>> picked this up when michele bachmann was running. there's lots of reasons why michele bachmann did not win the republican nomination but i had several conservative christian and they are a huge part of today's republican base especially nationally. they told me they had a problem. they had an issue. they knew people who had a problem with a woman who was out there as a leader, not out there as a homemaker running for president. given the role that christian right place in the republican party that's a big hint. >> you know what? i served with women who were devoutly and very dedicated to christian witness if you will and activism politically and they were highly assertive and they were winning electoral office. so i think yes there's -- i think that's a small element that will be overridden by the general view that christian

>> bill: michele bachmann seems to think so. >> less security? s stupid. >> bill: i think bishel bachmann -- i think michele bachmann wants them to have a one bedroom apartment. the president of the united states lives in the white house. i don't care who is it is. i don't care if freakin' crazy michele bachmann were ever elected president, she would have the right to live in the white house and be protected by the secret service and those missiles that are on the roof and guys around there. the family attacks a personal -- the personal family attacks i think are below the belt. somebody in the republican party -- isn't there anybody in the republican party in a position of leadership who would say hey, wait a minute. knock it off. go after the policy. leave the family the hell alone. it businesses me off. let's talk about it. >> announcer: heard around the country and seen on current tv this is the "bill press show." i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they can question whether i'm right, but

bachmann she we're pleased now to welcome two "viewpoint" jim graves, democratic opponent to michelle bachmann2012 and again in 2014. what a pleasure to have you on the air tonight. >> great to be with you. >> john: you describe congressman bachmann as an embarrassment and what is wrong with this country. as a comedian, that's what i admire about her. >> i did not call it an embarrassment, but the people call her that. she does epitomize everything wrong with congress, john. she divides, separates, throws hand grenades at people's characters. rather than going after the solutions of the problems she goes after the people. that's what is wrong with congress. we need to find a way to bring people together and get to the real solutions. she just happens to do the opposite. she divides people, and she encourages headlines that she doesn't create anything but headlines. she doesn't really create solutions. that's why i'm running against her. >> john: i think that's why you captured the imagination of so many people in america's sane community. you were able to take the fight of ms. bachmann in her

you see in this congress michele bachmann and michele bachmann one of these -- wannabe's. there are fights about redistricting. >> use of the one strength the president obama, his rhetorical skill, is not sufficient. >> it has not been used at the scale necessary in this time of crisis. america is in a crossroads. this is a moment comparable to coming out of the great depression. this was a moment coming out of the financial crisis when tectonic shifts are under way in this country. hope is not a policy. policy is a wonky word. hope needs a story, a narrative. here is what is going on in this country. president obama now is speaking more forcefully about what he wants to do it and against smoking out those who are obstructing. this is really wonky. anyway, i think one of the most exciting things are the movements of our times. i closed this book out before occupy. i wrote about wisconsin. our correspondent was there for 57 days. that was about occupying the state house. occupy has become a brand. it has also become e ncampments. soon it will need to be more than a space an

michele bachmann is here i understand, she's thinking about running for president, which is weird because i hear she was born in canada. yes, micheliga michele, this is starts. just letting you know. [ applause ] tim pawlenty, he seems all american, but have you heard his real middle name? tim hose knee pawlenty? what a shame. my buddy, our outstanding ambassador, jon huntsman is with us. now, there's something you might not know about jon. he didn't learn to speak chinese to go there. oh no. he learned english to come here. and then there's a vicious rumor floating around that i think could really hurt mitt romney. i heard he passed universal health care when he was governor of massachusetts? someone should get to e bottom of that. now, if i do win a second term as president, let me just say something to all of the -- [ applause ] -- let me just say something to all my conspiracy oriented friends on the right who think i'm planning to unleash some secret agenda. you're absoluty right. sollow me to close with a quick preview of the secret agenda you can expect in a second obama administra

and a kentucky bluegrass concert with rand paul and a book burning with michele bachmann.nd it's similar tell, we need to make progress on important issues. take the sequester. republicans fell in love with this thing and now they can't stop talking about how much they hate t it's like we are trapped in a taylor swift album. >>> a few good lines. joining me with reaction and author a of of a book out this week, "is college worth it." mr. bennett is with us. i'm proud to announce i have never been to a white house washington correspondence dinner. both tom brokaw and barbara walters are critical recently of it. i don't mind the joking part, i don't care that they get together, but it seems that there's a nexus here, where the president, the media, hollywood converge. and i don't think we are -- they are getting anything done on behalf of the american people. it seems too close to me. >> it's very close. it's very close, sean. you are absolutely right. it's kind of the liberal establishment, all dressed up. i can't claim what you claimed. elaine and i have been to several wh

barney frank talk about michele bachmann. he also called out newt gingrich and said he held him responsible for the demonization of opponents that has contributed to the atmosphere we live in today. i do think he came into the house. he slashed all of the caucasus and civility. we are seeing this. this is a man who a few days ago talked about education reform in the context of firing the janitors in schools and putting the kids to work. a lot of the media called that unconventional. [laughter] let's repeal child labor laws that we fought hard for in this country. bring in dickens to chronicle it. i do think there is the cruelty amidst the reality show debates we have been subjected to. who is running this, entertainment or news? there is a cruelty when people cheer that someone dies without health care or bbo a soldier that dies in iraq. >> i am joking about herman cain. he is a guy who cannot hide the truth well. that makes me more comfortable with the idea that i know who he is about so i can make a decision. >> are you tal

texas barbecue with ted cruz, kentucky bluegrass concert with rand paul and a book burning with michele bachmann. of course, even after i've done all this, some folks still don't think i spend enough time with congress. why don't you get a drink with mitch mcconnell, they ask. really? why don't you get a drink with mitch mcconnell? >> chuckles from both sides of the aisle there. >>> now to sports for you. nba playoffs. lakers take on the spurs. dwight howard was ejected after a second technical powell. tony parker made an amazing reverse layup, bam, right there. and then what happens there? lakers lose, 103-82 in a sweep there. check this out. during the game in los angeles, a heckler kept trying and failing to get the attention of the spurs matt bonner. >> hey, bonner! hey, bonner, bonner, bonner! you're bonnarific! bonner, bonner, bonner! >> i know that can get a little annoying. this is an embarrassing. the lakers handed out white playoff towels to fans that led l.a. lakers playoff 2013. the only problem, as we were just saying, they got eliminated. in oakland, warriors won leading series thr

barbecue with ted cruise, kentucky bluegrass concert with rand paul and a book burning with michelle bachmannl, you know, a lot of people didn't like that list. your thoughts. >> well -- >> thought it was too much of a jab. it dust oes suggest a certain historical reference with book burning and all. >> when you look at the historical comments that michelle michele bachmann has made about the president, and on and on and on. whether it's an hbo special or you're the president during the white house correspondence dinner, you're not only playing to the people in the room, but to the viewers. and he knows that and did it great. the twittersphere was loving that joke. >> i'm amazed how many people watch this, margaret. you don't get invited to the party, but show up anyway. >> a lot of people go to watch it on c span and come to the after parties. i disagree, i think book burning was a little jarring. that's not where we are. one of the things the president does is he doesn't really go after people in the room. the only time i saw him go after people in the room when he did donald trump and dona

and congresswoman michele bachmann is right in the middle of it.friday she took to the house floor complaining about automatic budget cuts affecting her home state. >> the loss that we'll see for children through head start, for senior citizens through meals on wheels, for children who will be dealing with various other food nutrition programs. that breaks everyone's hearts. we knew all of these calamities were in the future. and so it reminds me of the shakespeare line. thousand protesteth too much. >> thou protesteth too much? i think miss bachmann needs a refresher course in shakes peer. while she's at a refresher on her own past. "the washington post" says bachmann voted against the se quest r cuts mainly because it didn't slash spending enough. she wanted more cuts. in fact, "the post" fact checkers gave her four pinocchios for her sudden change of heart. saying she was, quote, reinventing history. did mrs. bachmann seriously think we'd cut her a break for this historical fiction? nice try. but we got you. is the better ch, he's agreed to give

barbecue with ted cruz, kentucky with bluegrass concert with rand paul, and a book burning with michele bachmann course, even after i've done all of this, some folks still don't think i spend enough time with congress. why don't you get a drink with mitch mcconnell, they ask? really? why don't you get a drink with mitch mcconnell? >> those were good. so joining us now is david nakamura, white house reporter for "the washington post," who covered the dinner. good morning to you, david. >> hi, betty. we're recovering. >> i'm sure you are. you attended nerd prom, as it's called. and given the criticism last year that the event had kind of lost its focus and was catering to celebrities, was it a little bit more toned down. i didn't see lindsay lohan or kim kardashian there this time around. >> i didn't see them either, but it was still pretty chock-full of celebrities. proponents of the dinner say, it raises a lot of money for young journalists and stuff. but there were a lot of celebrities and there is always criticism of this whole thing being too cozy. there was psy, the gangnam style rapper, nic

historical reference with the book burning. >> when you look at the historical comments that michele bachmannade about the president on and on and on, i think it's great. the president did what every comic does on tv, and you are not only playing to that 1,000 people in that room, you're playing to the viewers and he knows that and he did it great. let me tell you what, the twittersphere was loving that joke. >> get invited to the party but don't show up anyway. >> a lot of people are invited to the party, watch it on c-span and come to the after parties. the book burning was a little jarring. one thing the president does he doesn't really go after people in the room. when he did donald trump, donald trump was really uncomfortable. >> he was frozen. >> he was frozen. one of the best things is he's aloof and then they want me to go have a drink with mitch mcconnell. you go have a drink with mitch mcconnell. >> everybody has this sort of feel for mitch. it wouldn't be much of a are drink in terms of it won't be much of a moment. the president talked about republican recent minority outreach eff

and a book burning with michele bachmann.charm offense has helped me learn a few things in congress. it turns out, absolutely nothing. but the point of my charm offensive is simple. we need to make progress on simple issues. take the sequester. republicans fell in love with this thing and now they can't stop talking about how much they hate it. it's like we're trapped in a taylor swift album. one senator who has reached across the aisle recently is marco rubio. but i don't know about 2016. i mean, the dguy has not even finished a single term in the senate and he thinks he's ready to be president. kids these days. i, on the other hand, have run my last campaign. on thursday, as ed mentioned, i went to the opening of the bush presidential library in dallas. it was a wonderful event and that inspired me to get started on my own legacy, which will actually begin by building another edifice right next to the bush library. can we show that, please. i'm also hard at work on plans for the obama library. some have suggested that we pu

texas barbecue with ted cruz, kentucky bluegrass concert with rand paul, and a book burning with michele bachmann offensive has helped me learn some interesting thing about what's going on in congress. it turns out absolutely nothing. but the point of my charm offensive is simple. we need to make progress on some important issues. take the sequester. republicans fell in love with actio, and now they can't stop talking about how much they hate it. it's like we're trapped in a taylor swift album. one senator who has reached across the aisle recently is marco rubio. but i don't know about 2016, i mean, the guy has not even finished a single term in the senate, and he thinks he's ready to be president. kids these days. i, on the other hand, have run my last campaign. on thursday, as ed mentioned, i went to the opening of the bush presidential library in dallas. it was a wonderful event. that inspired me to get started on my own legacy, which will actually begin by building another edifice next to the bush library. can we show that, please? i'm also hard at work on plans for the obama library. some ha

and a book burning with michele bachmann.mix of laughs and oohs] my charm offensive has let me learn some interesting things going on in congress. it turns out absolutely nothing. but the point of my charm offensive is simple. we need to make progress on some important issues. republicans fell in love with the sequester and now they cannot stop talking about how much they hate it, like we are trapped in a taylor swift album. [laughter] one senator who had reached across the aisle recently is marco rubio. i don't know about 2016. he has not finished a single term in the senate and he think he is ready to be president. kids these days. on thursday, i went to the opening of the bush presidential library in dallas. wonderful event. that got me inspired to get started on my own legacy. it will begin by building another edifice right next to the bush library. can we show that? [laughter] i'm also hard at work on plans for the obama library. some have suggested we put it in my birthplace, but i would rather keep it in the united sta

and a book burning with michele bachmann. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: all right. e. oh boy. i'm not going to be able to pro-nounce this designer. michelle obama wears lhuillier. to the white house correspondents' dinner. i mostly dress like this in a baseball hat. >> stephanie: monique lhuillier. >> monique lululemon? [ ♪ rap ♪ ] >> stephanie: "new york" magazine writing damn, does she look good? sexier look than usual with a sheer lace panel over other dell dell -- her banks are long enough to be swid swept. to be side swept. >> i like the original blunt fringe. >> stephanie: i do not. i think they look better now. they're a little -- a little sweepy. not like a bad comb-over. like a sexy swid swipe, side sweep. >> did you just call the first lady sexy? >> stephanie: yes! she is. she's hot. the president. at the white house correspondents' dinner again. >> obama: i'm also hard at work on plans for the obama library and some have suggested that we put it in my birthplace but i would rather keep it in the united states. >> stephanie: she how he takes what they do an

the feud deal ramped up after i criticized congresswoman michele bachmann for mocking president obama'savish white house lifestyle. what mrs. bachmann failed to point out but i did was that president bush the younger spent more on living arrangements than president obama has. now, there are also some inaccuracies in congresswoman's analysis of the situation. so i corrected the record. that is called honest analysis. and if the idealogues don't like it, tough. congresswoman bachmann does have a decent point that mr. obama is asked for shared sacrifice in hard economic times but doesn't seem to be sacrificing himself. but she lost that point with bad information. then there is the gay marriage issue. zealots picked up on my statement that opponents, opponents of gay marriage must do more than thump the bible. if they want to win the civil debate. that's absolutely true. the reason the polls have turned around is that proponents of gay marriage have succeeded in making it a civil rights issue. marriage equality. while opponents have not put out a compelling policy argument against gay nupt

next did you see michelle bachmann try to quote shakespeare. >> it remains me of the shakespeare linestest too much. if you think its hamlet, the lady flunks her test. you should butcher shakespeare way more often. when gays asked for more, homeo homeo, where art thou homeo. >> imagine mr. speaker a world without balloons. how can we make sure that the injustice of there being no helium for comedians to get that high pitched voice that we all hold near and dear to our hertz. >> quick question, what? >> michael: you know, we say there is someone always in our war room, but we're going to be minus person, our own laurel will be leaving "the war room." she has been here from the very beginning, and we wish her only the best in her next endeavor. have a great night everyone. we'll see you tomorrow. that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they know that i'm not bs'ing them with some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know that i'm going to be the first one to call them out. they can question whether i'm right,

and michele bachmann is literally running from reporters. in a way, they are actually hilarious.ut the joke is on them. joining me now is victoria and j joe madison. thanks for being here. >> thanks, rev. >> victoria, a new report shows todd akin and allen west spending. where does this rank in the tea party hypocrisy hall of fame? >> well, there's a big dose of hypocrisy. when we're looking at the tea party, one of their main tenants is about getting government out of your life, not managing your day to day and one of the other issues for the tea party has been abortion and curtailing women's choice. governor rick perry here in texas who keeps advocating that he's not going to outlaw texting while driving because he thinks it's an example of government micromanaging your life and yet the government seeking to have abortion we have curtailing and they can't get it together. they are talking out both sides of their mouth. >> joe, isn't it true that when you deal with the hypocrisy around spending, which is personified around akin or west, or as we just heard from victoria when you

and a book burning with michele bachmann.charm offensive has helped me learn some interesting things about what is going on in congress. it turns out absolutely nothing. but, the point of my charm offensive is simple. we need to make progress on some important issues. take the sequester. the republicans fell in love with this thing and now you they can't stop talking about how much they hate it. it is like we are trapped in a taylor swift album. one senator who has reached across the aisle recently is marco rubio. but i don't know about 2016. i mean the guy has not even finished a single term in the senate and he thinks he is ready to be president. kids these days. i on the other hand have run my last the campaign. on thursday, as ed mentioned, i went to the opening of the bush presidential library in dallas. it was a wonderful event and that inspired me to get started on my own legacy which will actually begin by building edifice right next to the bush library. can we show that, please? [ laughter ] i'm also hard at work for

a texas barbecue, kentucky blue grass concert with rand paul and book burning with michele bachmann.y charm offensive has helped me learn some interesting things about what's going on in congress. it turns out absolutely nothing. but the point of my charm offensive is simple, we need to make progress on important issues. take the sequester. the republicans fell in love with this thing and now they can't stop talking about how much they hate it. like we're trapped in a taylor swift album. one senator who has reached across the aisle recently is marco rubio, but i don't know about 2016, i mean the guy has not even finished a single term in the senate and he thinks he's ready to be president. kids these days. i on other hand run my last campaign. on thursday, as ed mentioned, i went to the opening of the bush presidential library in dallas. it was a wonderful event and that inspired me to get started on my own legacy, which will actually begin by building another edifice next to the bush library. can we show that, please? i'm also hard at work on plans for the obama library and some hav

and a book burning with michele bachmann. [mix of laughs and oohs] my charm offensive has let me learn some interesting things going on in congress. it turns out absolutely nothing. but the point of my charm offensive is simple. we need to make progress on some important issues. republicans fell in love with the sequester and now they cannot stop talking about how much they hate it, like we are trapped in a taylor swift album. [laughter] one senator who had reached across the aisle recently is marco rubio. i don't know about 2016. he has not finished a single term in the senate and he think he is ready to be president. kids these days. on thursday, i went to the opening of the bush presidential library in dallas. wonderful event. that got me inspired to get started on my own legacy. it will begin by building another edifice right next to the bush library. can we show that? [laughter] i'm also hard at work on plans for the obama library. some have suggested we put it in my birthplace, but i would rather keep it in the united s

one other thing, i interviewed michelle bachmann. she looked at the f.b.i. training manuals. prior to obama being in office, they've been purged. every reference to islammic jihaddism is removed. what alter reality is this president living in? >> but that has an impact on the bureaucracy. that has an impact on the people who are doing their workday in and day out and don't want to be criticized or get in trouble, don't want to make a mistake or afraid of otherring too far on the side of classifying someone. so they make some crucial mistake, like they did with major hasan promoting him up through the military, or like with this guy by not properly following him. had they kept him on that list, had they followed him after he came back from russia, had they kept surveillance on him, who knows? they may have been able to prevent this. >> sean: if i can put this in really just blunt, pure terms, barak obama has institutionalized lying to the american people by saying nadia hasan's actions was workplace violence. >> having been in charge of law enforcement bureaucracies in the jus

>> what did he tell michele bachmann? >> sarcastic. i think you guys are going to do just like you said, tuck it. hide that baby. thank you, steve mcmahon. and john feehery. >>> up next, joe biden inadvertently fuels the right wing conspiracy nuts. that's their phrase for black helicopters. and this is "hardball." the place for politics. >>> ha! back to "hardball." now to the sideshow. first, vice president joe biden unintentionally provides catnip for the world of conspiracy. biden was talking about trade laws at a banking conference this friday. here's line that kicked off the storm. >> the affirmative task we have now is to actually create a new world order. because the global order is changing again. >> so biden said new world order, meaning that the international community needs to revamp trade laws to reflect the times. but in far right conspiracy world, out there, new world order is a secret plot where individual nations are absorbed by a single world government. you may remember alex jones' tirade as piers morgan last year sugg

and a book burning with michele bachmann. >> as you all know the president is hard at work creating jobswas first elected, the number of popes has doubled. >> one senator who has reached across the aisle recently is marco rubio, b i don't know about 2016. i mean the guy has not even finished a single term in the senate and he thinks he's ready to be president. >> governor christie and shaquille o'neal are sitting at the same dinner table. so let's give it the real unsung hero tonight, their waiter. >> there's a lot more good stuff in there. did youta miss it? coming up at the top of the hour you can catch the best of the white house correspondencekorcorrespondents dinner. full hour of highlights, 8:00 eastern on cnn. >>> courage and love has grown here in boston. you've got to see some of this. i'm going to talk to you about that next. acept) help? could your "i want" become "i can"? orencia reduces many ra symptoms like pain morning stiffness and the progression of joint damage. it's helped new ra patients and those not helped enough do not take orencia with another biologic medicine fo

speaker john boehner is sending representatives marsha blackburn, michele bachmann and george holding. interestingly, prime minister david cameron is hosting a private dinner at this very moment in number 10 downing street, and in attendance is one former vice president dick cheney which i guess reveals where he stands in relation to his conservative counterparts over there in the united states. >> and now where was your dinner invitation, martin? why aren't you at that dinner right now? >> i haven't achieved that kind of statuses yet, thomas. i'm waiting for an invitation from you. let alone from the prime minister. >> we will do dinner when you come back. martin bashir, live in london. thanks so much, appreciate it. >>> coming up next, we go back to boston, a city the president praised for its toughness. stay with us. >> the people of boston will continue to respond in the same proud and heroic way they have thus far, and their fellow americans will be right there with them. >>> we have an update now on one of the more horrific photos from the boston marathon attack. josh ballman sr

representative michele bachmann joins us. nice to see you. >> good to see you, greta. >> greta: you are a lawyer but also object to the procedure of what happened? >> we were shocked yesterday when we heard about this in the intelligence community. democrat and republican alike. we were all shocked we heard this had happened but the problem goes back to the fact that the obama administration filed charges over the weekend against terrorist number two that is what i call him. they filed the charges and the federal law demands under federal rules of civil procedure five that he must be given his miranda warning. >> greta: so the objection is not with what happened after the charges were filed because the rule is quite plain. the magistrate was right in doing what the magistrate did. >> he was. >> greta: so it was the filing of the charges that set the ball rolling. >> it did. let's look at who we are dealing with. we are dealing with someone who is a terrorist who made a decision to declare war on people who don't agree with hi

a texas barbecue, kentucky bluegrass concert with rand paul and a book burning with michele bachmann.learn some interesting things about what's going on in congress. it turns out absolutely nothing. but, the point of my charm offensive is simple, we need to make progress on some important issues. take the sequester. republicans fell in love with this thing and now they can't stop talking about how much they hate it. like we're trapped in a taylor swift album. one senator who has reached across the aisle recently is marco rubio, but i don't know about 2016. i mean, the guy has not even finished a single term in the senate and he thinks he's ready to be president. kids these days. i, on the other hand, run my last campaign. on thursday as ed mentioned i went to the opening of the bush presidential library in dallas. it was a wonderful event. and that inspired me to get started on my own legacy, which will actually begin by building another edifice right next to the bush library. can we show this please? i'm also hard at work on plans for the obama library. and some have suggested that w

and a book burning with michele bachmann.charm offensive has helped me learn some interesting things about what's going on in congress. it turns out absolutely nothing. but, the point of my charm offensive is simple -- we need to make progress on some important issues. take the sequester. republicans fell in love with this thing and now they can't stop talking about how much they hate it. it's like we're trapped in a taylor swift album. one senator who has reached across the aisle recently is marco rubio but i don't know about 2016. i mean the guy has not even finished a single term in the senate and he thinks he's ready to be president. kids these days. i, on the other hand have run my last campaign. on thursday as ed mentioned, i went to bush presidential library in dallas. it was a wonderful event and that inspired me to get started on my own legacy. which will actually begin by building another edifice right next to the bush library. can we show that, please? i'm also hard at work on plans for the obama library and some h

michele bachmann, steve stockman, who invited ted nugent to the state of the union. paul brown who has called evolution a lie straight from the pit of hil. these are people who are trying to say you can't even bring this to the floor of the house, a majority of republicans have to support it. how strong is john boehner going to be in the face of the tide of crazy? >> i think he might actually want to see something done. if the senate does pass something, i think the house will at least want to have a serious vote. because as each massacre has happened, the time between the massacre and the national discussion about gun control has kind of gotten smaller. to the point where after newtown, that day, people were talking about gun control and gun safety. >> we were talking about it on the show when it was happening. >> and the program folks, ability to tamp down that discussion, failed them that moment. so i think what they're going to recognize is that when is not an if, unfortunately, when there's another massacre, that discussion will happen again. and the legislation

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least of all people who travel frequently say members of congress, michele bachmann, for one, is absolutelyd. >> it's high time the faa, mr. speaker, have the flexibility they need to have on closures of any air traffic control towers. it is my hope that st. cloud, minnesota, and airports do remain open. they're vital. >> st. cloud is mrs. bachmann's district, of course, which helps to explain why we are seeing this incredible trajectory from problem to solution in just a matter of days. when business travelers are inconvenienced, when members are delayed getting out of town for their latest week off, something must be done. the white house was pressed today about the sudden air traffic exemption. >> the delays are a problem for not just business travelers and members of congress, but for many americans. and that's a real negative consequence of the sequester, but your point is excellent and we call on congress to show as much concern for others who are being harmed. >> jay carney said the president will sign the bill despite calling it a band-aid on a serious wound. you know who else could

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and a book burning with michele bachmann.m offensive has helped me learn some interesting things about what's going on in congress. it turns out absolutely nothing. but the point of my charm offensive is simple. we need to make progress on some important issues. take the sequester. republicans fell in love with this thing. and now they can't stop talking about how much they hate it. it's like we're trapped in a taylor swift album. one senator who has reached across the aisle recently is marco rubio. but i don't know about 2016. the guy has not even finished a single term in the senate and he thinks he's ready to be president. kids these days. i, on the other hand, have run my last campaign. on thursday, as ed mentioned, i went to the opening of the bush presidential library in dallas. it was a wonderful event. and that inspired me to get started on my own legacy, which will actually begin by building another edifice right next to the bush library. can we show that, please? i'm also hard at work on plans for the obama library.