national review opposed george bush's creation of the department of homeland security, opposed no child left behind, opposed his immigrati plan. now, that may be a separate issue. opposed much of bush's domestic agenda. and so when i look -- and meanwhile, you say that a sure sign of dogmatism and bultural enmity is is when people start believing in secret cadres. a piece was run saying that who cares if there are people in the administration who believe in truthism? who cares if they believe their own government conspired to kill 3,000 of their own citizens in the greatest domestic attack in american history because that's just, you know, that's trivial. and that, it seems -- and this is the same magazine that ran in 2002 the cover saying in praise of bush hatred. so it see when you look at the actual landscape out there, it is far easier to find examples of conservatives extending an olive branch. barack obama'seen far more partisan than george bush ever was. and it is liberals who because they see themselves as a movement will not accept it. and as a strategy for political or philoso

i mean, george w. bush may have been radical with tax dollars, but barack obama is actually making him seem like a flitty new england miser. >> you have been quoted saying of george w. bush tha he fractured the conservative coalition, damaged the republican party, hurt america's image in the world, i think that at your -- at your book party the other night you called it the big trifecta. >> guest: perfect trifecta. >> host: all right. the republican party is not in love with hearing such criticisms of george w. bush. what is that about, what is the position of bh now with regard to the comeback of the republican politic party? you know what i'm saying, h does the republica party get away from bussms? >> guest: i don't know. again, i wrote a book five years ago predicting that george w. bush's speing was going to wreck the republicanajority and was going to cripple the u.s. economy. republicans loathed me for writing that book in 2004 -- >> host: did they? did they getad at you? >> guest: oh, my god, yes. i

george bush runs as a compassionateonservative, which is said here worked as a human being is measured by your i.t. here in steve largent fishin and ultimately counterproductive government programs. you can go down this list. meanwhile you talk about h consvatives find extending their hands. national riew supported bill clinton, supported bill clinton when he bombed the sudan. we are dogmatic and refusing to criticize our roane site as lynnlle buckley said those things about the primary slossburg of the national reew of posey george bush's oppose no child left behind( opposed his immigration plan and that may be a separate issue, opposeuch of bush's domestic agenda and so meanwhile usaid that a sure sign of dogmatism and curt cultural is when people believe in secret cadres. this afternoon the new republic ran a piece@ by john mcwhirter saying who cares if their people and the administration who believe in truth, who cares if they believe their own government cspired to kill 3,000 of their own citizens in the greatest domestic attack in american history because that is trivial, and tha

bush. juj deaf fits flat wages. i think obama is trying to get us out of the staal created by george w. bush. >> bob re kri h will tell us that obama is silently for small government, limited government. coming right back on kudlow. >>> so did 9/11 launch the era of big government? robert reich and steve moore. bob reich, it sounded like you were going to make the case that president obama will return us to the economic boom time era of small government in the '80s and '90s, or did i misunderstand? >> well, i can't tell you that, larry, but so far what obama has done so far, t.a.r.p., a stimulus package and health care are all responses of a failure that occurred over the previous eight years where we had spending on anything. we had a run-up in the deficit such as we have not had in this country and also a failure in regulation where the treasury, bush's treasury and also sec, securities and exchange commission basically turned a blind eye to what was going on in wall street. leading us ultimately to a huge housing bubble explosion. and that's what we need right now to clean up. that's

i bet hugo chavez dreams about george bush and i bet hugo chavez really does deeply miss george bush. bret. bret: the smell of hope. eric shawn live at the u.n thank you. well, president obama is in pittsburgh at this hour greeting leaders if the world's top industrial nations participating in the g 20 summit. senior white house correspondent major garrett is live in pittsburgh to tell us what is on the jen dax good evening, major. >> good evening, bret. we are overlooking the allegany river. the president and first lady are here greeting members of the g20 at the ceremonial dinner. today there was a dustup on the streets in pittsburgh, an unauthorized protest march that the police responded to quickly, some tear gas canisters were thrown. no arrests are, no injuries. that was doused request quickly. there is a tremendous security presence, federal security, local police, and lots of barricades at the convention center which is walled off from the city of pittsburgh, but it is a very safe environment. secretary tim geithner briefed us here and said a couple of interesting things, one

. >> did he hate george bush too? >> he didn't hate george bush. he completely disagreed with jimmy carter's policies. jimmy carter was a horrible president. we need to forget. jeff, do you think jimmy carter was a good president? one of the worst presidents in history. >> jimmy carter was a good president in comparison to george w. bush, to ronald reagan to destroyed the economic basis of the country. >> jimmy carter was terrible. >> a. b., i want to ask you, did the former president put the white house in an untenable position? everybody is talking about this right now on the heels of yesterday's house action. you know, where's the good news here? >> there's not a lot of good news on health care today, as you know, ed. it's really -- today was a momentum killer as we'd like to say. >> wait a minute, a.b. four out of the five bills out of the house -- or out of the congress are for the public option. so i will say that we've got great momentum. finish your answer. >> not over yet. >> okay. in terms of getting votes for a bill that actually becomes

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sean: george bush was called every name in the book.r by harry reid and john kerry and ted kennedy and john murtha and nancy pelosi. a big fire storm this week over congressman wilson. he called him a liar. he was right and president was wrong about immigration. the question i have, is this just feigned outrage by democrats this week? >> you are right, there was a lack of outrage at all of the ad hominem attacks against president bush when i was there. i worked on the house floor, i worked for the president. there is legitimate criticism of the obama's beach, and it was very political. he contributed to a partisan atmosphere in the chamber, which i do not think was appropriate, but as wilson said himself -- sean: the apologized. none of these democrats have apologized. and the media did not call him out. >> what good would it do? they still are after him. they want him grovelling, and they still will not accept it. but look, and he should not have done it, and those of us defending him could say that, but the minute the speech was over,

it honored by elite media and society committee idea of assassinating george bush. the bush years, dissent was the highest form of patriotism, i'd hurt. now that we have a democrat in the white house, it is the lowest form of racism. >> there's some people that have never treated the president that way in a speech before congress. others would feel they have good cause that had nothing to do with race. he is only eight months into his presidency. to have our level of fever pitch craziness, at this time, is a little scary. >> that is because the ambitions are the highest since fdr. he is not a modest man. >> charles, you have the last word. that is it for this week. tune in again next time "inside washington." ♪ >> for a transcript of this broadcast, log on to insidewashington.tv.

it was just that people didn't like george bush and they said horrible things about george bush, too, but they didn't say it in the house of are representatives during the joint session. he had hissed at him and some booed him but they didn't say something like that. i think you're picking up this sensitivity. it is the subtext that people are pricking up, and given our country's history of racial animosity, you have to be care. if bret: but on the nip side, don't you have to be careful when you level the charge? it is a blunt object of racism when you level that charge. it is a big charge. >> it is huge. i find it awful. i think you have to be very careful with it, but this is a situation where if you have someone like joe wilson and you heard the litany against him, sons of a confederate veteran, someone who said strom thurmond's daughter was smearing strom thurmond by saying he is her daddy when shes was black, but he apologizes for it and then raises money on it, playing to the sentiment, not only the anti-obama sentiment but the sentiment of people who may have problems because o

50 years to write a song about george bush pre-empt it is not my -- about george bush.ng. >> the teachers in these schools. that is what you are seeing this. >> a football scholarship. i can teach you something. you were dropped on your head when he was a baby. so was my brother, by the way. >> we do have our first african- american president, but now, we should be moving past that and looking at the policy. we should be moving past that. sean: not in school, these songs. some parents do not share his values system. >> the values? there are working hard, getting ahead, and you, too, can make it. sean: equal work for equal pay and barack hussein obama. he is not jesus. >> believe me, i understand that, and neither is anybody at this table, disciples or not. are you suggesting that it is not equal pay for equal work? sean: i am just talking about not praising it and were sipping the present, and especially when you are not doing it -- praising him and worshiping the president, especially when you are not doing it for republican presidents. >> ok, will you make up a song a

so when harry reid called george bush a loser in front of school children, called the george bush a liar repeatedly and nancy pelosi herself questioned the mental stability of george bush culminating with this, my favorite, and she never spoke out about al gore screeching in front of moveon.org --? those are the feelings that were betrayed by this president! he betrayed this country! [cheers and applause] he played on our fears! he took america, he took america on an ill-conceived foreign adventure dangerous to our troops, an adventure that was preordained and planned before 9/11 ever took place. sean: ooh, there we go. was he inciting violence against president bush? >> no. i was at that. i think it was called unpatriotic. when democrats do it they call it racist and republicans call -- are call it unpatriotic. sean: name one person who called it unpatriotic. >> i can't remember but i know when democrats do that kind of stuff they're called unpatriotic or their commitment to the country is questioned. sean: you're missing the point. harry reid said the president is a loser and liar and

so when harry reid called george bush a loser in front of school children, called the george bush a liar repeatedly and nancy pelosi herself questioned the mental stability of george bush culminating with this, my favorite, and she never spoke out about al gore screeching in front of moveon.org --? those are the feelings that were betrayed by this president! he betrayed this country! [cheers and applause] he played on our fears! he took america, he took america on an ill-conceived foreign adventure dangerous to our troops, an adventure that was preordained and planned before 9/11 ever took place. sean: ooh, there we go. was he inciting violence against president bush? >> no. i was at that. i think it was called unpatriotic. when democrats do it they call it racist and republicans call -- are call it unpatriotic. sean: name one person who called it unpatriotic. >> i can't remember but i know when democrats do that kind of stuff they're called unpatriotic or their commitment to the country is questioned. sean: you're missing the point. harry reid said the president is a loser and liar and

do we want the government to run out of control as it has under george bush and barack obama? bush economic policies have been a disaster for this country, $9 trillion we cannot pay back. host: the jimmy carter speech will be running tonight on c- span. eleanor, democratic line. caller: i am a dentist here in tennessee. thank you for this program, it has been very interesting. one of the issues we are facing in this state and across the country, there has been a great deal of talk about medical issues in this country, but very little talk of the dental care costs in this country. i am the founder of the dental aid society in chattanooga. one of the reasons why this organization was founded was because there has been a great deal of staff in the united states -- death in the united states due to lack of coverage for dental. when will we be talking about these issues? we have invited the president to come to chattanooga to address the issue of access to care in the area of dental. all over the country we have seen deplorable health [no audio] host: are you still there? we got the

you know, if george bush h.w. ol about drug abuse, that would have been an appropriate response, frankly. let's get everybody involved. >> in writing. >> get them writing, yes. beyond eight characters by the way. >> feeling that he's up to something with this and i just wonder what you think, i was following some towns and districts in pennsylvania, that were making the same decision not to run it. new canaa ultimately. what do you think when a town like new canaan, connecticut, highly educated, skilled people has a problem like that, that actually makes a choice not to show the president saying this speech? >> well, they did show it. darien, connecticut, did not show it at all. town right next door. across the country the bottom line is that most students had access to it in some form or another, and i would hope that this is a learning experience for all those towns as a result of a couple that blew up around it that they'll start to talk to each other about it and the boards of education on main street and in ot

sean: george bush was called every name in the book. john murtha and nancy pelosi. a big fire storm this week over congressman wilson. he called him a liar. he was right and president was wrong about immigration. the question i have, is this just feigned outrage by democrats this week? >> you are right, there was a lack of outrage at all of the ad hominem attacks against president bush when i was there. i worked on the house floor, i worked for the president. there is legitimate criticism of the obama's beach, and it was very political. he contributed to a partisan atmosphere in the chamber, which i do not think was appropriate, but as wilson said himself -- sean: the apologized. none of these democrats have apologized. and the media did not call him out. >> what good would it do? they still are after him. they want him grovelling, and they still will not accept it. but look, and he should not have done it, and those of us defending him could say that, but the minute the speech was over, out of the chamber, i did not want democrats tell

it is insanit george w. bush may have been a radical with tax dollars but barack obama is actually making him seem like a flinty new england miser. >> host: you have been quoted as saying george w. bush that he fractured the conservative coalition, damage the replican party, hurts america's image in the world. i think your book party the other night you called it the big trifecta. the pepublican party however it is my impression is not in love with hearing such criticisms of george w. bush. what is the outcome of what is the positn of bush now with regard to the comeback of the republican party? you know what i am saying. what do you do? how does the republican party get away froi bushism? >> guest: well, i don't know. again, wrote a book five years ago predicting that george w. bush's spending was going to wreck the republican majority and was going to cripplehe u.s. economy. the republicans loathe me for writing that book in 2004. >> host: did they get mad at you? >> guest: oh my god, yes. i kept writing about

first warning weather forecast. >>> the iraqi journalism who threw his shoe at former president george bush will spent another night in jail. outraged in the occupation in iraq he tossed his shoe at bush and called him a dog. he was to be released today for good behavior but due to paperwork delays, he will stay behind bars until tuesday. >>> the world is getting a sneak peek at michael jackson's final days in preparations for the "this is it" tour but instead of the tour this is it is a movie. here's a look at the trailer. it chronicles jackson he's prepares for what he says was the final world tour and the fell many will be distributed for two weeks beginning october 28th. tickets go on sale september 27th. >>> and singer kanya west is apologizing for interrupting last night mtv video music awards. >> taylor, i am really happy for you and i am going let you finish, but beyonce had one of the best videos of all time. >> the rap star hijacked country singer taylor swift's thank you speech for best female video. many big stars like pink john mayor slammed kanye on twit and west bloged a an a

i went through it point by point to debunk t george bush clearly said to pray and grieve.nn: tell me some of the things in this movie that are just outrageous. >> well, other than attacking capitalism, one of the things that they did in this video is they showed a picture of pillows that little kids sleep on being dumped into toxins as flame retardant. glenn: this is amazing. watch this. we have this clip. >> let's see. they put that in flame retar ants, and they are super toxic, neurotoxins, that means toxins to the brain. what are we doing using a chemical like this? yet we put it in mattresses, appliances and even pillows. in fact, we take our pillows. we douse them in a neurotoxin, and we bring them home and put our heads on them for eight hours a night to sheep. i don't know, but it seems to me in this country with so much potential, we could think of a better way of our head to stop from catching on fire at night. >> the flame retardants is to prevent people from catching on fire. i think it was "the washington post" back in 1971 said there were 200,000 deaths a year

george bush ran on a platform of change. where is the change? he said if you are in a car and driving force a cliff, you should change direction. i agree. we should change direction. but all he did was step on the gas. we don't need more stimulus. we are overdosing on stimulus. the stimulus is the problem. it is not the solution. think back to 2001/2002, when george bush was first elected. what happened? we had a recession. why do we have a recession? because the government created stock market bubble based on cheap money of alan greenspan, burst as soon as he got in office. it was contacted by the events of september 11th, but the economy was going to enter recession. rather than allowing the free market to correct the problems in the economy that had developed during the 1990s so we could have a lasting, sustained recovery, the government decided to stimulate. how did they stimulate? the fed slashed interest rates down to 1%, we cut taxes, increase government spending and turn the surplus into a deficit call in the name of stimulus. what did g

i went through it point by point to debunk t george bush clearly said to pray and grieve.nn: tell me some of the things in this movie that are just outrageous. >> well, other than attacking capitalism, one of the things that they did in this video is they showed a picture of pillows that little kids sleep on being dumped into toxins as flame retardant. glenn: this is amazing. watch this. we have this clip. >> let's see. they put that in flame retar ants, and they are super toxic, neurotoxins, that means toxins to the brain. what are we doing using a chemical like this? yet we put it in mattresses, appliances and even pillows. in fact, we take our pillows. we douse them in a neurotoxin, and we bring them home and put our heads on them for eight hours a night to sheep. i don't know, but it seems to me in this country with so much potential, we could think of a better way of our head to stop from catching on fire at night. >> the flame retardants is to prevent people from catching on fire. i think it was "the washington post" back in 1971 said there were 200,000 deaths a year

. >>> the iraqi journalist that threw shoes at george bush is claiming torture. >>> i'll tell you what's in the future. >>> coming up in sports, a festive occasion. a career night from an orioles >>> a deadly run in earlier between a burglary suspect and college student armed with a sword. the student lived off campus at john's hopkin's university in baltimore. he left his bedroom armed with a sword. before the officers arrived, it was a confrontation. >> asked what he was doing. said he called for police. that's when the suspect lunged at him. backed him against the wall. in a panic motion, he retaliated with a sword. >> the burglar is identified as donald rice. he was slashed across the upper body. his hand was cut off. he died shortly afterwards. the same student's apartment was broken into yesterday. >>> president obama's top military advisor told lawmakers there needs to be an increase in forces. they don't know how many more troops will be requested. the 21,000 there are not enough. he's already doubled the number of troops in afghanistan since taking office. powerful democrats spo

what george bush did. really, really bad. i mean we look back and no offense to "the new york times," but i'm sure you had nothing to do with that. i guess i don't entirely agree with you because one of the best features of that i remember in the last 10 years was in the "washington post" and the post gave her the time and resources and the support to do the walter reed medical center exposÉ. i think it took nine months and tens of thousands of dollars, and that made a difference there that was something i think everybody in this room remembers and talks about and all that. that was the last piece of really good feature writing. she used the stories of the shoulders and she used the stories of the nurses and the source of the bureaucracy. just pulled out a hell of a piece of journalism. >> i think the landscape has changed. i mean, you are certainly right about the muckrakers. and the new journalists in the '60s, that there was a kind of passion which i think is extremely healthy, and something that establ

. >> ben, take that up with george bush. were you upset when george bush passed that drug program? who passed the drug administration program? >> you can't always put everything on bush. >> can i just answer that, please? >> no. ben. >> this is barack obama's plan. this is not george bush's plan. and i'll ask you one question. if you're saying this about saving money, why is it still today the congressional budget office, whatever plan that tlai may think is obama's -- >> may i answer dennis's point. dennis you talked about the medicare prescription drug plan. guess who passed that? george bush. were you upset with him. >> do you have an answer about obama? >> i each not clear what you're asking me. >> it was in plain english. the congressional budget office said obama's plan did not save us any money. >> the congressional budget office -- >> it was nonpartisan. >> can i answer? the congressional budget office is looking at pa ram ma ters that do not go long term. they're looking at ten-year window. when you look at deficit projections you're talking about projections. you know that

he has repeated in this speech, phrases that are implicit, "i am not george bush. -- george bush."ican political debate into the international arena, i find that international -- incredibly un-presidential. bill: we have been hearing from our longtime producer that heads of state inside of this room, an enormous theater irina, there is a protest on the floor. what we are hearing is that they are refusing to come to order for the next speaker to take the podium. the next speaker is quaddafi. for all of the criticism, the speakers come on, they are polite, and then they leave. at the moment -- moment, wal- mart khaddafi -- quaddafi will not have that opportunity. we are reaching out to find out what is happening inside that building. if you watch this, year to year, there are cutaway shots where we can see the people gathered in the audience. so far today there has been none of that. why? we cannot say. leaders from around the world, we can identify them. nothing in terms of a reverse shot, nothing where we could see the leaders. we could pick and choose what we call cutaway shots to

that is the george bush. >> you think i wasn't qualified? was qualified. >> i find bush a fairly attractive character, candid, honest. >> this is the bush i liked before the presidency. >> he is a likable guy. >> this is the trouble. we picked a guy we thought we might like to hang out with. that is the expression. you wouldn't mind being the next locker over. but we picked the guy as president of the united states and he let cheney call the shots. >> the huge economic disaster, why didn't you let me come out for the proposal. >> this is why women don't look up to male political figures. you are saying forget the guy, he is a regular guy therefore anything goes. he takes shots at hillary clinton's physique, biden's brains. you are chuckling. you are going to buy this book, aren't you? >> i'm not telling anybody. >> it is a good read. is it not a good read? >> it is entertaining. i think it is destructive. this guy wouldn't have a career, he wouldn't have a job if he wasn't -- >> let's get sober here. >> the guy is a snake. >> here is the grea

. >> ryan was installing a new system for george bush, no, not george bush. >> the reason we're installing camera system is to give us another layer of security we hope will have a record of any break-in that takes place to go after the people that do it. >> he said he'd jump at the chance to post it on youtube. >> the more people who see it will identify the people who did the crime. >> of course, there is a downside to youtube when it comes to crime. the bad guys use it too. there are all kinds of how-to videos for shoplifting. >> this is how you remove a security tag. >> and lock picking. >> got to try harder? >> definitely. i think anything where bad guys are sharing information, how to become better bad guys is bad for us. yeah. i think it's bad for everybody. >> but on balance the police say it is helpful. helpful for solving crimes. which is some solace to dan and alyssa kopp though it doesn't make the crime go away. >> i would never want this to happen to anybody. you know, it's nice there's been some consolation that the guys got caught, but i had to replace the door and lose mone

although clearly he is alertaere ann, are you surprised that president obama is stick so closely to george bush's approach to counter terrorism? >> no, not particularly. in the one area where he ihhou sticking to bush's approach things aren't working so well and that is out of pure political correctness, not some ge> colitical strategy. he told all of the liberal nut base we are pulling troops out of iraq, they will be out immediately, we are going to go fight the war of necessity, not the one of choice and the war of necessity is afghanistan. by moving the focus of the war from iraq to ab hanistan he has chosen a country that is better for the terrorists and worse for us. it was better keeping the terrorists fafused in iraq. the one place he dor die searcs from bush is turning into a casttry. >> look i mean they have been following him for years. thb, have been listening to him. he goes to afghanistan and takes training from al-qaedng h he has all of the ingredients he is buying in large quantities with stolen credit cards. he comes to new york with a laptop and hand written notes and makes fran

he will continue to fight come very similarly, if not the exact same way, george w. bush -- he will continue to fight, very similarly, if not the exact same way, george w. bush did. obama will be strong and he will continue to fight. when he needs to take action, he is already listening to the generals and military, perhaps even more so than our former president. so, again, obama will continue to fight and republicans should get behind this president because he is not afraid to fight these guys. thank you for c-span. host: scott, what do you think of some of the measures that have been taken here domestically, some of the patriot act measures, some of our airline security measures? caller: i think it is all common sense. in new york city, we see the hercules guys at the top level police force. all of a sudden, they are here, they are there. bloomberg is doing a very good job. you get the sense of security in new york city. but i cannot state again that democrats are fighters when we need -- but i can't not state again that democrats are fighters when we need to date. obam

do democrats feel the same way about george bush talking to students as they do about president obamastudents today? and writer for "washington journal" joins us. oops. what did the democrats do -- a writer for "the washington examiner" joins us. >> if the president wants to give a speech to the students and tell them to work hard, brush their teeth -- greta: either party. >> no problem with that, but george bush did in in 1991, and there was not a lot of controversy before it, so he goes to a school in washington, d.c., and he gave that speech, and the next day, "the washington post" had a story saying that it was a big event. greta: and let me read from your article. dip a day after, "the washington post" said that it was carefully staged for the political benefit of george bush. -- the day after. they turned the students into props." front page. >> they could have said the same thing about obama. what happened was democrats were in control of congress, and democrats were upset. they actually started an investigation by the general accounting office, and they held hearings on it, as

if it were a republican and george bush with a mantra although i love george bush as a friend, if it was a republican, we would be offend dollars. what we just heard was inappropriate. left, right, or center, period. secondly, i'm not offended by the fact that most teachers are liberal democrats. democrats have a better record on education. evangelicals and the movement are mostly conservative because republicans seem to do better in addressing their issues. that doesn't offend me at all. regarding the media, bill, when i was at the clinton white house, it sure felt that the "new york times," the "the washington post," and the, quote, liberal media were ganging up on bill clinton every day. bill: they did that because of social problems that you guys ran into. >> no, way before that way before that. bill: clinton got better treatment than george -- than bush the elder. clinton got better treatment. >> it didn't feel that way when i was there. bill: i think they annualized that. leslie, my point is that you have got kids going to school. and you overwhelmingly the teachers in america,

another former bush staffer, white house staffer for president george w. a book coming out next week. we have sot excerpts from "gq" magazine. they're pretty amazing. joining me to talk about it, pat buchan buchanan, msnbc analyst and former adviser to mike feldman. you are going to enjoy this. both guys have been on the inside, pat forever. let's catch this. this is an excerpt from president george w. bush's reaction about the idea of sarah palin tapped as john mccain's vice presidential running mate "i'm trying to remember if i ever met her before. i'm sure i must have. his eyes twinkled. then he asked, what is she, the governor of guam? the excerpt continues, quote, this person is being put into a position she's not even remotely prepared for. she hasn't spent one day on the national level. neither has her family. let's wait and see how she looks five days out. >> it is insightful. quite frankly, astute. political a institusuit. >> he remembered her being an attractive lady. >> where is she from, guam? he knew exactly where she was from. >> i think the

george w. bushrying to enter the around the globe with the new tuesday's meeting the marine corps to do that program not talking about afghanistan or even iraq but the mission that ban in 2004 / 2005 talk about ignoring colin powell who said in 2003, be careful about goi to iraq but if you do you better send more troops. and the being squatted away. >> host: what happened with bush? he ran saying i don't want to take over the world. guest: can i say this very quick? i can say this very quickly. let me get to the chapter. i want to read you. i can more or less remember but listen to this quote from what george w. bush. this is what he said in 2000. >> host: you keep looking at it and i will cover with ese words, i have found the years 2001 throu009 intensely painful politically as a conservative there is a great coalition and a great movement fraction like a pane of glass and splintere from people who have not built that coalition. i saw the guys who built in the '60s and '70s and '80s and i saw how

sure, we have bazaars, but george bush had plenty of czars, too -- we have czars. we thought we would ask a senator this question. senator, why angry now, and the obama folks say not then? >> 18 new czars. that is the difference. it is not all of them. it is the large number. there are 18 new czars, energy, health, car czar. neil: president bush? >> dara always been some czars -- there have always been some czars, since fdr. there have always been some, but now we have 32. they have become the most visible symbol of the washington takeover. neil: but, senator, why can we not just make a bigger cabinet? i know the white house has on so many tears. maybe we can put some at the kids' table -- i know the white house has only so many chairs. >> then you have to come testify, and they ask you questions, and they ask you a lot of questions, if we do that on behalf of the american people. all of the people who are czars, they do not have to do that, so these people are helping make decisions about cars and other things, but none of us in the senate can ask them questions.

do you think george bush would have figured that out over eight years? you can't collect the intel you need. if you are in small units traveling around the country, you won't know who is who. that's not going to happen. >> this has uncle sam weeding through the mud in afghanistan and the question can the u.s. ever tame afghanistan? is this approach the right one? >> i'm not sure the strategy has changed. i just heard david axelrod say the main strategy is to disrupt the taliban, disrupt al qaeda, that's the place from which the attack of september 11 emerged. i hope they remain focused on that goal because that is a worthy goal, a necessary one and probably needs more troops. i think the president in this instance is living up to his campaign promise, i support him completely, i think he has the right focus. i think we have no choice. we can't become afghanistan-cenric. >> general mccrystal made it clear, the mission is protecting the population. this is the counter insurgency strategy, but there's a lot of work that goes into protecting a population wit

. >> yeah, and it was also, you know, probably the high point of george bush's presidency. i remember when he came out and threw out the first pitch at yankee stadium of the first ball game that was played after the tragedy. that first speech that he gave, you know, he had the whole country with him at that point. i guess one of the enduring tragedies of his presidency, he could have asked us to do anything then and he didn't ask us to do anything. >> do you remember, willie, him throwing out that pitch? >> yeah, he warmed up in the yankee stadium with derek jeter, and derek jeter said don't bounce it up there, they will boo you. and he walked out and threw a strike right down the middle and the place went crazy. >> everybody was on the side, and rudy said don't let it get to your head. every one of these people voted against you. >> absolutely. >> i want to thank you for joining us. >> thank you, joe. >> a broadcast, the "today" show coverage as the events unfolded in real time. >> we have a breaking newsstory to tell you about. apparently a plane crashed into the world tr

kanye west said george w. bushates black people, donna brazile, the vice president of the democratic party said, no, that's wrong. it's wrong to accuse our president of being racist. we helped to put -- push that out of the movement that was opposing in a responsible way george w. bush. these tea baggers, i saw that clown you had on last night this mark williams guy calling president obama an indonesian muslim and a welfare thug. goodness gracious. now, you know, william f. buckley pushed the crazies out of the republican movement in the '50s. somebody today in the 21st century has to do the same. there's a responsible dissent in the republican movement. but it's being hijacked by a small number of lunatic who's have taken this over. >> is there more here, deeper opposition to president obama because there were plenty of things that president bush did in the latter years of his administration which upset genuine conservatives which, you know, busted the budget for future years or the deficit. >> if that's the case,

if it was george bush, you'd be having a fit. >> mmm, mmmm, george w. bush.t imagine it in a million years. >> it would never happen. it didn't happen. >> too bad there's videotape of kids from the gulf coast serenading then first lady laura bush while praising then president george w. bush for his response to hurricane katrina. they sang "katrina could not stop us, our hopes will never fade, congress, bush and fema, people across our land together have come to rebuild us and we join them hand in hand." >>> with us now is the president of mediamatters.org, eric burns. good evening, eric. >> good evening, david. >> so explain to me, why is indoctrination when kids sing about president obama but it's patriotism when kids sing about president bush and fema? >> well, david, it's not indoctrination to anybody except karl rove, josh bolden, roger ailes, the rest of the bush administration in exile over at fox news because they're trying to push a political agenda. and they're trying to destroy this administration, and they'll use any means necessary to do it. and t

it's not george bush's war. it's his war and he'll have to fight his own constituency groups i think he'll have to show leadership and fight his own constituency groups to be successful. >> i want you in on that point, but before that i want you to listen to a man you know very well. howard dean, you were instrumental in his campaign, and he is among those on the left who says if the president will give up on the public option then give up on the whole effort for health care reform. let's listen. >> if he's going to do that then don't pretend you're doing reform. no point in spending $600 billion and giving it to the insurance industry. we know what they'll do with it, so i'm hopeful that he'll stick to his guns and we'll have the reform that we were promised in the campaign. >> how deep, joe, trippi are the tensions on the left? you talk to them. you see people in the state far and you see people in the travels in washington and they think the president is frankly, giving up on them. >> i certainly don't expect