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Scully, Steven - Host
HOST: WE WANT TO WELCOME BACK THE FOUNDER AND EDITOR OF THE WEEKLY STANDARD, BILL KRISTOL, A REPUBLICAN PARTY STRATEGIST, A FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF TO...
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Kristol, William - Publisher and Editor
BOBBY JINDAL. PEOPLE IN THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION CLEAVE BACON DESIGNED TO HELP YOUR SYSTEM FROM SCRATCH FROM WASHINGTON. I WOULD DEFEND STUPIDITY TO SOME...
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| 00:01:24 |
Scully, Steven - Host
PRIEBUS INDICATED THAT HE IS AUTHORIZING AN AUTOPSY, IN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED LAST NOVEMBER. WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT WOULD YOU CHECK OUT --...
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| 00:01:40 |
Kristol, William - Publisher and Editor
DO NOT PANIC. BARACK OBAMA 1 -- WON THE FINANCIAL CRISIS IN 20 -- 2008. IT IS NOT AS IF WE'RE TALKING RONALD REAGAN IN 1984. REPUBLICANS HAVE THE HOUSE....
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| 00:03:50 |
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THE LAST FIVE ELECTIONS, IN FOUR OF THE 5, REPUBLICANS HAVE NOT HAD A MAJORITY OF VOTES. EVEN THOUGH GEORGE W. BUSH SERVED TWO TERMS, HE DID NOT GET...
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TO MINIMIZE THE DANGER AND CHALLENGE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. LOSING 25 SENATE SEATS THIS YEAR -- PRESIDENT OBAMA ONLY GOT 51% OF THE VOTE. THE ECONOMY...
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| 00:05:28 |
Scully, Steven - Host
YOU -- WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING? GUEST: IT
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| 00:05:41 |
Kristol, William - Publisher and Editor
IS INTERESTING TO LEARN THAT IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN DOING. I CAN START ALL I WANT. OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT THEY WANT TO STAND FOR. HOST: IT SAYS
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| 00:05:51 |
Scully, Steven - Host
THAT BILL CRYSTAL AND HIS ALLIES HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT STARTING REFORMIST ORGANIZATION TO RECRUIT REPUBLICAN FISCAL POLICIES AND CHAMPION RISING GENERATION...
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| 00:06:06 |
Kristol, William - Publisher and Editor
I'M INVOLVED WITH THE WEEKLY STANDARD AND A FEW OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. WE HAVE BEEN PUTTING THE CHUCK HAGEL NOMINATION FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. ALSO...
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| 00:08:29 |
Scully, Steven - Host
RYAN, AND OTHERS KEEP THINKING THEY LOST THE ELECTION BECAUSE OF TECHNOLOGY -- THAT WAS ON TWITTER. GUEST: I AGREE THAT
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Kristol, William - Publisher and Editor
WAS NOT THE CASE. IT WAS KIND OF A DISGRACE. A MULTI HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR CAMPAIGN, YOU MIGHT TEST IT AND MAKE SURE THAT IT ACTUALLY WORKS. IT IS TOO...
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| 00:09:41 |
Scully, Steven - Host
HOST: YOU BROUGHT UP THE NOMINATION OF CHUCK HAGEL. HE WAS ASKED ABOUT SOME OF THE OPPOSITION. AND SENATOR JOHN KERRY, DESIGNATED TO BE THE SECRETARY...
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CHUCK HAGEL. HE IS A STRONG, PATRIOTIC FORMER SENATOR AND HE WILL BE A STRONG SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. I HAVE DEALT WITH HIM IN A NUMBER OF AREAS. HE'S BEEN...
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YOU AND MANY OTHERS ARE IN OPPOSITION TO HIS NOMINATION.
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Kristol, William - Publisher and Editor
GUEST: I'VE BEEN URGING PRESIDENT OBAMA NOT TO NOMINATE CHUCK HAGEL FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. THERE ARE PLENTY OF MAINSTREAM AND MODERATE TO LIBERAL...
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| 00:14:20 |
Kristol, William - Publisher and Editor
SUPPORTED HIM IN 200, BUT I THINK HE WILL VOTE AGAINST HIM. >>
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WE'RE TALKING WITH BILL KRISTOL. ROBERT IS ON THE DEMOCRATIC LINE FROM NEW JERSEY. CALLER: HOW ARE YOU
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GENTLEMEN? YOU ARE LOOKING WELL. I AM A DEMOCRAT, BUT I HAVE ALWAYS LIKED BILL KRISTOL. I'VE ALWAYS READ THE WEEKLY STANDARD. HE IS A COMMON SENSE, DOWN...
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Kristol, William - Publisher and Editor
MY COUSIN, BUT WE DON'T AFTER SAY THAT ON THE AIR. THANK YOU FOR THE KIND WORDS. I DO HAPPENED TO OF A COUPLE OF COUSINS OR DEMOCRATIC. CALLER: ONE OF...
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THINGS ABOUT THIS DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS THAT IT IS REALLY A VERY BIG TENT. I DON'T CALL MYSELF A BLUE DOG DEMOCRATS, BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE IN THAT LANGUAGE,...
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| 00:17:46 |
Scully, Steven - Host
YOU FOR A PHONE CALL, ROBERT. LET ME USE HIS POINT TO GO BACK TO SOMETHING YOU WROTE ABOUT EARLIER THIS WEEK. "THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN OPPOSITION."...
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Kristol, William - Publisher and Editor
AN ARTICLE IN 1975 IN WHICH HE SAID -- HE HAD JUST COME BACK FROM BEING AMBASSADOR TO INDIA -- HE SAID, IT IS UNUSUAL FOR THE U.S. TO THINK OF ITSELF...
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| 00:21:46 |
Scully, Steven - Host
WANT TO AND SHARE WITH YOU A COUPLE OF COVER STORIES. THIS IS THE WEEKLY STANDARD -- AND FROM LAST WEEK, A CHARACTER -- CARICATURE OF SENATOR HARRY REID....
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HAS BEEN WORKING WITH US ON A FREE-LANCE BASIS FOR YEARS. WE TALK ABOUT WHAT THE IMAGE SHOULD BE AND HOW IT SHOULD BE EXECUTED. THEY MAKE THE IMAGE FUNNIER...
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| 00:23:59 |
Scully, Steven - Host
KRISTOL. OUR NEXT CALL IS FROM FREDERICK, MARYLAND, PETER IS ON THE REPUBLICAN LINE. THANKS FOR WAITING. CALLER: HOW ARE THINGS? HOST:
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| 00:24:09 |
Scully, Steven - Host
FINE. SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE LISTENING TO US ON C-SPAN RADIO. CALLER: YES,
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SIR. IT'S GOOD TO LISTEN TO, BUT IT PLAYS HAVOC ON MY BLOOD PRESSURE. REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN LOSING FOR 30 YEARS OR MORE. THEY ARE UP AGAINST A VERY LIBERAL...
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| 00:25:01 |
Kristol, William - Publisher and Editor
CONSERVATIVES HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO IN THE MEDIA AND IN EDUCATION. THE MEDIA SITUATION IS A LOT MORE BALANCED THAN 20 YEARS AGO OR 30 YEARS AGO. A...
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| 00:26:45 |
Scully, Steven - Host
THIS IS FROM THE ATLANTIC MAGAZINE -- HE SAID, "IN THE LAST DECADE, EVEN THE PLACES WHERE REPUBLICANS WANTED TO SPREAD LIBERTY, BUT TURNED INTO A DEBACLE....
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Kristol, William - Publisher and Editor
THOSE PLACES ARE. I GUESS MOST PEOPLE WERE AGAINST FIGHTING IN AFGHANISTAN AND WE HAD A LIMITED FOOTPRINT OVER THERE FOR MOST OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION....
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| 00:29:46 |
Scully, Steven - Host
HOST: DID YOU EVER CONSIDER RUNNING FOR PUBLIC OFFICE? GUEST: NOT MUCH. I WOULD NOT SAY THERE WAS A HUGE GROUNDSWELL OF DEMAND FOR MEAT. HOST:
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| 00:30:03 |
Scully, Steven - Host
IF YOU WERE IN ELECTED OFFICE, WHERE JOBS WOULD YOU WANT? GUEST: I'VE ALWAYS
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| 00:30:09 |
Kristol, William - Publisher and Editor
FOCUSED ON FEDERAL ISSUES OR NATIONAL ISSUES, SO I DON'T THINK I WOULD BE A GOOD STATE LEGISLATOR OR GOVERNOR. I'M NO EXPERT ON STATE GOVERNMENTS. I'M...
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| 00:30:49 |
Scully, Steven - Host
ON THE PHONE IN DALLAS ON THE INDEPENDENT LINE. GOOD MORNING. CALLER: HOW ARE YOU? HOST: FINE, THANKS. CALLER: I
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WANT TO ASK WHY HIS PARTY ALWAYS LIES ON THE PRESIDENT? AND WHAT DID YOU ALL GIVEN TO HARRY REID TO SELL OUT THE PRESIDENT YESTERDAY? HOST: THANKS FOR...
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| 00:31:15 |
Scully, Steven - Host
CALL, JAMES. THE ISSUE ON THE FILIBUSTER. GUEST: I AM GENERALLY
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| 00:31:21 |
Kristol, William - Publisher and Editor
AGAINST OVERIN MININSTREAMLINING LEGISLATION. I DON'T EXACTLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE COMPROMISE WAS OR WHAT THE ALTERNATIVES WERE. SO I DON'T KNOW IF HARRY...
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| 00:33:09 |
Scully, Steven - Host
FROM ONE OF OUR VIEWERS -- GUEST: I
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| 00:33:15 |
Kristol, William - Publisher and Editor
THINK MAYBE THEY SHOULD. THERE'S A PROJECT THAT STUCK IN MY HEAD, A PROJECT FOR THE FUTURE. WE SHOULD LOOK AT THE PRIMARY PROCESS, WHICH THE PARTY DOES...
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Kristol, William - Publisher and Editor
IT WOULD HELP REPUBLICANS BECAUSE THEY WOULD GET SOME VOTES RATHER THAN NO VOTES. A WINNER-TAKE-ALL STATE OR ELECTORAL COLLEGE PROCESS SERVED THE COUNTRY...
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| 00:36:05 |
Scully, Steven - Host
YOUR COMMENTS ON SPEAKER BOEHNER, A FIRST ONE TO GO TO DANNY JOINING US ON THE DEMOCRATIC LINE. GOOD MORNING.
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CALLER: HELLO. YOU PUT HARRY REID ON THE COVER. IF YOU LOOK UP THE WORDS CHICKEN HAWK AND NEOCON, THERE'S A PICTURE OF BILL KRISTOL. THE ONLY PEOPLE...
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| 00:36:53 |
Kristol, William - Publisher and Editor
NOT SURPRISED. I THOUGHT ROMNEY HAD A CHANCE, AND HE WAS ALL A LITTLE SHORT AT THE END. IF THE VIEWER DOES NOT WANT TO WATCH FOX NEWS, HE HAS OTHER OPTIONS....
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GOOD MORNING. THE WAY I PERTURBED ABOUT WILLIAM KRISTOL WAS I GOT MIXED UP WITH THE COMEDIAN BILLY CRYSTAL. GUEST: IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. CALLER:
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WHEN BILLY CRYSTAL GOES ON HIS LONG RANTS, HE ACTUALLY SAYS SOME THINGS THAT ARE FUNNY. THE ONE FUNNY THING YOU SAID THE IS YOU THOUGHT WE SHOULD HAVE...
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| 00:37:43 |
Kristol, William - Publisher and Editor
TROOPS IN 2007. THE SURGE WORKED INCREDIBLY WELL AND CASUALTIES WERE EXTREMELY LOW BY THE END OF 2008 OF ONE THEY HAD BEEN VERY HIGH IN 2006. I'M NOT...
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THE SAME THING SHOULD OF BEEN IMPLEMENTED IN LIBYA AND SYRIA WHERE WE JUST DID SOME BOMBING IN LIBYA AND THEN TURNED IT OVER TO TERRORISTS? WHEN I HAVE...
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| 00:38:48 |
Kristol, William - Publisher and Editor
DID WELL. HE WAS ABLE TO BUILD A BIG GRASS ROOTS GROUP OF SUPPORTERS. HE GOT VOTES, BUT NOT ENOUGH VOTES TO BE A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR. IN END IT WAS 80%...
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| 00:40:54 |
Scully, Steven - Host
RUBIO WOULD HAVE TO GIVE UP HIS SENATE SEAT. IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL -- SHE WRITES THAT IT WILL TAKE A STAND UNITY TO FIGHT PRESIDENT OBAMA. CAN...
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Kristol, William - Publisher and Editor
WE CAN ASSUME THERE WILL BE UNITY. YOU SHOULD NOT JUST CAST A VOTE FOR THE SAKE OF UNITY. THERE ARE SOME ISSUES WHERE YOU CAN HAVE UNITY, ON PROCEDURAL...
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| 00:44:38 |
Kristol, William - Publisher and Editor
THE CONGRESSMAN FROM ARKANSAS, A FRIEND OF MINE. HE WENT TO HARVARD, WHICH I WENT TO, SO I'M BIASED. HE WENT TO HARVARD LAW SCHOOL, WHICH I DON'T HOLD...
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Kristol, William - Publisher and Editor
KNOW, BUT HE'S AWFULLY IMPRESSIVE. HE DID WELL AS A VICE- PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. I THINK IT HELPS BEGIN THE PROCESS OF MAKING THE REPUBLICAN PARTY A...
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CALLER: GOOD MORNING. THANKS FOR IN LIVELY AND THOUGHTFUL COMMENTARY. I HAVE A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE ROMNEY'S LOSS. THE ELECTION WAS FRAMED...
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Kristol, William - Publisher and Editor
AGREE THAT THE MAKERS SLASHED TAKERS FORMULATION IS NOT HELPFUL. IT COULD BE ACCURATE IN VERY LIMITED WAYS. BUT IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE...
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| 00:51:27 |
Scully, Steven - Host
HERE'S A PORTION OF SPEAKER JOHN MAYNARD EARLIER THIS WEEK HERE IN WASHINGTON. [VIDEO CLIP] >> GIVEN WHAT WE HEARD
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YESTERDAY ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S VISION FOR HIS SECOND TERM, IT'S PRETTY CLEAR TO ME AND SHOULD BE CLEAR TO YOU THAT HE KNOWS HE CANNOT DO ANY OF THAT...
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Kristol, William - Publisher and Editor
PRESIDENT OBAMA WOULD LIKE TO REDUCE THE INFLUENCE AND AUTHORITY AND MEMBERS OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS LEGITIMATE FOR A REPUBLICAN...
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| 00:53:02 |
Scully, Steven - Host
TWEET -- JEB BUSH OF FLORIDA HAS THIS IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL THIS MORNING ON SOLVING THE IMMIGRATION PUZZLE. JEB BUSH SAYS THERE IS NO LINE. GUEST:...
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Kristol, William - Publisher and Editor
WITH HIM. AND I THOUGHT THAT ROMNEY'S ATTACKS ON RICK PERRY AND NEWT GINGRICH WERE NOT FAIR ON IMMIGRATION. MITT ROMNEY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE MODERATE...
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| 00:54:47 |
Scully, Steven - Host
A FOUNDER OF THE WEEKLY STANDARD. WHAT IS THE COVER STORY THIS WEEK? GUEST: A VERY GOOD PIECE
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Kristol, William - Publisher and Editor
ON HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY, THE BODIES IN DIFFERENT CITIES WHICH ARE CAUSING A LOT OF TROUBLE FOR PEOPLE WHO JUST WANT TO SAY WHAT...
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| 00:55:04 |
Scully, Steven - Host
FOR STOPPING BY. WHEN WE COME BACK WE WILL TURN OUR ATTENTION TO THE ISSUE OF THE PRESIDENT'S COMMENTS ABOUT GAYS AND LESBIANS WITH KEVIN CATHCART, JOINING...
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