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now, i know that, you know, it's chris matthews, it's bob franken, it's all -- they can't help but bee. if chris matthews were not employed by msnbc, i suspect he'd be one of those people muttering at a bus stop about racism and eyeing little girls with bad intent. [laughter] and our presenter for this segment is, i believe, an established star in the conservative movement, and his star continues to rise. and it's a pleasure to have him with us tonight. he's a senior writer at the weekly standard, the author of two new york times bestsellers. cheney: the untold story of america's most powerful and controversial vice president as well as "the connection: how al-qaeda's collaboration with saddam hussein has endangered america." he's currently working on his third book entitled, "endless: how i learned to write new york times' bestsellers with the longest titles in the history of journalism." [laughter] his work has appeared in countless publications around the country. he's been a commentator on cnn, the mcloughlin group, msnbc -- everybody's got to start somewhere -- cnbc and c-span. n

first nominee of the night his former cnn correspondent, bob franken talking about gop candidates onitics nation. and i submit to you it is on msnbc. i personally never heard of this show, but you can rest assured that the people currently underserved than have ever watched this program. it was on january 6. check it out. >> and seems to appeal to the extreme right wing of the republican party. that is to say that there continues to be under concert is a real sentiment against blacks. they think it is part of a hateful campaign that is methodically run in the hope that it is going to appeal for voters who would like to see us return to the good old days of jim crow. >> yeah, we are really anti-black. colonel allen west is anti-black, connie rice's anti-black, they are all publicly anti-black. msnbc daytime anchor. yes, i want you to note that. he's an actual anchor on this network that i used to work for called msnbc. his name is thomas roberts and he was online september 23rd to comment on the previous night gop debates. and when i think about msnbc time i actually think of how many

[applause] well i thought that bob franken was going to accept for thomas roberts, but i was told thatt tonight. he was out "wooking for the wight-wing wacist." maybe i can go back and pass on this invitation. and my pal, chris matthews, well, i hate to say this but i hate that chris matthews didn't win the award. and i hate that he is not here tonight. it must have been something he "hate." [laughter] or maybe it is just the thrill is gone. as for thomas roberts and the time machine, maybe we can send him back to the time when reporters actually reported to the [applause] you know, you know the time. when dinosaurs roamed the year earth and news was so easy a cave man could do it and brent was running around in a loincloth. i'm sorry you just finished eating. next slide. let me just say on behalf of mr. roberts and the entire liberal establishment, mrc, you are a threat. for the rest of us, thank you, brent bozell. [applause] i gladly accept this award and i want to thank thank brent and mr inspiring all of us to look beyond what we are told and look for the truth. brent come here is

this piece of tape is gold, just like the one before with bob franken, because they are telling you how it all works, so you can be informed and figure things out for yourself, but you cannot figure things out for yourself if you do not know how it works. >> when dole was asked to respond to a question, president clinton always seemed to be living in the background -- looming in the background. i found myself almost watching his response to the question more than dole's. >> what is she telling us happens on the stage? bill clinton is moving. i of you know where the cameras are -- if you know where the cameras are and if you look from over there, who is taller -- him or me? he is because of the position he is in, but i am is a little bit taller than he is. thank you. and billis 6'1", clinton is 6'2". not much difference. the words are one thing, but who is the coach of the stagecoach? his name is michael sheehan. nobody knows who he is because we do not know the kingmakers, but we ought to know who the king makers are, so bill clinton is going to assume center stage. he is going to move

joining us is political reporter for the "associated press" and syndicated columnist, bob franken.h i want to start with you, the latest data coming out of our nbc news/"wall street journal" poll. we were talking about this with mark murray. it was about men and how mitt romney is actually opened up the lead with men. and closed the gap with women. what do you think? >> well it's a big problem for the president if that's the case. basically president obama has to get a very big gap with women. advantage with women to win and we've seen it narrowing, we saw it narrowing after the first debate quite a bit. after the second debate, which everyone basically agreed he was much stronger than the first debate. everybody thought his base was going to be coming back to him. and the women are his base. >> 66% from 2008 is what the president had gotten. bob, when you look the the numbers, it's 47-47. this late in the race, the incumbent should be at 50 or more. >> one would think. i think that the point was made a few minutes ago that the momentum seems to have switched to mitt romney and tha

now, i know that, it is chris matthews, it is bob franken, all they can't help but be funny. not intentionally funny of course. chris matthews were not employed by msnbc, dnc, i expect he would be a person muttering in a bus stop about racism. eyeing little girls with bad intent. and our presenter for this segment is, i believe an established star in the conservative movement and his star continues to rise. it is a pleasure to have him with us tonight. he is a senior writer at "the weekly standard", the author of two "new york times" best-sellers, cheney, the untold story of america's most powerful and controversial vice president. as well as, the connection, how all died's collaboration with saddam hussein has endangered america. he's currently working on his third book, entitled, endless, how i learned how to write "new york times" best-sellers with the longest titles in the history of journalism. his work appeared in countless publications around the country. he has been a commentator on cnn, "the mclaughlin group". msnbc, everybody's got to start somewhere, cnbc and c-spa

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