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did not care whether it the positionas politically popula -- he did n care whether the position was politicallyular. he wanted to work onhe things th he thought were the right things to do. i think he ca from a differen political ti, tavi whe in the earl 1960's, he could jus for andevelop a personal relationship with people like senar simpson and hatch and warnernd these republicans who were his friends. honestlyhe was friends with these members. ink that is gone,tavis. i think in this highly charge potical environment that we live in today, people do not have time to bui and delop these peonal relationsps, plus i think my father knew that he hadonstituency that would ack him up -- teachers, labor, the african-american community. many communities so that when he had to make tough standr tough vote, he did not havto worry about what would hpen to him every x years when he had to run for reeleion. he knew thatis friends would be they'reupporting him every step of the way. that allowed him to take these risky political sts. tavis: what is you sensef the way th he made of the fact that he was high
did not care whether it the positionas politically popula -- he did n care whether the position was politicallyular. he wanted to work onhe things th he thought were the right things to do. i think he ca from a differen political ti, tavi whe in the earl 1960's, he could jus for andevelop a personal relationship with people like senar simpson and hatch and warnernd these republicans who were his friends. honestlyhe was friends with these members. ink that is gone,tavis. i think in this highly...
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you are gng to mak me wal the plank somehing thatis not popula in my district. i'm up for relection, let's see what the senate doe. >> let's talk abt what everody else is talking about. all the wonderful high-minde ubstance, is overshadowed by one moment on the house floor, two words. you lie, from oe wilson from north carolina. you're from north rolina. wanted to clear tt up for everybody. how much did that help or hurt what the prsident wasout to do? >> if i had power, i wuld joe wils's bank ccount to find ou how much rahm manuel pad him for is. thiscouldn't work out better. therehe white house is saing, time is - time for bickeng is over and then all of a sudden, u hear at the tow hall in the ugust. that's what e white house loves. the democrs in the house toay on friday cided they're going to see if they could milkhis for longer b officially r nding congresan wilsonwho apologized but not on the foor. gwen: not with a lotof contrition. could you help clear up or thissue that he was shoing abt, which is -- seems to be the one that is aroused by most passion on
you are gng to mak me wal the plank somehing thatis not popula in my district. i'm up for relection, let's see what the senate doe. >> let's talk abt what everody else is talking about. all the wonderful high-minde ubstance, is overshadowed by one moment on the house floor, two words. you lie, from oe wilson from north carolina. you're from north rolina. wanted to clear tt up for everybody. how much did that help or hurt what the prsident wasout to do? >> if i had power, i wuld joe...
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from the republica point of view s's the least popula i have endless sympath for her and i've seen her onhe floor taking tough votes tt siding withhe democrats and the pressure the republican caucus is able to bring on itsembers is something to democrat can understand. it'snteresting otherwise but substantivy. when clinton was president and they caused to discussolicy for two hours and he president came in an the george mitchell said respectfully, mr. president, we have our role, you have your role. you have your own role but we wa to discuss policy ande nt to do it as a legislative branch, would you pleaseeave and it was somethi i'll never forget the presint and t cret service hustling t of the democratic officeroom but that's separation of powers. now dick eney on theother hand nev misd a republica caucus hence the terrible pressure when we we investigating were ther chemical weapons inraq a all of it as far as health care reform. >> charlie:as itnevitable because health care was so tough it wou be this wayr have there be otherudgments made earlier that would he made this smooth sail
from the republica point of view s's the least popula i have endless sympath for her and i've seen her onhe floor taking tough votes tt siding withhe democrats and the pressure the republican caucus is able to bring on itsembers is something to democrat can understand. it'snteresting otherwise but substantivy. when clinton was president and they caused to discussolicy for two hours and he president came in an the george mitchell said respectfully, mr. president, we have our role, you have your...
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pocket, the ac up his sleevehich is the addss to a joint sessnfgress these are not...hey used toe very popula to do, but george w. bush, n including statesf e union addss, george w. bush only di it twice, bill clinton only did it twice. this wil be barack obama's second one. so ts is playing a big card earlier in theear in februar he d one having to do with the recession anfinancial recovery. so that's how important this is. that's how momentous i is. so you don't he the white house officials taing about how isn't important. they're not talking it down at all. i thatnderstand this is a significant speech. >> is there any iro special ection at the white house as to what mistakes they he made... th may have made in losing control wha somewhat of the health care reform debate? >> theres. theyon't talk muc about it on the rerd but i think it's fair to say that theynow thatouse democrats voting for energy bill might have been some misplaced energy because a l of... though ironically some of the house democrats who voted against that energybill, the climate change bl said "i can't be with you on th
pocket, the ac up his sleevehich is the addss to a joint sessnfgress these are not...hey used toe very popula to do, but george w. bush, n including statesf e union addss, george w. bush only di it twice, bill clinton only did it twice. this wil be barack obama's second one. so ts is playing a big card earlier in theear in februar he d one having to do with the recession anfinancial recovery. so that's how important this is. that's how momentous i is. so you don't he the white house officials...
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power showers are very popula in phoenix it is one of the reasons we into sun looked down on people in phoenix. this particular one has ten showerheads all capable of taking the paint off walls but none of them are capable of getting the model ploss wet. then there is bottled water. i was t first to point the finger at bottled water in my book water folly. the issue of bottled water sometimes bottle versus tap and it is so much more expensive, but realistically many people who are drinking bottled would not choose tapped, they would have chosen coke, psi or gatorade or another bottled beverage so you need to compare those prices and equally on t pollution interest of the bottles and plastic involve you need to compare the plastic in the bottled water versus the plastic and aluminum and others. still the backlash is unmistakable. cebrity chefs around the country have come out and said no more. some churches he made it a religious crusade. there is a wonderful spooff bottles of water by penn and teller. youay have seen it on their showtime cable shnw. they have a fancy california restaur
power showers are very popula in phoenix it is one of the reasons we into sun looked down on people in phoenix. this particular one has ten showerheads all capable of taking the paint off walls but none of them are capable of getting the model ploss wet. then there is bottled water. i was t first to point the finger at bottled water in my book water folly. the issue of bottled water sometimes bottle versus tap and it is so much more expensive, but realistically many people who are drinking...