONCERNED THE PRESIDENT WILL NOT MAKE ENOUGH CHANGES. ONLY 31% WORRIED THE CONGRESS WOULD...
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THE QUESTION IS, IF ONLY 12% THINK THINGS ARE BETTER IN IRAQ, I THINK THEY'RE WRONG, ACTUALLY. I MEAN, I THINK THINGS ARE BETTER BENEATH THE SURFACE....
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WAR FROM OUR INTERVIEW, I MEAN, THE CALLERS WILL HAVE QUESTIONS, THE COVER STORY ABOUT GENERAL PETRAEUS AND MAX BOOT ON THE GROUND THERE. WHAT CONCLUSIONS...
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SAYING THIS IS A PROBLEM. NOT GETTING BETTER, IT IS GETTING WORSE AND A WAR SUPPORTER AS I AM AND WORRYED AND PESSIMISTIC AND SOUNDING WARNING LAWS....
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| 00:06:37 |
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THE OFFICER IN CHARGE ESTIMATES THAT IT WILL -- FOR THAT CLEANUP IN RAMADI AT LEAST $10 MILLION. HE IS HOPING THAT SOMEONE PERHAPS THE U.S. AID WILL...
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| 00:07:39 |
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MALAKI TO TRY TO MARGINALIZE THE EXTREME SHIA'S DO MORE WITH THE SUNNIS. THEY ARE DOING MORE BUT NOT ENOUGH. WE ARE CONTINUING TO PUSH THAT. BUT I...
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| 00:08:55 |
Host, -
AID AND THE
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LIKE MORE EFFECTIVELY THAN SO FAR. THIS IS A TRUE CRITICISM OF THE ADMINISTRATION. THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT WENT TO WAR. THE ARMY. THE U.S. GOVERNMENT...
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| 00:09:46 |
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TO IF I COULD LOOK MR. KRISTOL AND PEOPLE LIKE HIM FROM THE AMERICANS ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE AND THE PEOPLE PUSHING THE
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WAR,
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| 00:09:57 |
Host, -
I'M SURE
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| 00:09:58 |
Caller, -
WHEN YOUR HEAD HIT IT IS PILLOW, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A LUXURY OF DREAMING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT YOUR MIND WILL ALLOW YOU TO DREAM ABOUT. I'M...
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| 00:12:14 |
Host, -
AFTER 9/11 THAT THE ARMY AND MARINES WERE TOO SMALL
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Guest, -
FOR THE WORLD WE ARE LIVING IN. THE FOREIGN POLICY OBLIGATIONS WE ARE LIKELY TO HAVE TO IMPOSE FOR THE ALL-VOLUNTEER MILITARY AND FINALLY WE ARE INCREASING...
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| 00:13:10 |
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IT'S A HUGE -- THAT WOULD BE A HUGE BURDEN IN A CERTAIN SENSE ON THE
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MILITARY. I'M NOT AGAINST THE DRAFT. I HAVE NEVER BEEN AS A DRAFT. I WAS AMBIVALENT AS A KID STOPPED IN 1971 OR WHATEVER BUT I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT A...
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| 00:14:38 |
Host, -
NOT EVERYBODY BELIEVES
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| 00:14:41 |
Caller, -
THAT, YOU KNOW, PULLS THE TROOPS OUT NOW IS THE ANSWER. I'M A FIRM BELIEVER TO STAY THE COURSE AND FINISH WHAT WE HAVE COMPLETED. MY SON ALSO WANTS...
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| 00:17:04 |
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FOUGHT THERE. YOU CAN GET DIFFERENT JUDGMENTS. A LOT DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU ARE WHETHER WE'RE
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| 00:17:09 |
Guest, -
WINNING OR GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION, HOW COOPERATIVE THE IRAQI TROOPS ARE OR HOW RELIABLE THEY ARE OR HOW GOOD A JOB WE ARE DOING BUILDING UP THE...
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| 00:19:19 |
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WELL. WE'VE MADE MISTAKES. AND WE PAID GROVE YOULY FOR THEM. WE HAVE CHANGED THE STRATEGY THAT FAILED US AND WE'VE BEGUN TO MAKE A LITTLE PROGRESS....
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| 00:19:36 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
SHOULD NEVER UNDERTAKE A WAR UNLESS WE ARE PREPARED TO DO EVERYTHING NECESSARY TO SUCCEED, UNLESS WE HAVE A REALISTIC AND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR SUCCESS,...
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| 00:20:26 |
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WON'T WAIT FOR OCTOBER OF 2008. >> Host: WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF THE CAMPAIGN RIGHT NOW. >> Guest: WE SURE ARE. WHAT'S STRIKING ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN IS...
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| 00:20:36 |
Host, -
THEY SUPPORT THE SURGE. THEY'RE AGAINST WHAT THE DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS ARE DOING. THEY
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Guest, -
WANT TO
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Host, -
GIVE PETRAEUS A CHANCE TO WIN THE WAR. THE DEMOCRATS ARE
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| 00:20:44 |
Guest, -
PRETTY -- THEY VOTED FOR OR SUPPORTED IN THE CASE
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| 00:20:48 |
Host, -
OF SENATOR EDWARDS THE LEGISLATION ON THE HILL AND WANT
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| 00:20:51 |
Guest, -
TO MORE OR LESS GRADUALLY WITHDRAW AND WILL BE A VERY CLEAR CHOICE BETWEEN THE PARTIES IT LOOKS LIKE IN 2008. WE DON'T KNOW SITUATION ON THE GROUND THEN....
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Host, -
FUNNY WAY, IT
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| 00:21:30 |
Guest, -
COULD BE -- I'M ASSUMING TROOPS FIGHTING IN IRAQ AND WILL BE THE CASE IN SUMMER OF 2008 AND THE SITUATION IS BETTER AND ASSUMING NOT RESOLVED ONE WAY...
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| 00:22:12 |
Host, -
YOU ARE ONE OF THE
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Caller, -
BIG MUCKETY
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Host, -
MUCKS IN. YOU
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| 00:22:19 |
Caller, -
PEOPLE WANTED THIS WAR. PRE-9/11. IF ANYBODY JUST LOOKS IT UP, IT IS UNDERSTANDABLE. THE AMAZING THING TO ME IS THAT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MAYBE ONE...
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| 00:23:11 |
Host, -
AND DYING IS, OF COURSE, LUDICROUS. NONE OF US
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| 00:23:15 |
Guest, -
ACCUSES PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT. I SUPPORTED CLINTON'S INTERVENTIONS IN THE BALKANS AND THE WORLD IS SAFER BECAUSE WE INTERVENED IN AFGHANISTAN....
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| 00:24:06 |
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GORE IS ATTENDING FOR THE FILM. HE IS ANTI--WAR WHICH THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS. HE'S A BIG ENVIRONMENTALIST WHICH THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS SYMPATHETIC...
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| 00:24:26 |
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JUST A DOVE AND SUPPORTED THE BALKANS' INTERVENTIONS AND FIRST GULF WAR AND I MYSELF THOUGHT THAT GORE WOULD BE A FORMIDABLE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE. WITH...
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| 00:25:36 |
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YOUR CREW OF THE GAY CARNIVAL PARADE. THAT WAS AROUND FOUR YEARS AGO. >> Guest: I HAVE NEVER BEEN IN PROVINCE TOWN. >> Caller: THAT'S WHAT THEY ALL SAY....
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| 00:25:49 |
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OUR ON FOR BILL KRISTOL. >> Caller: HI, BILL. NICE TO MEET YOU OR TALK TO YOU. LISTEN. I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS AND LIKE TO IF YOU COULD TELL ME WHAT...
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| 00:26:02 |
Guest, -
OF RELATIVES IN AND THEY'RE YOUNG ADULTS, 18 AND ABOVE
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| 00:26:05 |
Caller, -
AND TO USE THEM -- CALL THEM
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| 00:26:07 |
Host, -
KIDS AND TO HELP YOUR ARGUMENT IS WRONG.
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| 00:26:11 |
Caller, -
SECONDLY, IF YOU HAD A TEAM OF BASEBALL AND THEN IN THE SEVENTH INNING THINGS GOING ROUGH AND HAD A COACH, YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING HOME. WE HAVE NO CHANCE...
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| 00:27:14 |
Caller, -
LIKE HIM THAT REALLY
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| 00:27:16 |
Host, -
IS WILLING TO OPEN TO IDEAS FROM BOTH SIDES AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S -- YOU CAN
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| 00:27:21 |
Caller, -
TELL. THERE'S NO EGO IN THE MAN. HE IS JUST TRYING TO HELP THE COUNTRY AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK WE REALLY NEED RIGHT NOW. >> Host: BILL KRISTOL? >> Guest:...
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| 00:27:49 |
Host, -
POLITICS. WASN'T FROM THERE AND
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| 00:27:51 |
Guest, -
REALLY BREAKING THROUGH THE SENATE. IT IS IMPRESSIVE AND HILLARY CLINTON, OBVIOUSLY, A FORMIDABLE WOMAN AND EDWARDS IS I GUESS A GOOD LAWYER AND SPEAKER....
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| 00:29:41 |
Host, -
LAST NIGHT ON BILL
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| 00:29:44 |
Caller, -
MAHER LOOKED LIKE YOU HELPED OUT IN SHOWING A LOT OF BAD THINGS ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING TO BE GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY AND I THINK YOU HELPED US TO GO...
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| 00:30:32 |
Guest, -
IRAQI TROOPS OVER THERE AND PAYING A PRICE OF CONGRESS AND I HOPE IT IS RESOLVED FOR THE SAKE OF THE WAR EFFORT WHICH WE SHOULD ALL HOPE GOES WELL EVEN...
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| 00:32:36 |
Host, -
PARTNER. THE FORMER U.S. ATTORNEY SAID THIS WEEK THAT THE OFFICE ALERTED THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S HEADQUARTERS ABOUT THE CALL BECAUSE HE CONSIDERED...
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| 00:33:21 |
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THAT HE SHOULD RESIGN. I MEAN, HE'S HURTING HIMSELF, THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, HURTING THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION. IN MY VIEW. I DON'T THINK ONE SHOULD...
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| 00:35:06 |
Host, -
THAT BOTHERS ME, YOU KNOW, I HAVE SERVED IN THE MILITARY AND THAT WAS 30
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Caller, -
YEARS AGO.
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| 00:35:11 |
Host, -
IS THE -- THE IMPRESSION THAT I GUESS
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| 00:35:13 |
Caller, -
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE IS THAT IF WE LEAVE IRAQ THINGS WILL RETURN TODAYS OF MILK AND HONEY IN THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION WHEN WE DIDN'T DO A DAMN...
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| 00:36:21 |
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SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S CORRECT. AND I THINK LEAVING SADDAM THERE AS A SPONSOR OF TERROR AND TRAINER OF TERRORISTS AND HIMSELF A DEVELOPER OF ATTEMPTED...
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| 00:38:04 |
Host, -
DON'T THINK -- LOOK. INNOCENTS ARE KILLED IN WAR AND THE NOTION OF JOINING AN ORGANIZATION TO SET OFF CAR BOMBS IN MARKETS KILLING CIVILIANS, THAT...
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IT IS A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. IT IS CALLED AL QAEDA IN IRAQ. IT IS KILLING -- TRYING TO KILL AMERICANS AND IT IS KILLING AN UNBELIEVABLE NUMBER OF...
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| 00:39:42 |
Host, -
WISH PEOPLE WOULD LOOK TO SEE WHO
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| 00:39:44 |
Caller, -
FINANCES THE AMERICAN ENTER PRIZE INSTITUTE. IT JUST SO HAPPENS THEY'RE THE SAME CORPORATIONS THAT ARE MAKING MONEY OFF THIS WAR AND THE THIRD THING...
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| 00:41:18 |
Host, -
THE OTHER AND, YOU
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| 00:41:19 |
Guest, -
KNOW, I FIND THAT -- I MEAN, SLUR ON THE AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE, A PUBLIC-SPIRITED ORGANIZATION AND THINK TANK AND THERE ARE MANY IN WASHINGTON...
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| 00:42:52 |
Host, -
PROTEST. ABOUT 370 MILES SOUTH OF TEHRAN. WE GOT A TWIN HEADLINE WITH THIS FROM "THE FINANCIAL TIMES." IRAN AND EU IN CONSTRUCTIVE TALKS. >> Guest:...
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| 00:43:28 |
Guest, -
THE EFFORTS BUT I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD KID OURSELVES THEY'RE WORKING VERY WELL. THIS IS A RADICAL REGIME. THE TERRORIST-SPONSORING REGIME AND GOING...
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| 00:44:28 |
Host, -
FIGHT. THERE WERE AREAS YOU COULD NOT EVEN GO.
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| 00:44:31 |
Host, -
NOW YOU -- I TALK TO
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| 00:44:32 |
Caller, -
MY SISTER. JUST WE GO THERE AND SHOP AND NOT EVEN WORRY ABOUT IT ANYMORE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK HIM FOR THAT. AND MY SON, HE'S IN THE ARMY. HE'S...
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Host, -
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Caller, -
AND COMING OUT LOOKING LIKE
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Host, -
FOOLS BECAUSE YOU -- THE ADMINISTRATION'S -- >> Guest: THAT'S LUDICROUS AND RIDICULOUS. >> Caller: IT IS. IT IS. YOU DID NOT -- YOU
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| 00:46:08 |
Caller, -
WERE REQUESTED TO HAVE AN INTERVIEW WITH
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| 00:46:12 |
Guest, -
BILL MOYERS AND DID NOT
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| 00:46:14 |
Caller, -
RESPOND. IS THAT TRUE? >> Guest: I DON'T RECALL. THEY MIGHT HAVE CALLED. WHY WOULD I HAVE AN INTERVIEW WITH SOMEONE WHO'S MIND IS MADE UP? PARROTED...
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| 00:46:25 |
Guest, -
ADMINISTRATION CAME TO
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| 00:46:26 |
Caller, -
POWER. I'M CRITICAL OF THIS ADMINISTRATION. I URGED BUSH TO REMOVE SADDAM FROM IRAQ. THE IDEA I'M AN APOLL GIST IS LUDICROUS. >> Caller: I DON'T KNOW...
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| 00:46:36 |
Guest, -
PEOPLE LISTEN TO THIS GUY ANYMORE. HE WAS SO WRONG ALL ALONG. >> Host: OKAY. THE LAST -- WE HAD A LOT OF CALLS ABOUT THIS SPECIAL LAST NIGHT. I HAD...
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| 00:46:55 |
Caller, -
CALLED O'REILLY A JERK. A DPRUSER SHOWED UP AND FOUND HIM ON THE STREET
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| 00:46:59 |
Host, -
SAYING WHY DID YOU CALL HIM A JERK? HE SAID, I DIDN'T. FINE. IT'S NO BIG DEAL.
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| 00:47:06 |
Guest, -
IF BILL IS WRONG, THAT WILL BE THE LIES. BILL CAUGHT OUT. WHAT AN OUTRAGE. IT'S CHILDISH. I DON'T KNOW IF HE FEELS GUILTY ABOUT WHAT HE DID WITH JOHNSON...
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| 00:48:21 |
Host, -
WOULD HAVE CONSEQUENCES GLOBALLY A.
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| 00:48:23 |
Guest, -
VICTORY IN IRAQ WOULD HAVE CONSEQUENCES GLOBALLY AND IT IS A GLOBAL WAR AND NOT GOING AWAY AS I SAY WHETHER BUSH LEAVES OFFICE TOMORROW AND WHETHER...
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| 00:49:19 |
Host, -
OUR LAST CONVERSATION OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP A NEW TOPIC, YOU ARE MOST WELCOME TO DO THAT.
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.