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Salam, Reihan - Blogger
EVERYONE. WOW, INCREDIBLY LOUD. I APOLOGIZE TO YOUR EARDRUMS. I AM WITH THE NATIONAL REVIEW. THIS IS OUR PANEL ON WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE RIGHT. IT WILL...
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| 00:01:07 |
Podhoretz, John - Editor
QUICK? >> SORRY. I WAS TWEETING. YES AND NO. POLITICALLY, REPUBLICANS DISTANCE THEMSELVES FROM GEORGE W. BUSH BECAUSE IT WAS THE THING TO DO. NUMBERS...
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| 00:05:36 |
Levin, Yuval - Editor
DESPAIR? >> LET ME MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER AGAIN. IT IS NOT QUITE RIGHT THAT WE'RE ONLY DURING RETREAD. FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS FOR ALL OF THEIR DIFFICULTIES,...
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| 00:08:05 |
Salam, Reihan - Blogger
WAY. YOU HAVE A LOT TO SAY. YOU HAVE
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| 00:08:32 |
Scarborough, Joe - Talk Show Host
A THING OR TWO TO SAY ABOUT A NUMBER OF OTHER ISSUES. IS IT YOUR VIEW IS THAT REPUBLICANS NEED TO GET RIGHT ON FOREIGN POLICY AND THAT IS A CORE ISSUE...
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| 00:12:34 |
Douthat, Ross - Columnist
ME. LET ME START NOT BY STICKING UP FOR BIG GOVERNMENT CONSERVATISM BUT STICKING UP FOR GEORGE W. BUSH'S IT SENT TO SOLVE A PROBLEM THAT THE REPUBLICAN...
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| 00:16:13 |
Scarborough, Joe - Talk Show Host
OF SENTIMENT. IT IS THE KIND OF SENTIMENT THAT REPUBLICAN POLITICIANS HAVE TO DEAL WITH. HE WAS BETTER AT DEALING WITH THIS THAN ANY LEADER OF THE...
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| 00:17:03 |
Salam, Reihan - Blogger
A THREE MINUTES OF LISTING TO MITT ROMNEY TALK ABOUT ECONOMICS TO REALIZE HE DID NOT GET IT. >> THERE IS ONE GUY ON THIS PANEL WHO SPENT MUCH OF 2011...
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| 00:17:54 |
Kristol, William - Publisher and Editor
BACK INTO FIGHTING FORM? >> IT IS GREAT TO BE HERE ON THIS FAIR AND BALANCED PANEL. I SAID THIS WAS MY IDEA OF THE PERFECT SPECTRUM OF OPINION. I...
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| 00:23:21 |
Podhoretz, John - Editor
RESPECT, HAVING A LEADER WOULD NOT BE ENOUGH. >> I THINK THERE IS A MOVEMENT ISSUE. THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT CAME INTO FRUITION WITH RAGE IN 1980....
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| 00:25:13 |
Salam, Reihan - Blogger
WITH THE SAME IN THE LOGICAL FRAMEWORK THAT YOU DO. >> I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU AND FOR JOE. ONE ISSUE IS WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BEING A PARTY...
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| 00:26:08 |
Scarborough, Joe - Talk Show Host
A PARTY THAT IS ALL STICKS AND NO CARROTS? >> YOU CANNOT DO THAT. RONALD REAGAN WAS QUOTED AS TURNING TO PEOPLE SAYING WE NEED ANOTHER WAVE OF CUTS AND...
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| 00:29:49 |
Podhoretz, John - Editor
2008. >> THIS IS A REAL DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT AS FAR AS REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS ARE CONCERNED. THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT BELIEVES...
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| 00:32:22 |
Salam, Reihan - Blogger
FOR EVERYBODY. IT WOULD VINDICATE A LOT OF OUR IDEAS. IT SOLIDIFIED THE SENSE THAT OBAMA HAD CLAIMED AMERICA. >> THIS MADE A STRONG CASE FOR TARGETING....
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| 00:33:02 |
Levin, Yuval - Editor
OF THE PARENT. >> TARGETING IN THE SENSE THAT IT IS VITAL TO EXPLAIN WHY A CONSERVATIVE POLICIES ARE GOOD FOR THEM. THE IDEA IS NOT THAT WE SHOULD...
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| 00:35:59 |
Salam, Reihan - Blogger
A MORE AFFORDABLE MIDDLE-CLASS LIFESTYLE. THAT IS DONE BY THINKING ABOUT GROWTH, NOT BY THINKING IN THE SENSE OF WHERE WE CAN GIVE GOODIES IN PARTICULAR....
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| 00:36:43 |
Kristol, William - Publisher and Editor
IDENTIFY AS CONSERVATIVES. NOW, THERE'S THIS REAL QUESTION ABOUT WEATHER OR NOT WITH THE REPUBLICAN PARTY NEEDS COME BEFORE IT CAN HAVE REAL REVIVAL,...
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| 00:40:50 |
Salam, Reihan - Blogger
BIT MORE OCCASIONALLY THROWING CAUTION TO THE WIND, A LITTLE BIT MORE SAYING ON THIS ISSUE, WE WILL STAND HERE AND MAKE
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| 00:40:59 |
Douthat, Ross - Columnist
THE CASE AND SEE HOW IT TURNS OUT THREE OR SIX OR NINE MONTHS FROM NOW I THINK IS WHAT SOMETIMES STANDING -- >> WHENEVER I THINK OF THROWING CAUTION...
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| 00:43:52 |
Podhoretz, John - Editor
BUT THERE ARE NOT ANY POLITICIANS INTERESTED IN TALKING ABOUT IT. >> BY THE WAY, IT IS NOT JUST THAT, IT IS ALSO THE QUESTION OF PICKING A FIGHT. THERE'S...
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| 00:45:52 |
Scarborough, Joe - Talk Show Host
WHAT WE MIGHT CALL TRADITIONALISM, CULTURAL CONSERVATISM. I WANT TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT. >> WE JUST NEED TO BE SMART. WHEN I WAS ON THE CAMPAIGN...
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| 00:51:02 |
Salam, Reihan - Blogger
YOU OBVIOUSLY DISAGREE WITH JOE. >> YOU GET HAMMERED. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU GET HAMMERED. >> YOU ARE SAYING WHEN YOU GO TO THE STATE LEVEL, WHEN YOU...
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| 00:51:28 |
Levin, Yuval - Editor
IS THE PROBLEM? >> IN PART, WHAT YOU ARE DESCRIBING IS ACTUALLY TOP DOWN, NOT BOTTOM-UP. IT WAS THE LEADERSHIP IN WASHINGTON FOR THE MOST PART THAT GATHERED...
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| 00:53:31 |
Podhoretz, John - Editor
ATTEMPTING TO SCHOOL REPUBLICANS ON 20 YEARS AGO. POLITICIANS CANNOT COME TO WASHINGTON TO DO NOTHING. THAT IS AN OXYMORON. THEY CAN COME TO CLEAR BRUSH...
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| 00:54:32 |
Scarborough, Joe - Talk Show Host
THINK IT WAS EARLIER THIS YEAR. POLITICIANS HAVE TO ACT. THEY HAVE TO WORK. THEY HAVE TO DO THINGS. >> WHEN THEY DO THAT, THEY INSPIRE. THE REASON...
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| 00:55:12 |
Douthat, Ross - Columnist
THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR A MODERATOR TO HEAR "THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT." I WILL LET ROSS JUMP IN. >> WE SOUND PESSIMISTIC, BUT IN CERTAIN WAYS, WE ARE...
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| 00:59:52 |
Levin, Yuval - Editor
AGREE WITH THE PROBLEM RUSS IS LAYING OUT, BUT I DO NOT AGREE WITH THE WAY HE IS LAYING IT OUT. I THINK THERE'S MORE ROOM AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL TO...
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| 01:01:18 |
Podhoretz, John - Editor
WAY OF LAYING THAT OUT. >> BUT THIS IS A VERY PECULIAR PROBLEM THAT WE FACE. WE ALL TALK ABOUT THIS. I THINK WE ARE ALL ALONG ABOUT IT, EVEN IF YOU ARE...
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| 01:04:20 |
Douthat, Ross - Columnist
PROBLEMS. IT IS A BIG PART OF THE CHALLENGE OF FIXING THEM, BUT I DO NOT THINK IT IS TRUE THAT THEY ARE NOT REAL PROBLEMS. THEM QUICKLY, I THINK JOHN'S...
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| 01:05:27 |
Levin, Yuval - Editor
WE'VE GOT TO HAVE QUESTIONS. >> IF YOU FINISH SCHOOL AND GET A JOB AND GET MARRIED AND THEN HAVE CHILDREN, YOU WILL NOT BE IN POVERTY. WE HAVE A SITUATION...
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| 01:05:43 |
Scarborough, Joe - Talk Show Host
LIFE. >> REALLY QUICKLY, THOUGH, THE CONVERSATION IS SO BLEAK UP HERE RIGHT NOW ABOUT OUR ECONOMIC FUTURE, WE ARE IN PRETTY DARN GOOD SHAPE IF YOU LOOK...
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| 01:06:14 |
Q & A
IT LEADS TO QUESTIONS. AND THERE ARE NONE, SO I WILL KEEP TALKING. [LAUGHTER] >> I AM FROM WINSTON-SALEM, SO HOW DO WE COMBINE CONSERVATISM AND POPULISM...
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| 01:07:30 |
Salam, Reihan - Blogger
FURTHER GROWTH -- AND WHETHER IT HAS SEEN FURTHER GROWTH. >> BILL, I'M CURIOUS AS TO HOW YOU THINK THOSE THINGS OUGHT TO BE RECONCILED. >> AND, BILL,...
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| 01:08:03 |
Kristol, William - Publisher and Editor
I HAD SO MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF RELATIONSHIPS OVER THE YEARS WITH DIFFERENT KINDS OF POPULISM. LOOK, IT IS A DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY, AND I THINK A SUCCESSFUL...
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| 01:09:44 |
Scarborough, Joe - Talk Show Host
HOW? >> I WILL NOT BE ABLE -- I DO NOT THINK WE WILL BE ABLE TO. >> I THINK JON HUNTSMAN FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS OF THE PAST YEAR, BUT WHY DID KNOW THE...
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| 01:10:27 |
Kristol, William - Publisher and Editor
WHAT HAPPENS TOMORROW IF CITI GOES UNDER? >> WHICH YOUR ADMINISTRATION HAS EMPLOYED. >> I THINK THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. EVERYONE HAS WRITTEN FOR A ...
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| 01:11:50 |
Salam, Reihan - Blogger
THE SPECIFIC ELEMENTS? >> STEP ONE WOULD BE TO READ "NATIONAL REVIEW" AND "THE WEEKLY STANDARD" AND YOU WILL GET A LOT OF COMMENTARY -- >> WHOEVER...
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| 01:12:14 |
Levin, Yuval - Editor
I THINK WE HAVE ALL ADDRESS THAT AND BROUGHT OUT LINES. >> YOU HAVE TO ASK WHAT ACTUALLY ECONOMIC GROWTH WOULD CONSIST OF. IT CONSISTS OF TWO THINGS...
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| 01:13:21 |
Scarborough, Joe - Talk Show Host
LEVEL ON EVERY ISSUE OF THE ECONOMIC ECONOMY. >> SPECIFICALLY, ON HEALTH CARE, WE SPEND MORE MONEY PER AMERICAN THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY ON THE FACE OF...
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| 01:15:03 |
Podhoretz, John - Editor
OUT HOW TO GET THE HELL OUT OF THE WAY SO PEOPLE CAN INVEST IN THIS COUNTRY. >> THE ANSWER IN PART TO THAT IS UNKNOWABLE. YOU JUST HEARD THE GENTLEMAN...
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| 01:17:01 |
Douthat, Ross - Columnist
THE TRUTH IS, EVERY PLACE ELSE IS WORSE OFF THAN WE ARE. WE ARE POISED FOR ENORMOUS -- >> I KNOW WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION, BUT IN THE KINGDOM OF ...
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| 01:18:00 |
Salam, Reihan - Blogger
REALLY. >> I WILL ABUSE MY MODERATOR PRIVILEGE AND TALK FIRST. PEOPLE TALK ABOUT EDUCATION AS A SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUE. IT WAS ACTUALLY GEORGE W. BUSH ...
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| 01:20:27 |
Podhoretz, John - Editor
THEY ARE SITTING OVER THERE AND YOU CAN GO VISIT THEM LATER, THEY WILL TELL YOU THE DEALS AND WHAT THEY ARE, BUT THAT IS WHAT POLITICS COMES IN. POLITICS...
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| 01:22:10 |
Scarborough, Joe - Talk Show Host
MAGIC OF THE OBAMA MACHINE. THERE WAS NO COUNTERWEIGHT. >> IF I COULD FOLLOW QUICKLY -- MACRO POLITICS -- WE SAW IT IN THIS ELECTION, AND I WAS SHOCKED...
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| 01:26:31 |
Podhoretz, John - Editor
AN ILLUSTRATIVE ANECDOTES THAT SEEMS TO CONNECT AND RESONATE WITH PEOPLE -- THROUGH ILLUSTRATIVE ANECDOTES THAT SEEM TO CONNECT IN RESONATE WITH PEOPLE....
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| 01:27:04 |
Scarborough, Joe - Talk Show Host
IT. >> WE DO HAVE TO TELL THE DOCTOR SORRY, FOR INSTANCE. A TOOL BE HARD, BUT WE HAVE TO TELL AMERICANS THAT WE CANNOT JUST TAKE FROM PROVIDERS. TALK...
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| 01:27:18 |
Douthat, Ross - Columnist
THAT OPERATES, THE WORKS DAY IN AND DAY OUT, AND THEY WILL TELL YOU THEY WILL JUST OPT OUT OF MEDICARE. >> YOU NEED STORIES, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO HAVE...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.