megyn: when you see someone like john kerry who is known for this.t came off the story about the big yachts and he docked in rhode island to avoid taxes. in 2006 he suggested if you wind up in iraq, you are stupid. >> we are here to talk about education. education -- if you make the most it and you study hard and do your homework and make an effort to be smart, you can do well. if you don't you get stuck in iraq. megyn: if you don't do well in school you get stuck in iraq. if you agree with the democrats it's because you are misinformed because you are not paying attention. >> in many elections people vote against their own economic interests. republic advance are very, very good at convincing lower income people the vote against taxes. no one likes taxes. everyone thinks they will be rich one day, they will win the lottery. everyone is hang on by a thread. they are not going to buy that argument. where democrats need to take the opportunity is to argue they are for the middle class and small business and republicans are for wall street and the wealt

and when they believe that, they get to decide these elections, not john kerry, anding when they get to decide that. >> i want both of you saying to listen to the president, if he did an interview this morning with nbc news, he had a specific issue with what the new house republican plan, the pledge to america, let's listen to the president about why he's saying this on the other side. >> they said we're going to balance the budget, they propose $4 trillion worth of tax cuts and $16 billion in spending cuts and then they say that we're going to somehow magically balance the budget. that's not a serious approach. >> john, you have the vice president yelling at the liberal base, stop whining, i'm saying uh-oh, all the independent voters in the campaign seem to be running for the other guys. that's the president's way of reaching out and pulling them back? >> he realized, he's got a credibility gap when it comes to spending so he's trying to make the issue, actually the process of governing, don't just be angry, take a look at what they're proposing, and if you care about balanced budge

or about john kerry?d you earlier what he said. >> we have an electorate that doesn't always pay that much attention to what is going on. so, you know, people are influenced by a simple slogan, rather than by the facts and the truth of what is happening. >> glenn: i can't believe he said that. i mean, it is true, john. 69 million people were influenced by three simple words. "hope and change." it's not because they were stupid. i mean, was it? i don't think so. i think it's because americans are trusting. they trust from people are generally like them and generally good. and hope and change, we want to have hope. the change that i think americans is unspoken that went across the spectrum was that we would clean up the corruption. stop with the lies and we'd stop with the old style politics. we'd stop with all of this. we're trusting. unfortunately, for this period of time no longer. we have been played. i saw this picture on theblaze.com this weekend. it's the guy who quit his job to join obama's campaign

john kerry e-mail that you got, i read some of the commentary on the primaries and some of the liberal pundits, new york times editorial page, they're happy, proves that the republican party is drifting over to what ed rendell the governor of pennsylvania called the crazyies. >> the nuts. >> the nuts. you know what? i'm beginning to think there is a risk here. in american politics you can be marginalized by the mainstream media. if the candidates do not-- or the tea partiers themselves do not start talking about what they actually stand for, independents will get nervous. the tea party eiers complaints are primarily economic. >> paul: they're fiscal, it's about spending, about the growth of government. since when are these radical ideas. >> they are not radical ideas and the criticism of the tea partiers by the liberal pundits never mention any of that. he think the burden is now on the tea party candidates and tea party representatives to start talking about economic issues. >> paul: well, kim, jim demint, the republican from south carolina who endorsed o'donnell at the end and sarah

and john kerry e mail, i read some comment teary.some of the liberal pundits "new york times" editorial page are saying this proves republican party is now drifting over towards what ed rendel, the governor of pennsylvania called the crazies. >> the nuts. >> the nuts. do you know what? i'm beginning to think that there is a risk here. in american politics you can be marginalized by main stream media. if these candidates do not start talking about what they actually stand for, independence will get nervous. the tea party complaints are prime yairly economic. >> they're fiscal. >> true. it's about spending and growth of government. since whr these radical ideas? >> they're not radical ideas. criticism never mentioned any of that. i think the burden is on tea party candidates and tea party representatives to start talking about economic issues. >> well, kim can jim democrattent republican from south carolina, do they have an obligation to help her get across the finish line? do they just wash their hands of it and say we contacted -- co

go to the senate floor for radically cation but the chairman of the foreign relations committee john kerry said it is very unlikely as we just heard that the senate will read if i had before november elections in congress as oppressions they are going to ratify it at the same time as americans here's what the head of russia's foreign affairs committee said the start of the year certification process in the states coincide centering on the election campaign one sort of the seventy's. to be reelected which means the minute servitors consider the situation looked into with the agreement is good or bad for the united states but in terms of what you may contribute to the euro. could be a little bit because the document itself is too much important for the national team to do that to states for the national interest of russia for the globalization of interest to be mixed or. elections can be actually russians are very eager to pass this treaty as soon as possible and this was expressed by russia's defense minister yesterday when he met with robert gates here in washington d.c. they was again rea

senators do have concerns they expressed them in a resolution that they passed today but as john kerry the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee said they managed to address most of the issues in the course of these five months and today's decision is sort of a bipartisan success let's listen what to what he says. we hope to. get to the full senate as rapidly as possible are our work is not done the full united states senate has to now debate this and ratify it. and it's our hope that they're going to happen quickly before the end of the year and we will work to try to make that happen we have a very constructive process today as i think you saw. in my judgment. the. long work of the committee of the administration to bring together representatives from almost every administration president nixon all the way through president george bush who testified to that hope to build a consensus on the street this treaty will make america more secure it will assist us in moving towards the goal of less nuclear threats and for that reason we're proud of the actual he took today while

in two or three weeks time but the chairman before was chairman of foreign relations committee john kerry said it is very unlikely that the senate will ratify it any time before november elections in congress so it's not really clear when exactly this will happen but john kerry said this can this should happen by the end of this year but. you know but the fact that the senate foreign relations committee approved it is quite important and as you just mentioned the washes the senate is also is just basically waiting for what's what's that what's going to be going on in the united states and as we know that they they intend to ratify the treaty at the same time with the united states and we have a comment. here for you. this time of the year a certification process in the states concerts internal elections can be one sort of the servant is to be reelected which means the minute senators consider the situation not in terms of where the agreement is good or bad for the united states but in terms of what you may contribute to their own electoral could be a little bit because the document itself

new vivendi cup in shambles see freshman julian get here say it's three strokes behind leaders john kerry and john mills saddle and after day two ninety one thousand nine hundred are cup participants soundly and i both of his rivals account me struggling to retain the gods for next season but there was zero strive for the trio in francaise perry joined them for a share of the lead on thirteen overall local crowds delighted as carryin added three on that to his total and he's say it's three strokes off the pace. over to cricket where pockets start have returned home from there to about allegations of match fixing continue to dog the school shahid afridi who kept on the side during the recent scandals as that while his man opened the door for criticism they. i'm not guilty of throwing games. the thing is that the english media now have the opportunity to defame us this opportunity was given by no one but our boys themselves but they're not guilty and have not. when you're under a cloud of suspicion and then your opponents become stronger so they have now the chance to criticize i think ther

john kerry calling voters ignorant. biden complaining with whining. maybe you didn't want this hope and change because you are lethargic. >> right now they have to blame fox news and you sean hannity or the american people. the president showed that in the "rolling stone" magazine he's blaming box. >> sean: we are destructive. >> you are bad for the country. i was very surprised at that rolling stone interview one that he gave it at all. after he came down so hard on mcchrystal for giving rolling stone an interview. i thought it was interesting. i think it is revealing that he thinks a month before election his big idea is to do a "rolling stone" interview. >> sean: now they are going after john boehner alleging affairs. unfounded. democrats are desperate. you can see it on their faces. >> sean: they are desperate. sandra, you deal with business everyday. let me show everybody the recession's impact on us. this is above the fold, u.s.a. today's edition they talk about people putting off marriage, fewer people moving. people's real income down consider

i want to repeat, part of what senator john kerry said because it was shocking in the harshness sayinge have people that do not pay that much attention to what is going on and people are influenced by simple slogans rather than the facts or the truth of what's happening. it sounded like the senator broke the golden rule. >> politics 101 when you are trying to win you do not call them uninformed or dumb or having been misled. this goes back not just to the reports of the secretary of health and human services but the theme for seven or eight months as democrats confront the idea that the policies and particularly health care has not been popular with the people and the refrain has been, if voters really knew what was in it, they will warm to it when they understand it and that has in the happened so this is the rationale they have come up. >> the democrats have lost ground because of the performance of the economy and many to not like the health care reform but this is a new element. the tone, that senior people in the democratic party, are taking toward regular voters. it is a mistake

a senior statesman in massachusetts, senator john kerry, john kerry just said, an equity, he gave an interview recently that is not going over well with republicans. here is what he says about why voters are not bonding with the democrats policies. he says an electorate that doesn't always pay that much attention to what's going on and people are influenced by a simple slogan rather than the facts or the truth on what's happening. >> ouch. >> you can imagine that people are saying that this is another example-- kerry's always tainted with that he's patrician, elitist and not in touch with the regular people. >> a conservative blogger pounced on him almost immediately and william jacobs writes a legal column, legal insurrection, the democrats seeing that the reason people are unset they don't understand, they're not smart enough. that sort of rhetoric just gets people more upset. >> people don't like to be called stupid and clueless, do they, on any level. >> is there a kernel of truth to most people are tuned out to politics, they don't care about the nuances of the legislation, litt

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>> i never heard john kerry's military credentials brought into question. so be it with joe miller.s was an impressive victory. the rakowski/palin thing goes back to 2006 which is the only time that sarah palin ever won a statewide election. she beat frank murkowski. she left the office and lease out murkowski took a shot at it. >> between miller and jerry, miller does not windsurf in a wet suit. alaska is too cold. [laughter] >> let's move along. president obama tries or others before him have failed with the mideast peace talks. >> i respect your people's desire for sovereignty. i am convinced it is possible to reconcile that desire with israel's need for security. >> the israeli prime minister netanyahu talking to mahmoud abbas of the palestinian authority. hamas claimed responsibility for killings in the west bank. abbas says the hamas has no right to represent palestinians back up these talks will be difficult. it is important for the united states to remain engaged. >> it will be important for the united states to recognize the difficult position in which netanyahu finds himse

she talked about john kerry and said i didn't have to find a place to park my yacht to save on taxes, you know. so that's her response to those. so it plays into two of her narratives and makes her stronger. >> you have set me up with that phrase, liberal media, to play some tape because the morning after her primary victory on tuesday she did the network morning shows and none of the anchors particularly pressed her on the specifics of her record. then she went on sean hannity and he seemed upset that she had gone to the mainstream media. let's roll this montage. >> boy, they've said some terrible things about you. you're unelectable, unqualified. most people thought i'd be sitting here this morning talking to a guy named mike castle. >> all right. so my question is why have you decided to subject yourself to the -- what i would argue probably biased, tough questions and obviously the advancement of some of the attacks against you? >> well, because i wanted an opportunity to counter those attacks. my opponent is putting out lies. they're being exasperated -- or was. and they're being

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you said you voted for john kerry, and you don't follow the party line, you're not an eye deowe log. do you feel vulnerable because of that. >> yeah from both sides. i'm not conservative enough for extreme conservatives and not liberal enough for any liberals. i'm somewhere in the middle. i think it's very post generation al. i'm 25. if i was a little bit older maybe i would be more conservative. this is how i feel. in colleges a lot of people are definitely on the same page with me. megyn: how do you feel being made into a target or are you used to that because you're senator mccain's daughter. you don't follow the party lines. what do they care if you don't feel the same way they do. >> every once in a while there will be a zincker, i'm like ouch that really hurt. i am here for a cause. i wouldn't keep doing this if i didn't believe in it. megyn: we have seen barack obama go out recently and try to target the youth vote and the latest polls show there is more enthusiasm among young republican voters than there is among young democratic voters. he's trying to to turn that around by

she said, you are john kerry! [laughter] so i held up my newspaper and said, i sure am, i'm john kerry, exactly. but i have to tell you, i can be clueless. anne and i went off to beijing to see the olympics there and watch our athletes. went to one of my favorite events, women's beach volleyball. [laughter] an insists that we do that. i came in late and sat for the fun. and i notice some americans in the audience had recognized us and taken out their cameras. and then i saw some chinese pointing at us and taking our picture. and i thought, my campaign touch people around the world. and i said, it uses up straight. they are taking a picture. i turn around, discourages -- and there is kobe bryant sitting behind this. i sure know where i am today and it is good to be with you and be welcomed at this john lynch farewell party. isn't that nice? [applause] i do not think they knew -- their numbers have been going down fast. their numbers have gone down the chute faster than a jet blew flight attendant. they are only goi

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whatsoever in fact i was with did i say the signature is very sad to ron's right to say oh you know john kerry said stand by their words that i know you guys can keep going forever and now we can call everyone liars but that's all the time we have for today i want to thank you both very much for joining me as well the debate rages on ok still ahead. she's known as lady al qaida so we'll look into the case of the d.c. who was sentenced to eighty six years in federal prison today for the attempted murder of u.s. government officials are to correspond a marine important i has more in just a moment. for the. we've got to. the biggest issues get you the voice ceased to face with the news makers. the news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. showing corporations rule the day. she's been charged with attempted assault against a u.s. soldier though there's been no investigation she's been deemed a terrorist and she hasn't committed any acts of terrorism but now. a k. a lady al qaeda has been sentenced to eighty six years in

. >> that bill taken from her given to john kerry because it's believed he had a better chance of gettingipartisan support. >> the after school bill was gun a republican colleague. a lot of the work has been done with republican colleagues. >> today's campaign repeated that claim her reputation does go way back. >> thank you very much. >> and president obama is proposing a man to put americans back to work unveiling it today in a rally in mill walk eye going towards rebuilding roads, railways. >> anybody want more deal skbraiz airports? i didn't think so. that is is not a republican or democratic idea. we need to get to where we need to go i've got air force one now. i still remember... >> in wisconsin alone, 240,000 people are unemployed. republican leaders already criticizing the plan and say it will only increase the deficit. >> from republican point of view we need to bring checks and balances and we're going bring back controlling spending. >> officials say if congress approves this plan, it would not create new jobs until sometime next year. >> and if you're looking for a job we're

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. >> tell it to john kerry.ormed which is a great way to reach out to the people. something else that's important to bring up. when it comes to the bush tax cuts and for some reason, many people are still calling it that, a lot of democrats are seeing the wisdom in extending them. 46, 40 plus in the house. at least five over in the senate. what does that say to you about the climate in washington? >> well, i think it says that the country and the congress are reflecting what the people want which is don't raise taxes for anybody in a recession. don't do it at all. by the way, but to have steny hoyer, for example, come out and say this is the republicans' fault that there's a stalemate on this issue is preposterous. last time i checked the democrats controlled the whole congress and a big chunk of democrats saying we agree with the republicans on this. should tell nancy pelosi and steny hoyer something which is they're wrong and they should continue all the tax cuts, not just some of them. >> governor, what will

>> we have liberal intelligence, john kerry is a perfect example.taxes, washington controlling everything, and if you disagree with them, it's a sign you're dumb. that is the opposite of the american model. the american model is we're all equal. we all have a chance to study the issues. maybe senator kerry and frankly president obama might ask the question, what if the american people are right? what if these policies are wrong? the american way would be to have an actual dialogue, but if you're an elitist liberal and you know that you've already done everything right and after all, somehow magically you know the truth, it really bothers you to have all those rowdy people out there elect somebody like scott brown who clearly didn't know the right things. >> brian: newt, i know you're going out of your way to endorse a candidate who has come out of nowhere in new york. that is carl paladino who has been on this very couch. what makes you think he's got a shot against andrew cuomo, the cuomo machine? >> gretchen: and for governor. >> look, i think the

. >> sean: john kerry bought the boat and anchored it in r -- in rhode island so he can save tax moneye last question. republicans in the house came out with their pledge to america. i'm sure you've had time to look at the document. it did remind me when they were talking about principles, constitution, declaration, cutting taxes, limiting spending. sounds like the tea party movement. you think the establishment has moved in the direction of the tea party? >> definitely. i think we are influencing, if not shaping the entire debate right now across the country. i wanted the message to maybe be even a little stronger. i wanted them to have in there something like a balanced budget amendment. i think both sides of the aisle have proven themselves to be untrustworthy with billioning the budget. i think they will only do it if they have a rule attached to the constitution that says you have to balance the budget that's the only way we'll do it. >> sean: i understand you have a spaghetti dinner and chilly cook-off tonight, -- and a chili cook-off tonight, i'm jealous two of my favorites. >>

to make it easier to recruit people for the military 37 could democratic massachusetts' senator john kerryin line to replace secretary of state hillary clinton? word on capitol hill is kerry's in the mix as clinton has been hinting of stepping down from that position before the end of obama's first term in the white house. >>> the white house is saying michelle obama never said being first lady is hell. but a new book claims she did. comments made during a private conversation with sarkozy, the first lady of france. the book is called carla and the ambitious. both first ladies deny the comment was ever made. the white house issued a formal denial. the book is due out tomorrow. >>> in tomorrow's tribune red eye, what's ben affleck up to now? ever since winning the oscar 12 years ago, his career has been all over the map. now a new project for him in his hometown. and the red eye will have it for you tomorrow. >>> a company causing fashion minded folks to check out outlet shops. that sparked a marketing war. find out in tomorrow's chicago tribune. >>> a case of cancer. filed a lawsuit agains

. >> sean: john kerry bought the boat and anchored it in r -- in rhode island so he can save tax moneylast question. republicans in the house came out with their pledge to america. i'm sure you've had time to look at the document. it did remind me when they were talking about principles, constitution, declaration, cutting taxes, limiting spending. sounds like the tea party movement. you think the establishment has moved in the direction of the tea party? >> definitely. i think we are influencing, if not shaping the entire debate right now across the country. i wanted the message to maybe be even a little stronger. i wanted them to have in there something like a balanced budget amendment. i think both sides of the aisle have proven themselves to be untrustworthy with billioning the budget. i think they will only do it if they have a rule attached to the constitution that says you have to balance the budget that's the only way we'll do it. >> sean: i understand you have a spaghetti dinner and chilly cook-off tonight, -- and a chili cook-off tonight, i'm jealous two of my favorites. >> dr

. >>> the twitter account of john kerry may have expressed the new conventional thinking tonight. della wow! tea party jumps the shark. great for chris koobz, real public servant. they're celebrating, albeit nervously in the democratic party tonight at 9:00 eastern at christine o'donnell's headquarters in delaware. endorsed by sarah palin but not dick armey. she's earned delaware's republican nomination for the senate. the problem is, this was not much of a night for the conventional wisdom. lawrence o'donnell, host of the last word debuting here september 27th at 10:00 p.m. >> good to be here, keith. >> she can't win, that's from matt kibby of freedom works yesterday. tea party conventional wisdom is no longer applicable? >> there is no conventional wisdom for the tea party, keith. we don't have a neat precedent, which is what all political analysis needs, a neat precedent to tell us how this is going to behave and how this is going to work in the general election. yes, this is better news for the democrats than mike castle getting the nomination. the presumption was mike castle

john kerry will be here live and we'll see you back here tomorrow. >> his response on the ahmadinejadew. host: could switching to geico really save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance? was abe lincoln honest? mary: does this dress make my backside look big? abe: perhaps... save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance?really host: is having a snowball fight with pitching great randy johnson a bad idea? man: yeah, i'm thinking maybe this was a bad idea. >>> plus the powerful 911 call just moments before the brutal murder of a mother and her two daughters. >> we have a lady who is in our bank right now who says that her

i remember pundits predicting john kerry would be the president. >> count the vote. >> it's up to the american people, we're reminded of that every time, and thank goodness for that. >>> carl paladino rocked the republican establishment primary night and is promising to shake things up if elected. he's also making a stink with new campaign mailings that smell like garbage. we'll talk to him about that and a lot of his other positions. >>> she claimed an attacker threw acid in her face. tonight police say that story is changing and the bottom line could be even more shocking. we could've gone a more traditional route... ... but it wouldn't have been nearly as memorable. ♪ >>> ahead, deadly storm ripped through new york city, treed were toppled, thousands left without power. we'll have the latest on that coming up, but first isha sesay joins us. >> hi there, anderson. we've learned tonight an aalleged acid attack in washington state was self-inflicted. bethany storro claimed an unknown assailant approached her august 30th and threw acid into her face. the vancouver police now say she ad

i'm john kerry. although, i have to tell you, i can be a little clueless myself. after that ann and i went off to the olympics to beijing to see our olympic athletes there, and i went to one of my favorite events, women's beach volley ball. ann insists i do that. so we went, came a little late, and sat down toward the front, and i noticed some of the americans had seen us. then i saw some chinese were pointing at us and taking our picture. i thought, boy my campaign touched people around the world. i said, ann, you better sit up straight people are take our pictures. she goes like this. there is kobe bryant sitting behind us. so it is an occasion where i don't know who i am and i'm not recognized for who i am, but it is good to be here today at this john lynch, cheryl seaporter fair we will party. -- farewell party. isn't that nice? [applause] >> their numbers are going down the chutes bet -- faster than a jet blue flight attendent. by the way, saying good-bye to john and paul and carol is just the beginning. soon we'll be saying hello to senator kelley ayott, to

. >> well, one democrat in the senate vietnam veteran john kerry of massachusetts says the republican filibuster today means gays in the military have no choice but to lie about who they are. on the senate floor don't ask don't tell got torpedoed by republicans who say they were happy to debate funding the military for the next fiscal year. >> but i will not and i urge my colleagues not to allow the defense bill to be a train that to carry through controversial unpopular pieces of legislation. >> reporter: a move to repeal the ban on gays serving openly in the u.s. military. >> whether you disagree with this policy, whether you want to keep it or repeal it, the senate should not be forced to make this decision now. >> reporter: while the pentagon's asking men and women in the military what they think, the defense secretary and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff support allowing gays to serve openly. >> secretary gates a republican? besides this policy must change because there's an election coming up? of course not. it's because they reached a conclusion the policy needs to change.

he made john kerry absolutely incompatible with the american dream, the american spirit.unacceptable as an alternative and that's where some democrats are taking this midterm election now, saying the other side is totally unacceptable, even if you're unhappy with what you've got right now. >> the president's own answer about his accomplishment, it amounted to, as it amounted to more than a year, i protected you from things that did not happen. this is something akin to someone walking away saying he keeps the tigers away and you should keep him on the job doing so. that approach works. ask president bush how he protected you from things that didn't happen. but even if he does keep the tigers away, if most americans never saw the tiger in the jungle or don't believe there was a tiger, how do you make that pitch? >> well, i think people actually saw the tigers. these weren't fake tigers, okay? these are real people who really lost their jobs. and i bet you that most of the people watching the show tonight will know of people who are unemployed, who have struggled between jo

and we and john kerry and dick lugar and the senate and chairman burman in the house put together veryation, $7.5 billion of economic assistance that started to come in. hillary went there in july and announced energy projects, water projects. now we're reorienting for this situation. but it's not -- our aid impact is not counter insurgency aid. it's aid for the people of pakistan in their own merit and as we keep trying to say to pakistanis we're not doing it because of afghanistan. we're not doing it because al qaeda's in the west. we're doing it because it is an essential thing to do. >> the carefulness of your language, the precision of your language there, i think an important window in how delicate and complicated our relationship is with pakistan right now. do you mind holding on for a second and we'll come back? >> not at all. >> we have to make money for the general electric corporation. >> which is also working in pakistan. >> that was not meant to be a prompt. richard holbrooke is our special guest. ♪ oh ♪ my love, what have i done? ♪ ♪ my burden is too heavy ♪ how will we g

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