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complete victory that lincoln had been hoping for has always hung like a cloud over the unhappy george meade. there is an element of injustice in this. meade had only been shoved into command of the army of the potomac three days before the battle, and he was compelled by circumstances to pick up the army of the potomac where he founded, using a staff he had no time to replace, and under the unappreciative gaze of other major generals in that army who saw no reason to yield these automatic deference. on those grounds there have been serious efforts from time to time to refashion meade in more glowing colors, as the unsung genius who bettered robert e. lee. meade's most recent biographer has portrayed them as the rodney dangerfield of civil war generals. [laughter] he gets no respect. but the major cost to that lack of respect lies primarily with meade himself. at first meeting the nearsighted philadelphia aristocrat, might've been taken for a presbyterian clergyman. that is, unless one approached him when he was mad. for meade possessed a volcanic temper, which did not require much to trigge
complete victory that lincoln had been hoping for has always hung like a cloud over the unhappy george meade. there is an element of injustice in this. meade had only been shoved into command of the army of the potomac three days before the battle, and he was compelled by circumstances to pick up the army of the potomac where he founded, using a staff he had no time to replace, and under the unappreciative gaze of other major generals in that army who saw no reason to yield these automatic...
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. >> george mead saved the union. >> bill: absolutely. that george mead, man.ody even knows who he is these days. colonel, thanks very much. watters world on deck. jesse talked to new york city cab drivers about immigration reform. this is great. wait until you hear about. this i will tell you about my trip to ireland last week up ahead. test. test. >> bill: back of the book segment toni he r >>bill: one of the reasons millions of people come to the u. s-fpl a. is because they can make a imm decent living. nowhere is that moreve apparent than new york w city. many people illegal and legal drive taxi cabs. we sent watters out to check out that situation. >> where are you from? >> >> casablanca. >> i was born in haiti. >> when did you come to america? >> 1995.i >> let me see your papers. i'm kidding around.. >> are you applying to be a u.s. citizen? >> i did. i got turned down. i didn't know how many representatives there are in i the house of representatives. >> i don't think i know that. >> smarten up, meat ball. >> you have a master's degree in bangladesh. wha
. >> george mead saved the union. >> bill: absolutely. that george mead, man.ody even knows who he is these days. colonel, thanks very much. watters world on deck. jesse talked to new york city cab drivers about immigration reform. this is great. wait until you hear about. this i will tell you about my trip to ireland last week up ahead. test. test. >> bill: back of the book segment toni he r >>bill: one of the reasons millions of people come to the u. s-fpl a. is...
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. >> george mead saved the union. >> bill: absolutely. that george mead, man.even knows who he is these days. colonel, thanks very much. watters world on deck. jesse talked to new york city cab drivers about immigration reform. this is great. wait until you hear about. this i will tell you about my trip to ireland last week up ahead. [ male announcer ] let's say you had an accident. and let's say you bought cut rate insurance and you weren't covered. oh, and your car is a time machine. [ beeping ] ♪ would you go back to when you got that less than amazing policy and go with esurance instead? well, they do have tools like coverage counselor to help you choose the coverage that fits you. it's like insurance from the future. actually, more like insurance for the modern world. thank you! esurance. now backed by allstate. click or call. >> bill: back of the book segment tonight. watters world. one of the reasons millions of people come to the u.s.a. is because they can make a decent living here. nowhere is that more apparent than in new york city. many immigrants bo
. >> george mead saved the union. >> bill: absolutely. that george mead, man.even knows who he is these days. colonel, thanks very much. watters world on deck. jesse talked to new york city cab drivers about immigration reform. this is great. wait until you hear about. this i will tell you about my trip to ireland last week up ahead. [ male announcer ] let's say you had an accident. and let's say you bought cut rate insurance and you weren't covered. oh, and your car is a time...
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. >> george mead saved the union. >> bill: absolutely. that george mead, man.even knows who he is these days. colonel, thanks very much. watters world on deck. jesse talked to new york city cab drivers about immigration reform. this is great. wait until you hear about. this i will tell you about my trip to ireland last week up ahead. ♪ roundup ♪ now roundup has a new sharp-shootin' wand ♪ ♪ just point and shoot, and weeds are gone ♪ ♪ 'round fences, trees, even mulched beds ♪ ♪ 'cause the only good weed is a weed that's dead ♪ ♪ roundup [ male announcer ] with a new one-touch wand. yeha! [ whip cracks ] to take a centrum silver multivitamin every day. i told him, sure. can't hurt, right? and now today, i see this in the news. once again, centrum silver was chosen by researchers for another landmark study. this time looking at eye health. my doctor! he knows his stuff. [ male announcer ] centrum. the most studied. the most recommended. and the most preferred multivitamin brand. the choice is clear. >> bill: back of the book segment tonight. watters world. one of
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and it sure beats prices -- >> america has become accustom to celebrating mead diocracy. georgeush's best friends were saudi arabian princes, he was trying to hurt the average american, dick cheney was orchestrating the whole thing. under president obama, it's great news. oh, and by the way, a couple hundred thousand jobs, 3.50 gas. but to your political argument, it's what you get used to. if you are pounded by negative news, negative news -- >> we should be growing 400, 500,000 jobs a in right? >> absolutely. and we get used to it in part because the media helps us get used to it. >> and also fuel economy standards have improved. >> julie, what do you think? >> i think he's right. you guys are complaining that obama wantto raise fuel standards is, but that's pretty good news for gas standards. itill make that tank of gas go a lot longer and i think that's pretty good. i'm not oppose to the keystone pipeline. but we do know that it's not really -- i mean, from fact checkers and others who have looked at it, it's n really going to affect the price of gas. we can sit here and pre
and it sure beats prices -- >> america has become accustom to celebrating mead diocracy. georgeush's best friends were saudi arabian princes, he was trying to hurt the average american, dick cheney was orchestrating the whole thing. under president obama, it's great news. oh, and by the way, a couple hundred thousand jobs, 3.50 gas. but to your political argument, it's what you get used to. if you are pounded by negative news, negative news -- >> we should be growing 400, 500,000...
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mead meeting. >> you find a former ambassador to israel and last time it was george mitchell.ident obama wanted the signal, i won't have anybody who is automatically seen as tipping the scales towards israel. this time in the chief negotiator, they may say hey. >> you raise a really interesting point that will be the most fun part of this. less the issue between the palestinians and israelis, but the court politics around who is neshting. he is a great guy around frink leen stein. remember when dennis ross came in, he was the goy netanyahu called. he refused to call george mitchell. >> he has not made them this issue. the white house runs against the way it normally operates. that is to micromanage many of the foreign policy issues. that will be the game on whether or not this succeeds. >> they worked so hard to get to this moment, but we are in a point where you look and convince him to back up in syria that seems to be the crisis that maybe matters more. they really want to have the civil war and the border. >> i think there some challenges that are better done inizible low.
mead meeting. >> you find a former ambassador to israel and last time it was george mitchell.ident obama wanted the signal, i won't have anybody who is automatically seen as tipping the scales towards israel. this time in the chief negotiator, they may say hey. >> you raise a really interesting point that will be the most fun part of this. less the issue between the palestinians and israelis, but the court politics around who is neshting. he is a great guy around frink leen stein....