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i think trent lott was the first victim of this. >> host: you mentioned that trent lott story in the book the blogosphere that takes on his statements about race in the south and federal see. yet even before that breaking the clinton scandal when "newsweek" didn't and after the oklahoma city bombing of our member correctly in this book bill clinton says part of the problem is we are stoking up paranoia of these days. but there are people i think he meant lee right-wing radio talk show host but still people so much that it ends up in violence. and to say he's overreaching. that's overstating things. yet as henry kissinger would call what is the odious mo of truth. >> guest: is stoneking and people are paranoid and i don't go for it and i usually college. there is a pretty famous talk-show host is also a tv host who spoke at cpac recently and i said i just thought it was a bad set of remarks. i try to be an honest broker here but i want to distinguish between people who may increase the temperature and people who commit acts of violence and they are not the same people so responsibilit

i think trent lott was the first victim. >> host: you mentioned the trent lott story in the book wheret is pretty much not to quote the mainstream media but the blogosphere that takes on his statements about race in the south and federal see and strom thurmond. yet it also starts even before that. with the drudge report braking the clinton scandal when "newsweek" didn't and after the oklahoma city bombing if i remember correctly in this book bill clinton says part of the problem is that we are stoking up paranoia of these days that there are people i think he namely meant right-wing radio talk show hosts that still people so much that it in seven violence. you say he's overreaching. that's overstating things. and yet to some extent it has as henry kissinger would call the o.d. hismelt truth. >> guest: there is stoking up and people as paranoid and i don't go for it. i score it. i usually call it. there is a pretty famous talk show host who's also a tv host who spoke at cpac recently. i said i just thought it was a bad set of remarks. i try to be an honest broker here. but i want to dis

. >> i can remember when trent lott was the majority leader and a democrat would stop something fromho are long-term unemploy ed, in a matter of days, the senate will pass a bill to extend unemployment benefits for those who are long-term unemployed, as republican senate whip john kyl said on your network a while ago. >> the last time i had the good fortune to sit down with you, john mccain had briefly suspend ed his campaign, come to mississippi finally and did do the debate. he did seem at the time to understand that t.a.r.p. was going to go to the banks. now he says he was misled. >> well, i have no idea of any of the details, but i can tell you here in real america, on main street, the t.a.r.p. program was great for wall street. it was great for the big financial institutions. but none of that money ever came down to the regionals or particularly the smaller banks. so, small businesses and medium-sized businesses in the united states, not just mississippi, we can't get credit. this is one of the things the president and governors talked about last monday at the white house. i was

[laughter] >> trent lott says why don't they do that for the scot because you never hear a scot walk into a bar and say drinks on me. [laughter] >> the fact of the matter is, the hispanic american is the most natural born constituency for the republican party since the black american was in 1965 and these guys are out there trying to blow it. just do it right. understand the tradition and history and generosity of this great nation. there is room in america. if you love america, if you love freedom, if you love work, if you're willing to pay your taxes and obey the law, you should be welcomed in america. and we should have institutions in america that should make your presence here not only a convenient matter but a pleasant matter. so our problem is, what, the biggest problem in america is a government that doesn't do its government properly and we can attend to the real problems so the real deserving people would like to come here. the republicans have get it right and get off this goofiness that they have. ronald reagan said tear down that wall. tom tancredo says build that wall.

[laughter] trent lott said why don't they do that for the scotts? said because you've never heard a scott walked into the bar and say drinks are on me. [laughter] so the fact of the matter is the hispanic american myths the most natural born constituency for the republican party since the black american was in 1965, and these guys are out there trying to blow it. just do we write. understand the tradition and history generosity of the great nation. there is room in america. if you love america and freedom and work, if you're willing to pay your weight and taxes and obey the law and you should be welcomed in america and we should have institutions of our government that make your presence here not only a convenient matter but a pleasant matter. so our problem is what? the biggest problem in the immigration is a government that doesn't do its duty properly. fix the government, then we can attend of the problems of the deserving people. the republicans have got to get this right and get off of this goofiness that they have. ronald reagan said tear down