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THANK YOU, BARBARA. TODAY WE HAVE THREE PROMINENT JOURNALISTS. THEY WILL EACH SPEAK FOR A RELATIVELY... |
| 00:05:30 |
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HI, WE ARE YOU GOING TO TALK FOR FIVE MINUTES. I GUESS THE "READER'S DIGEST" VERSION OF OUR BOOKS.... |
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JUST 15 MINUTES AGO CHRIS WAS SAYING HE HAD NO IDEA WHAT HE WAS GOING TO SAY. [LAUGHTER] AND I THOUGHT... |
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THAT CAME TO DOMINATE OUR POLITICS FOR SEVERAL DECADES. AND THEN GRADUALLY LOST ITS DIRECTION AND... |
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[APPLAUSE] THERE IS A MICROPHONE. |
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YOU MAY LEAD ON AHEAD WITH "EMPIRE OF ILLUSION" EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THIS WORLD TODAY IN THE... |
| 00:26:11 |
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I WILL DO WITH SPECTACLE FIRST. IT IS INTERESTING HEARING SADDAM'S ANALYSIS, SOME OF WHICH I AGREE... |
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OBAMA'S AGAINST INVADING IRAQ IN 2002 AND PROMISED CHANGE IN 2008. ONCE APPOINTED CHOSE GEORGE BUSH'S... |
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BECAUSE OBAMA IS A BRAND. THINK OF OBAMA OF THE WAY IN A STYLE OF THAT HIV MODELS TO GIVE THEIR PRODUCTS... |
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ANOTHER QUESTION FOUR CHRIS. [LAUGHTER] |
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THESE GUYS ARE FEELING LEFT OUT. |
| 00:32:51 |
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I KNOW. BUT IF YOU WERE PRESIDENT IN 2007 AND YOUR TREASURY SECRETARY CAME TO YOU AND SAID YOU HAVE... |
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THE DECISION TO COMMIT 12.$8 TRILLION IN GUARANTEES, LOANS, TO A FINANCIAL SYSTEM DOMINATED BY SPECULATORS,... |
| 00:35:32 |
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THIS IS FOR SAM 10 IN-HOUSE PER OF LIKE YOU TO DEFEND YOURSELF THE SECOND, IN REGARD TO YOUR BOOK,... |
| 00:35:56 |
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THAT IS AN INTERESTING QUESTION BROKE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE CYCLES OF HISTORY OF THE FIRST THE... |
| 00:42:07 |
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I THINK THE PENDULUM DOES GO BACK AND FORTH AND CLEARLY LAST NOVEMBER IT TOOK A DECISIVE TURN BUT... |
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OF ME QUICKLY ADD SOMETHING. I SPENT TWO YEARS WRITING THE BOOK OF THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT I SPEND A LOT... |
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GO AHEAD. |
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MUCH OF WHAT THE THREE OF YOU HAVE SAID I FEEL IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO A PHENOMENON THAT GOES BY THE NAME... |
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BUT I OFFER ONE QUICK EXPLANATION. THAT IS MENTIONED IN MY BOOK. IN A VERY BRILLIANT POLITICAL ANALYST... |
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OF THE SOUTHERN STRATEGY -- |
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RICHARD GOODWIN BROKE BACK IN 1967. AND THE ACTUAL TERMS ARE STILL IN USE TODAY. AND WHAT THE RIGHT... |
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AT SAM, WHY DON'T CHRIS'S TERMS, INDIA FEUDALISM, CORPORATISM PUSH ASIDE SOCIALIZED MEDICINE AND THE... |
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ONE ANSWER TO THAT WOULD NEED, HERE'S AN INTERESTING CONTRADICTION WE HAVE. NOW THOSE ARE THE TERMS... |
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I DON'T KNOW IF HE EMBRACED THEM THAT HE USED THEM. |
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HERE'S PART OF THE PROBLEM AND SOMETHING I WANTED TO MENTION BEFORE. EVERYTHING CHRIS SAID ABOUT THE... |
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THAT'S WHY MY BOOK IS CALLED EMPIRE OF ILLUSION. |
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IF THE VERY VOTERS THAT ARE REFECT BY THESE DRASTIC TOWNSHIPS IN THEIR ECONOMIC STATUS WON'T ACCEPT... |
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LET ME JUST SAY A SECOND THING. THE TERMS THAT CHRIS USED AND THAT YOU MENTIONED HERE, GEORGE, I... |
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WILL BASICALLY SPAM, FROM MCCARTHY AND IN GREENWICH THESE THE POPULIST LANGUAGE AND TOOK IT FROM THE... |
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LET ME JUST QUICKLY -- FIRST OF ALL, MOST OF MY RELATIVES AT BEST FINISHED HIGH SCHOOL. THEY CAN CERTAINLY... |
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ACTUALLY THE REASON NIXON PASSED CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION IS BECAUSE HE KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BREAK... |
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WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE MORE QUESTION. |
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THIS IS A QUESTION FOR EACH OF YOU. ONE OF FOUR -- 24 HOUR NEWS. THE NEWS IS GETTING DUMBER. IT'S... |
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I THINK THE FIRST THING THEY CAN DO IS SURVIVE. THAT'S A BRILLIANT DISTILLATION OF WHAT IS WRONG WITH... |
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WELL, WE ARE OFFERING BACK IN BUY-OUTS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT CHRIS THINKS ABOUT THAT. |
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YOU KNOW, THE "WASHINGTON POST" IS BECOMING A SHELL OF ITSELF. THE "LOS ANGELES TIMES" LONG AGO STOPPED... |
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IS A CULTURAL PROBLEM. WE ARE SHIFTING FROM A PRINT-BASED SOCIETY TO AN IMAGE BASED SOCIETY, SOMETHING... |
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THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. I'VE HOPE YOU'D ENJOY THIS AS MUCH AS I HAVE. [APPLAUSE] |
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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MR. TANENHAUS HAS ONE LAST COMMENT. PLEASE. |
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ALL I WAS GOING TO SAY IS I'M AFRAID BOTH MY COLLEAGUES ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT HERE AT A WANTED TO ADD... |
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ARE YOU OFFERING A BUYOUT? |
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SO AS A GUY WHO DOES A BOOK REVIEW I'M REALLY WORRIED ABOUT THAT, TOO. SO, THANK YOU ALL. [APPLAUSE]... |
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THERE WILL BE AUTOGRAPHS IN THE AUTOGRAPH AREA. FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS OF THE VOLUNTEERS AND BE SURE... |
NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.
