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OUR WEBSITE. BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR PROGRAM I NEED TO GET A FEW BRIEF INSTRUCTIONS. THERE WILL BE A SHORT INTERMISSION BETWEEN THE PANEL DISCUSSIONS THIS...
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LIMITS OF THE PRESIDENCY AND OTHER ISSUES RELATED TO POLITICS AND HISTORY AND JOURNALISM. >> THIS RICH COLLECTION HAS GUN TO -- ON RESEARCH A IN THE WIDELY...
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SECOND SYMPOSIUM ON WATERGATE. ONE CAN EVEN ADD WHY IT IS STILL TIMELY, BUT WE ARE PLEASED TO HAVE BOB WOODWARD AND CARL
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BERNSTEIN TO DISCUSS ISSUES OF ACCOUNTABILITY WITH
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THE MEDIA WITH OUR DID PANISTS. LET ME THANK BOB AND CARL FOR THE ENDOWMENT RELATED TO THIS ARCHIVE. >> [APPLAUSE] I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE MEMBERS...
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DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION AND GAVE -- WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THIS EVENT AND FOR AGREEING TO SERVE AS A PANELIST. >> THIS FIRST PANEL IS ENTITLED...
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VIEWS INCLUDING, THE PRESIDENTAL EXPERIENCE. THE PRESIDENCY OF CHOICE AND JUDGMENT AND FINALLY THE POLICY PARTNERSHIP AND AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. I AM...
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BOB WOODWARD, THE ASSISTANT MANAGER TO THE "WASHINGTON POST" POST". HE HAS COMMENTED MANY NATIONAL BEST SELLERS, INCLUDING "STATE OF DENIAL", IT MAKES...
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SEW AUTHOR OF TWO BEST SELLERS ON WATERGATE. "ALL THE PRESIDENT MEN AND THE FINAL DAYS." HE IS A CORRESPONDENT FOR THE ABC NECESSARY WORK AND HAS...
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IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON A BIOGRAPHY OF HILLARY CLINTON. SANFORD LEVINSON IS ON MY RIGHT AND IS MY COLLEAGUE ON THE GOVERMENT DEPARTMENT; HE IS A AUTHOR...
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AND POWER. AND THE POLITICS OF INTERNATIONAL MONETARY RELATIONS RELATIONS. SO WE HAVE A DISTINGUISHED GROUP BEFORE US TODAY AND WE WILL PROCEED BY...
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TO THE TIME, EARLY 1972, WHEN THEY SET IN MOTION THE WATERGATE OPERATIONS. IF
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YOU LOOK AT WHAT WAS GOING ON IN AMERICAN POLITICS THEN, IT WAS THE VIETNAM WAR AND IT LOOKED LIKE NIXON WAS VULNERABLE AND DEMOCRATS LIKE MUS --...
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PRESIDENT'S ABUSE THEIR POWER WITH ONE ADDITION AND THAT IS A
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SIMPLE ALMOST UNIVERSAL
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HUMAN DESIRE TO CONTROL ONE'S ENVIRONMENT. AND THAT IS A VERY RARE IF IED ENVIRONMENT. HAD YOU GET TO THE OVAL OFFICE. AND WHAT WE ARE SEEING TODAY...
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LYND ON JOHNSON. POWER CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY. AND THAT IS ONE REASON WE
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SPEAK OF PEOPLE, IN THE 18TH CENTURY THAT NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT LOSING POWER BUT PRESIDENT'S DO. AND THIS DOVETAILS WITH THE -- CAS PER, DESCRIBES...
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THAT THEY ARE THE INDEEXPENSIBLE PERSON. AND THEN THE FEAR OF LOSING POWER THINK BEGINS LITERALLY THE MOMENTS OF ELECTION. AND THE PERSONALITY FACTOR....
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CANNOT SEPARATE WATERGATE FROM NIXON. I THINK YOU
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CAN SEPARATE CAUSES. NIXON WAS ELECTED IN 1960 WOULD YOU HAVE HAD A WATERGATE TYPE SCANDAL. EVIDENCE MAKES YOU BELIEVE THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN BECAUSE...
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IT OR DOES NOT ALLOW IT. THERE IS A BATTLEGROUND OVER THESE
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POWERS. >> CARL AND BOB, CAN YOU SEE ANY RATIONAL FOR ANY JUSTIFICATION WHATSOEVER FOR WHAT NIXON DID, LIKE WHAT FRANK DESCRIBES? >> NO, ZERO. >> I DID...
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I -- LET'S BE CLEAR. >> A POINT CARL MADE EARLIER IN THE PERIOD WE WERE WORKING IN ON THE WATERGATE STORY. WAS THAT IT WAS AN AS A
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RESULT OF THE ELECTORAL
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SYSTEM AND VOTE TAMPERING. WHEN YOU LAY OUT
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ALL THE SPYING, ON THE
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DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES IN IT WAS EFFECTIVE AND SOME OF IT, WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT, PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY. THE . >> THE FIRST STORY WE DID OF IMPORTANCE,...
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WAS FORTH CABLES. AND SHOWED THAT KENNEDY WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR -- IN VIETNAM. BUT IN THE IMMEDIATE PRESIDENTAL ELECTION, THE THINGS
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THAT THEY DID WERE KIND OF -- INCREDIBLY INFECTIVE, AND SOME OF THE THINGS THEY WOULD DO WAS GO OUT ON A TRIP OUT OF TOWN TO HOTELS WHERE YOU LEAVE...
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TAKE THE KEYS OUT OF EVERY CAR. >> WE ARE ON TO SOME THING HERE, THAT THE EVOLUTION OF OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM INTO A KIND OF WARFARE ITSELF AND THATSY...
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THE COINED OF MEDIA CONCENTRATION AND EXPENSE UNTIL THE 1960'S AND UNTIL THE PRESIDENTAL DEBATES AND UNTIL IT BAKE A HOLE QUESTION SEPARATE FROM REALITY....
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OUR PANEL COMMENT ON, HOW EFFECTIVELY CONGRESS DEALT WITH WATERGATE. >> DID CONGRESS OVER REACT WITH LEGISLATION THAT RESTRAINED THE PRESIDENCY TOO...
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IS NOT ABOUT THAT KIND OF COMPLAINTS BUT THAT VIETNAM WEAKENED THE COUNTRY AND THERE FOR AN ASERTION OF PRESIDENTAL POWER SUBJECT TO ALMOST NO CONSTRAINTS...
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ON IN THE POLITICAL SYSTEM AND THE PRESIDENT COULDN'T OPERATE WITHOUT IT. BUT I DONE THINK THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE ETHICS IN GOVERMENT ACT. ...
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GREAT RESPONSIBILITY. WITH THE IMPEACHMENT
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HEARINGS AGAINST RICHARD
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NIXON. >> IN THEIR ATTEMPT TO EXERCISE THEIR PREROGATIVES OF THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH SOUGHT WAYS IN WHICH OVER REACHING WOULD BE CONSTRAINED. AND IN...
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PEOPLE IN THE GOVERMENT TRY TODAY FIND LOOP HOLES IN THE ACTS. WAS SOME OF THE LEGISLATION VERY BADLY DRAWN? ABSOLUTELY. THE SPECIAL PROSECUTER BECAME...
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TO CALL LOYAL BUSHIES. THEY ARE WILLING TO SAVE US SOME PRINT. IT'S AN ELECTED MONARCH FOR FOUR YEARS. AND WILL IS ACCOUNTABILITY THAT COMES WITH...
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CONGRESS. THINK WERE DEVELOPING VERY CONCRETE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT HAD GONE ON AND -- >> THIS BRINGS UP A VERY GOOD SECOND POINT, THE SYSTEM IN...
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I WILL DISAGREE WITH SOMETHING YOU SAID, AND THAT IS ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE DEMOCRATS, AS IF THE REPUBLICANS HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE IMPEACHMENT...
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YES IT WAS INITIATED BY A DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS BUT AT THE SAME
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TIME THE REPUBLICANS ON COMMITTEE, FROM HOWARD BAKER ON, THEY SAW THEY HAD A DUTY AS WELL AND THEY ROSE ABOVE PARTISANSHIP MOST OF THEM. AND IT WAS...
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THEIR FUTURE GOING OUT THE WINDOW, AMONG OTHER THINGS AND ALSO FOR THE RIGHT REASONS. CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT HAPPENING, A DELEGATION OF REPUBLICANS GOING...
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FORTH. I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THE COMMENTS OF WHAT YOU THINK A NIXON PRESIDENCY
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IN 1960 WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE? TO WHAT EXTENT DO THEY HAVE TO DO WITH THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE STRUCTURE OF POWER. I DISAGREE WITH SANDY AND THE EXECUTIVE...
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WAR IN IRAQ THAT BUSH INITIATED. IN THAT CONTEXT, WHEN YOU REPORT ON EITHER OF THOSE
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WHITE HOUSES, YOU FIND A SENSE ON THE PART OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE PEOPLE WORKING FOR HIM THAT, MY GOD WE HAVE THIS AWFUL WAR AND WE HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING...
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TOO. IN THIS REGARD, THEY SHARE IS SAY PSYCHOLOGICAL UNFITNESS FOR THE PRESIDENCY. [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE]
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DR. BERNSTEIN. >> SO I'M FURTHER INTO DIAGNOSE HERE. AND IN SO DOING I WANT TO MAKE IT FACT BASED. BECAUSE PART OF THE PROBLEM WITH OTHER DISCUSSION...
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FACT BASED BUT IF WE GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE RECORD OF WHAT THE PRESIDENT HAS SAID AND DONE, AND WHAT MR. CHENEY HAS SAID AND DONE. AND WHAT THIS...
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YOU. I WAS RELUCTANT TO SAY IT UNTIL YOU DID. [LAUGHTER] >> HERE IS THE PROBLEM CAN AND IT'S REVEALED IN THE NIXON TAPES CARL AND I HAVE NOT LISTENED...
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HOP. >> NIXON IN HIS OWN WORDS REGULARLY ORDERS CRIMES, AABUSE OF POWER. BUT WHAT, YOU WERE THE ONE THAT WAS ON TO THIS THE EARLIEST, HAT TAPES SHOW...
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THAT IT IS ALWAYS ABOUT HIM. HOW DO I USE
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THE POWER OF THE PRESIDENCY TO SCREW SOME ENEMY OR PAY OFF SOME BIG POLITICAL CONTRIBUTER. IT'S LIKE THE PRESIDENCY BECAME AND INSTRUMENT OF PERSONAL...
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| 00:37:06 |
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CARTER, REAGAN, THE FIRST BUSH AND, CLINTON AND THE SECOND BUSH. >> HOW WOULD YOU CHARACTERIZE THAT IMPACT? THE IMPACT OF WATERGATE BEEN ON THE PRESIDENTS,...
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IF WE HAVE GEORGE BUSH, THESE THINGS ARE NOT TRUE, HOW DID WE GET GEORGE BUSH AFTER WATERGATE? CLEARLY THE POLITICAL AND CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT SINCE...
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| 00:37:54 |
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LATE 1960'S, IT'S A LOT MORE CULTURALLY DRIVEN. THERE IS MORE LEGALISM. YOU CAN CHART HOW MANY LAWYERS WORK FOR AGENCIES NOW. YOU CAN SEE HOW MANY LAWYERS...
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SO CLEARLY THINGS ARE WORSE THAN THEY WERE AND THERE IS NOTHING TO SIGNAL THAT YOU CAN BELIEVE THIS IS GETTING ANY BETTER. >> AND THE IMPACT IS WORSE...
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WAS BURN THE TAPES. AND I WANT TO GO BACK FOR A MOMENT . >> IN WASHINGTON WE CALL THAT THE
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TEXAS SOLUTION. [LAUGHTER] >> I WANT TO GO BACK TO HOWARD BAKER FOR JUST A MOMENT. BECAUSE I THINK HE BEGAN AS A VERY LOYAL REPUBLICAN AND HAD HE STARTED...
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THE PRESIDENT KNOW AND WHEN DID HE KNOW IT? HE WAS CERTAIN WHAT
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WOULD BE KNOWN AS THE SMOKING GUN. WHEN THE EVIDENCE WAS OVERWHELMING. HE ROSE TO A NONPARTISANSHIP. I THINK THAT THAT WHOLE MAN [TRA] AND THAT WHOLE...
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THE CLINTON IMPEACHMENT SAID THAT PERJURY IS NOT REALLY A CRIME BUT NOT A HIGH CRIME IN THIS DEMEANOR, SO UNLESS IT'S A CERTAIN KIND OF CRIME, WE...
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LEAVE OFFICE IF NOT FOR THE SMOKING GUN AND THAT PRECEDENT IS A TERRIBLE ONE. >> BOB YOU ARE THE AUTHOR OF A BOOK, "SHADOW" COULD YOU SUMMARIZE...
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CONSTRAINTS OF THE INDEPENDANT COUNSEL ACT. AND NO ONE PROPOSED RENEWING IT, IT JUST DIED. BECAUSE IT HAD A YEAR WHERE IT HAD TO BE REENACTED OR IT WOULD...
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DESTROY ANYTHING OR DO ANYTHING ILLEGAL. THERE WAS MUCH
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| 00:44:18 |
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CONCEALMENT AND EMBARRASSMENT BUT NO ACT. THAT IS A STRANGE LESSON TO TAKE AWAY FROM WATERGATE BUT IN PRACTICE THAT IS WHAT THEY DID. >> I SENSE AS I...
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GROUP. THAT THE SYSTEM IS NOT IDEAL AS IT'S SET UP NOW. WE HAVE A PERIOD OF RELATIVELY LAX ACCOUNTABILITY SUCH AS EXISTED BEFORE WATERGATE AND THEN...
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AND THEN THEY LOOSE ENAGAIN AND THEN THEY ARE TIGHTENED AGAIN. AND MY QUESTION IS, IS THIS THE BEST WAY TO -- ACCOUNT FOR THE SYSTEM? >> WE HAVE NOT...
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A MAJORITY. [LAUGHTER] >> HOW DO YOU REALLY FEEL? [LAUGHTER] THAT'S ABOUT THE COURT. BUT I HAVE THIS VIEW THAT THE SYSTEM IS BROKEN IN A MUCH LARGER...
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SYSTEM ITSELF. AND FIRST OF ALL, SANDY RAISED THIS POINT, WE HAVE 30 MILLION PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY AND LOOK AT THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SOUGHT THE OFFICE...
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IS AT LEAST AS COMMON THAT PEOPLE GET TO THE WHITE HOUSE WITH LESS THAN 50% OF THE VOTE. WE ARE NOTE EVEN TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE THAT DON'T VOTE. THIS...
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I WOULD COME BACK AND THE POINT IS, IF WE ARE REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT OVERSIGHT, AND YOU GET IT WHEN YOU HAVE THE VALUE OF GOVERNMENT AND HAD PRESIDENT...
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SAME PARTY YOU WILL NOT
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HAVE OVERSIGHT. THEN YOU LOOK TO -- WHICH PLACES CONTROL TO KEY COMMITTEES BECAUSE THEY REALIZE THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE INSTITUTION INSTITUTIONAL...
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| 00:53:16 |
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BUSH'S WAR BUT IT'S OUR COUNTRY'S WAR. THE DEMOCRATS AND THE REPUBLICAN REPUBLICANS COLLECTIVELY, AND THE HOUSE AND SENATE VOTED 3-1 TO GIVE GEORGE...
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MILITARY IN IRAQ AS HE DEEPED APPROPRIATE AND NECESSITY. SO THAT MEANT HE COULD DO ANYTHING. >> THOSE OF US IN THE MEDIA, WE HAVE CASTIGATED OURSELVES...
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CANNOT FIND LEGALISMS, AND HAD IS SOMETHING GOING TO WAKE UP, WHETHER IT'S PRESIDENT BUSH, OR NANCY PELOSI, AND SAY WE ALL DID THIS, LET'S AT LEAST MAKE...
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BRITS. WHERE HATCHER WAS THROWN OUT, AND REPLACED HAD THEY CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT SHE NO LONGER FIT THEIR PARTY INTERESTS AND THEIR COUNTRY'S INTERESTS....
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US DICK CHENEY AND NOBODY WANTS THAT. >> PARTICULARLY MRS. CHENEY. >> A POLITICAL SYSTEM WOULD PROVIDE US A WAY OF GETTING RID OF HIM RATHER THAN BESEECHING...
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LET ME ADD
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A LITTLE BIT, I THINK BOB'S COMMENTS ARE SPOT ON HERE. YOU LEARN AS A HISTORIAN THAT IT'S FUN TO DEEM
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ONIZE INDIVIDUALS BUT IT DOES NOT HELP EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED. I WOULD SAY THAT IF YOU STEP
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BACK AND LOOK AT THE CURRENT POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT FROM TWO DIFFERENT LENSES, BOTH HISTORICAL, AND OUR WORST TIMES POLITICALLY AND GLOBALLY. I WOULD...
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| 00:59:06 |
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OUR GRANDCHILDREN WILL SAY, WHAT WAS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE IN AMERICA? HE GOT 43% OF THE VOTE. >> LET ME ASK, AS FOLLOWS. I HAVE A NOTHING'S THAT MAYBE...
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PEOPLE VALUE THE TRUTH. REAL TRUTH. AND I AM INTERESTED IN WEATHER THE HISTORIANS THINK THAT WE HAVE DEVALUED TRUTH IN OUR
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PRESENT POLITICAL CULTURE, IN A WAY IT HAS NEVER BEEN DEVALUED BEFORE, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER. I THINK THAT BECAUSE OF, WE HAVE BEEN IN AN I'D ONLICAL...
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OR LYING. THESE SHARP DIVIDES ALLOW US TO DISCOVER WHEN SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING WRONG. >> THE DISCOVERY IS THERE. YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE POLLS. THE...
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IS IT MAKING THESE PEOPLE MORE TRUTHFUL? >> THE FRUSTRATION THAT PEOPLE FEEL DOES NOT ALLOW US TO REWRITE THE CONSTITUTION, AT LEAST NOT THIS WEEK. THERE...
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| 01:02:42 |
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DOWNHILL IN IRAQ. -- IT CANNOT BE REFUTED THAT WE HAVE HAD FOUR YEARS GOING DOWNHILL IN IRAQ. IT CALLS FOR POLITICAL LEADERSHIP. I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT...
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PART OF THE COUNTRY WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT THE TRUTH IS. BUT IT IS
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MEASURABLE IN FACT. WE HAVE A PRESIDENT AND VICE- PRESIDENT THAT WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE IT. THERE ARE ENOUGH REPUBLICANS THAT ALSO NOTICE THIS. THE QUESTION...
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GOODIES. BOTH PARTIES BECOME EVER MORE CENTRALIZED WITH REGARDS TO FUNDING ELECTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. IT DOES REQUIRE A MIXTURE OF FOOLISHNESS AND...
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WHAT DOES ALL OF THAT OFFER IN TERMS OF LESSONS THAT SHOULD BE IMPRESSED ON THE WINNER OF THE 2008 ELECTION? >> I HAVE FIVE QUICK THINGS TO SAY. DO NOT...
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SUCCINT AND TO THE POINT. [APPLAUSE] >> IT WILL NOT BE SURPRISING TO LEARN THAT WHOEVER WINS THE NEXT
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ELECTION, WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT THE LEVEL OF PROBLEMS WE HAVE IN THE STRUCTURE OF THE GOVERNMENT.
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| 01:07:32 |
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THE PROBLEMS ARE NOT NECESSARILY AS SIMPLE AS WHAT HE SAID. IT IS TIME FOR A LONG OVERDUE CONVERSATION. WE SAW THIS IN THE 1970'S WITH THE WAR POWERS...
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IT HAS PERFORMED ITS FUNCTION. ALMOST EVERYTHING WE KNOW ABOUT THE TRUTH OF HIS PRESIDENCY AND THIS WAR, WE HAVE LEARNED THROUGH THE PRESS. I WOULD GO...
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| 01:11:23 |
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THE TELEVISION MEDIA CONCENTRATES ON SPEED AND IMPATIENCE. WE COULD WORK ON STORIES FOR WEEKS DURING WATERGATE. IF YOU GET THE EQUIVALENT STORY NOW,...
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| 01:12:16 |
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IT WAS ABOUT WHETHER JOHN EDWARDS WOULD DROP OUT OF THE RACE ON THE BASIS OF HIS WIFE'S CANCER. SOMEHOW THE WRONG BUTTON GOT PUSHED. FOR 51 SECONDS, THE...
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| 01:13:20 |
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THIS ELECTION SHOULD BE ABOUT CHARACTER. TELL ME WHO THEY ARE AND WILL BE EASY TO VOTE. IF WE HAVE
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A POLITICAL, MEDIA SYSTEM TO FOCUS ON SPEED, WHICH WILL RUN RIGHT BY WHAT REALLY MATTERS. THAT IS WHO THESE PEOPLE REALLY ARE. WE NEED TO KNOW BIOGRAPHICAL...
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