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'Gimme a Minute'
Aired September 05, 2003 - 08:34 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: All right now back to "Gimme a Minute." We call this a redo. From Washington, Jonah Goldberg, editor of The National Review Online.
How are you, Jonah?
JONAH GOLDBERG, NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE: Good. How are you?
HEMMER: Can you hear me now? Democratic strategist Donna Brazile.
Good morning, Donna.
DONNA BRAZILE, DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST: And here in New York, Andy Borowitz from "The New Yorker."
How are you, Drew. Good morning to you, as well?
ANDY BOROWITZ, "THE NEW YORKER": We've got the A-Team today, don't we? Where's Mr. T.?
Donna, I want to start with you. The big push for the U.N. right now, trying to get them on board. What can or should the U.S. do to make this thing happen?
BRAZILE: I think it's time for Colin Powell to work his diplomatic magic and go there and tell the French and Germans to shut up and allow us to internationalize our troops. The longer we stay, the greater our risk of losing more troops. So let's bring on the U.N. to help us out.
HEMMER: Easier said than done.
Jonah?
GOLDBERG: My guess is that France is only going to start being helpful once we agree to give back the Louisiana Purchase.
At this stage, look, the United States probably did the right thing going to the U.N. And now that France and Germany have to realize that and do the right thing, too.
HEMMER: Andy, can they talk them into it?
BOROWITZ: Well, I think we're making nice with Europe. I mean, this week Rumsfeld gave France credit for the kiss that Britney Spears gave Madonna, and I thought that was a big step. HEMMER: Oh yes, they're going to rename that, I think, maybe the freedom kiss?
Let's get to this whole issue last night of these Democratic candidates really bashing the White House and bashing the president, the one thing they all had in common.
Jonah, start us out, did anyone emerge last night from this debate, or do the right now Democrats right now have to look for someone else, if no one emerges, a guy like Wesley Clark or someone like that?
GOLDBERG: Well, look, this whole -- the Democratic Party is in a very weird state right now. This Wesley Clark thing, for example. This is a guy who is to the right of all these guys in the Democratic Party right now, including Graham and Kerry. How it will change it when he joins in is unclear. Right now, the only thing that makes you popular in the Democratic Party is treating George Bush like a pinata, and I don't think that's a winning strategy for the fall.
HEMMER: Is that what happened last night, Donna?
BRAZILE: No, I think the Democrats are more united than ever before. They want to reclaim the White House so they can help working families get their jobs back, and if it takes Wesley Clark to get in a race to help redefine and refocus their party, then let him in.
HEMMER: You got five seconds Andy.
BOROWITZ: John Kerry just set up an exploratory committee to find out what his position on Iraq is, which I think is good.
HEMMER: And still time for that.
California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Donna start us off. He skipped the first debate this past Wednesday. Will be another one in a couple of weeks. Did it hurt him at all, or not?
BRAZILE: I think it hurts him. Because once again, Arnold must show the voters of California that he has more substance on his plate than in his body. So I think Arnold needs to show up at the next debate.
HEMMER: Jonah, he got an egg on his shoulder this past week.
GOLDBERG: Look, I think it was a smart move for him not to show up at the debate, because if he was there all the attacks would be on him, all the questions would be about him. If him not being there, the people who did show up all looked fairly small and irrelevant. And look, my position has always been the people of California voted for Gray Davis and now they have to be punished, and that's what's happening.
HEMMER: Wow. Andy?
BOROWITZ: You know, a new poll showed that Schwarzenegger is leading among a key group of California voters: Idiots.
HEMMER: Good morning to our friends, fans, and viewers in Los Angeles.
Under the radar, Jonah, what's under your radar?
GOLDBERG: Well, this week, President Bush once again continued his fire sale conservative principles by declaring that whenever anybody is hurting, government has got to move, which is an outrageous and bizarre statement for a conservative president.
HEMMER: Donna, what did we miss?
BRAZILE: Well, this week Congress decided to do something that they've done now for the last five years, give itself a pay raise. I think that is stupid, given our deficit. They should return the money as soon as possible.
HEMMER: Someone in our e-mail agrees with you today.
Andy?
BOROWITZ: This week Tom Ridge admitted that he was color blind but said that the threat level remains at gray.
HEMMER: So we've got that to look forward to. Thanks to all three of you. Have a good weekend. And sorry about the snafu before, but that's why they call it live TV. Donna, Jonah, Andy, thanks again. See you next week.
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Aired September 5, 2003 - 08:34 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: All right now back to "Gimme a Minute." We call this a redo. From Washington, Jonah Goldberg, editor of The National Review Online.
How are you, Jonah?
JONAH GOLDBERG, NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE: Good. How are you?
HEMMER: Can you hear me now? Democratic strategist Donna Brazile.
Good morning, Donna.
DONNA BRAZILE, DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST: And here in New York, Andy Borowitz from "The New Yorker."
How are you, Drew. Good morning to you, as well?
ANDY BOROWITZ, "THE NEW YORKER": We've got the A-Team today, don't we? Where's Mr. T.?
Donna, I want to start with you. The big push for the U.N. right now, trying to get them on board. What can or should the U.S. do to make this thing happen?
BRAZILE: I think it's time for Colin Powell to work his diplomatic magic and go there and tell the French and Germans to shut up and allow us to internationalize our troops. The longer we stay, the greater our risk of losing more troops. So let's bring on the U.N. to help us out.
HEMMER: Easier said than done.
Jonah?
GOLDBERG: My guess is that France is only going to start being helpful once we agree to give back the Louisiana Purchase.
At this stage, look, the United States probably did the right thing going to the U.N. And now that France and Germany have to realize that and do the right thing, too.
HEMMER: Andy, can they talk them into it?
BOROWITZ: Well, I think we're making nice with Europe. I mean, this week Rumsfeld gave France credit for the kiss that Britney Spears gave Madonna, and I thought that was a big step. HEMMER: Oh yes, they're going to rename that, I think, maybe the freedom kiss?
Let's get to this whole issue last night of these Democratic candidates really bashing the White House and bashing the president, the one thing they all had in common.
Jonah, start us out, did anyone emerge last night from this debate, or do the right now Democrats right now have to look for someone else, if no one emerges, a guy like Wesley Clark or someone like that?
GOLDBERG: Well, look, this whole -- the Democratic Party is in a very weird state right now. This Wesley Clark thing, for example. This is a guy who is to the right of all these guys in the Democratic Party right now, including Graham and Kerry. How it will change it when he joins in is unclear. Right now, the only thing that makes you popular in the Democratic Party is treating George Bush like a pinata, and I don't think that's a winning strategy for the fall.
HEMMER: Is that what happened last night, Donna?
BRAZILE: No, I think the Democrats are more united than ever before. They want to reclaim the White House so they can help working families get their jobs back, and if it takes Wesley Clark to get in a race to help redefine and refocus their party, then let him in.
HEMMER: You got five seconds Andy.
BOROWITZ: John Kerry just set up an exploratory committee to find out what his position on Iraq is, which I think is good.
HEMMER: And still time for that.
California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Donna start us off. He skipped the first debate this past Wednesday. Will be another one in a couple of weeks. Did it hurt him at all, or not?
BRAZILE: I think it hurts him. Because once again, Arnold must show the voters of California that he has more substance on his plate than in his body. So I think Arnold needs to show up at the next debate.
HEMMER: Jonah, he got an egg on his shoulder this past week.
GOLDBERG: Look, I think it was a smart move for him not to show up at the debate, because if he was there all the attacks would be on him, all the questions would be about him. If him not being there, the people who did show up all looked fairly small and irrelevant. And look, my position has always been the people of California voted for Gray Davis and now they have to be punished, and that's what's happening.
HEMMER: Wow. Andy?
BOROWITZ: You know, a new poll showed that Schwarzenegger is leading among a key group of California voters: Idiots.
HEMMER: Good morning to our friends, fans, and viewers in Los Angeles.
Under the radar, Jonah, what's under your radar?
GOLDBERG: Well, this week, President Bush once again continued his fire sale conservative principles by declaring that whenever anybody is hurting, government has got to move, which is an outrageous and bizarre statement for a conservative president.
HEMMER: Donna, what did we miss?
BRAZILE: Well, this week Congress decided to do something that they've done now for the last five years, give itself a pay raise. I think that is stupid, given our deficit. They should return the money as soon as possible.
HEMMER: Someone in our e-mail agrees with you today.
Andy?
BOROWITZ: This week Tom Ridge admitted that he was color blind but said that the threat level remains at gray.
HEMMER: So we've got that to look forward to. Thanks to all three of you. Have a good weekend. And sorry about the snafu before, but that's why they call it live TV. Donna, Jonah, Andy, thanks again. See you next week.
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