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(Vol. Sixteen; No. 17) |
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I Can Smear Arnold, But You Can't "He's admitted smoking marijuana, using
steroids during his body-building career. He's the son of a Nazi Party member.
He said he was prejudiced before overcoming those feelings by working with the
Simon Weisenthal Center in Los Angeles, and the dean of the Center said an
investigation of Schwarzenegger's late father, conducted at the actor's
request, found no evidence of war crimes. Through his publicist he's denied
allegations published in Premiere magazine in March 2001 that he sexually
harassed women and committed infidelity. All those things - are they gonna be
front and center, Darry, do you think in this campaign?" "The New York Daily News says, 'a Simon
strategist said his lagging campaign plans to win by stirring up the base,
spotlighting the actor's raunchy past and liberal social views,' meaning
Arnold Schwarzenegger. How dirty will you get?"
"I'd like to ask you about the recall
campaign. Since you're not only the leader of this country, but as someone who
came into office under extraordinarily partisan circumstances, do you view
this recall, which was funded almost entirely by one wealthy Republican who
would like to be Governor, as a legitimate, democratic exercise?"
"A lot of California Democrats were salivating
at the thought that Mr. Panetta himself might jump into the Governor's race.
He joins us tonight from Seaside, California. You had too much common sense,
or what?...Not to press the issue too much, but since it's gonna happen
anyway, why not have a, you know, a good, strong, sensible politician like
yourself to say, well, let's make the best of a bad deal and here I am and
I'll try and help make it work?"
"In terms of the overall recall process, Mr.
Torres, do you think there's collusion in the Republican Party that goes all
the way to the White House?"
"Overturning Saddam is not a central battle in
that war against terrorism. In fact, al-Qaeda is probably finding it more
hospitable in Baghdad today than they did before."
"The world is a better place, and the region
certainly a better place, without Saddam Hussein. But there's a sense here in
this country, and a feeling around the world, that the U.S. has lost
credibility by building the case for Iraq upon sometimes flimsy or, some
people have complained, nonexistent evidence. I'm just wondering sir, why did
you choose to take the world to war in that way?"
"The President's critics say that his claims
of an Iraq/al-Qaeda alliance may be the next shoe to drop in the intelligence
controversy, and that while the world may be better off without Saddam
Hussein, that alone is not a rationale to take the nation to war." "Military commanders now believe al-Qaeda
terrorist cells are most likely working in Iraq, part of the resistance still
loyal to Saddam Hussein."
"What would you advise the United States to do
today to fight al-Qaeda?...What would be the wise course for the United States
to follow now in Iraq?"
"North Korea said on Monday that polls in
which voters gave leader Kim Jong-il 100 percent support showed the communist
state was 'firm as a rock' in the face of economic woes and isolation over its
nuclear ambitions. The 61-year-old Kim was one of 687 deputies elected
unopposed on Sunday...."
"Much of Dr. Dean's presidential platform,
particularly his plan for universal health insurance, is an outgrowth of his
accomplishments in Vermont. He remains a fiscal conservative, he believes gun
control should be left to the states and he favors the death penalty for some
crimes." "As Governor, Dean Was Fiscal Conservative;
Presidential Candidate Imposed Discipline on Vermont Legislature's Efforts to
Spend." "The fact is if you look at his record as
Governor, he got an 'A' rating from the National Rifle Association, he
balanced the budget in Vermont - which is the only state in the Union that
does not have a constitutional requirement that you balance it, but he
balanced it anyway. He imposed work requirements on welfare recipients two
years before Washington did. There's a lot in his record that looks not only
moderate, but even conservative." "He is a kind of a complicated mix of liberal
and moderate positions. He's a fiscal conservative and he was in Vermont." "He's also a fiscal conservative. And
economically he's not as much of a wild-eyed liberal as people think he is." "He is a rock-ribbed budget hawk, a moderate
on gays and guns, and a true lefty on only a few issues, primarily the use of
U.S. military power." "When the word gets out that Dean isn't
liberal - and in fact is quite conservative - on fiscal issues, he'll pick up
more McCain support....On fiscal issues, he's far to the right of [Ted]
Kennedy." Reality Check:
"The rap on Dean is that he's like Dukakis and
Mondale and McGovern. Well, McGovern was a liberal, but we had an issue and
that was the war. Dukakis was no liberal and neither was Mondale. Both of them
had several people to the left in those primaries. It was what the Republicans
did to them once they got the nomination that made them seem to be liberals in
both cases."
John Cochran: "Remember the $8 million advance
Hillary Clinton's publisher gave her? Turns out it was a bargain. She has
earned every penny - and then some. Her book is a best-seller in eight
countries....She has not only signed 20,000 copies of her book, she has also
put her name on more legislation than any other Senator in this Congress.
Sponsoring or co-sponsoring 396 bills, ranging from resolutions on Girl Scouts
Week to funds for rebuilding Iraq and- "
"I'm not going to judge anybody else in the
business, but our work - I can speak for NBC News and our newsroom - it goes
through, talk about checks and balances. We have an inordinate number of
editors. Every word I write, before it goes on air, goes through all kinds of
traps and filters, and it's read by all kinds of different people who point
out bias."
"If you see a whole monkfish at the market,
you'll find its massive mouth scarier than a shark's. Apparently it sits on
the bottom of the ocean, opens its Godzilla jaws and waits for poor
unsuspecting fishies to swim right into it, not unlike the latest recipients
of W's capital-gains cuts."
"I think he [Arnold Schwarzenegger] will make
a fantastic Governor...I actually believe he's really, at his heart, even
though he pretends to be a Republican, I think he's a social Democrat at
heart."
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