they listen to when ari fleischer says, "loose lips sink ships," if you will, you know? and so it's harder for a comic to win over their audience or to get the audience to listen if they're not just being a "team player." you know, i've got a lot of things to say about my government, because i care, because i am patriotic, you know what i mean? george carlin is very patriotic. that's why he's so mad. you know what i mean? bill hicks, when he was alive, had a lot to say because he cares about what the government does in his name. now, the government makes decisions on your and my behalf constantly. they do not let us in on 90% of it, and then they will ask you to sacrifice your children and grandchildren to pick up the pieces and clean up the mess, which is what they're doing right now. i'm sure there was a lot of intelligence that was ignored or warned-- or forewarnings to the distaste that 90% of the globe has for american foreign policy. and if there wasn't so many people that were afraid to speak in the mainstream media or weren't so neutralized or weren't just lackey

ari fleischer, a republican strategist.epresentative debbie wasserman schultz, democrat of florida, vice chairman of the dnc and supporter of representative kendrick meek, the victor tonight in the democratic senate battle in the sunshine state. okay. what's your over view, ben? >> i think it's a sign of how vital and lively our democracy is with all this terrible foreign policy situation, terrible war situation, terrible recession situation. we still have lots and lots of people who want to serve in the very difficult task of elected public service. we have lots and lots of new voters coming out. we have groups that have not been represented before. i don't think we've ever had an african-american that has a very good chance of being a senator from florida, at least not since reconstruction. i don't think we've had a hispanic senator who has had the same chance. it's a very positive night. i like tonight. >> larry: alicia, from a democratic standpoint, how do you see it? >> i want to make a quick correction from what ben s

ari fleischer, former white house press secretary for george w.ush, a republican strategist as well. and representative debbie wasserman schultz, democrat of florida, vice chairman of the dnc and supporter of representative kendrick meek, the victor tonight in the democratic senate battle in the sunshine state. what's your overview, ben? >> i think it's a sign of how vital our democracy still is with all this terrible foreign policy situation, terrible recession situation. we still have lots of people that want to serve, lots of new voters coming out. groups that have not been represented before. i don't think we've ever had an african-american with a very good chance being a senator from florida. i don't think we've had a hispanic american for the same office in florida. i like tonight. >> larry: elisia, how do you see it? >> i want to make a quick correction to what ben said. the seat there looking to replace longed to mel martinez. so a hispanic has held this seat. >> wasn't he born in america? >> i'm not sure if he was born in cuba or america.