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'Over Here'

Aired October 03, 2003 - 07:46   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.


JACK CAFFERTY, CNN ANCHOR: So, it's Friday, and, as you can see, the man who we usually go "Over There" to chat with is "Over Here." Richard Quest, our man on the scene in London, is in the Colonies, having flown over on the fastest commercial passenger jet in the world, which is no longer going to fly anymore.
You came over on a Concorde last night, right?

RICHARD QUEST, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Don't tell the bosses.

CAFFERTY: OK, it's a secret. It's going on his expense account under new shoes.

So, what's the deal? You're going out to California to cover this circus that's going on, and it just keeps getting better. Now, we've got Arnold apparently who has been grabbing at girls on the movie sets. And the Europeans have a little different idea about sexuality in general than we do here. We're still a bit Victorian in our outlook, are we not?

QUEST: You are Victorian in many ways, Jack.

CAFFERTY: We're not talking about me.

QUEST: Many people have made that comparison. However, when it comes to sex and politics, we tend to manage to put things to one side. We believe our politicians...

CAFFERTY: Which side is that?

QUEST: Well, never you mind that. However, we tend to believe that our politicians should be allowed to get on with their private lives, more so in Europe. But we'll come to that in a minute.

Earlier this week we were talking about Arnold and exactly what Europeans made of it.

CAFFERTY: Yes.

QUEST: So, I decided I'd better go back to London and actually find out what my European counterparts, my British compatriots, actually make of Arnold Schwarzenegger, because at the end of the day, they only know him as an actor. They don't necessarily know his policies on everything from choice to homosexuality to gay marriage to anything like that.

CAFFERTY: Neither do the California voters. QUEST: Well, again...

SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: I knew he was going to say that.

QUEST: Well, I was going to take a bet on that one.

However, I decided to go back to see what they actually made of it. And what do the British people in London make of Arnie?

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Most people in America seem to be just based on money rather than based on necessarily ability. So, I guess he's as good a man as any for the job.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, he's an actor. What's he know about politics?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Well, I've always liked him ever since I was a little kid. So, yes, he can do it as well as anybody else can.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Because he's this big hero, this big hero, muscularly type, simply that reason. I mean, do you know anything else about him? I don't. You know, the only thing I know about him is "Hasta la vista" (UNINTELLIGIBLE).

(END VIDEO CLIP)

QUEST: That big hero, muscularly type. Do you know anything else about him? And that's very much the syndrome in Europe.

And also what they're very keen to see -- and I make no comment about this because this is obviously an American election and I don't want to get involved in that. However, they want to see him win because they want to see what happens.

CAFFERTY: And we all do. I mean, we all want to see him win just because it won't get any better. I mean, if somebody else, like Bustamante, gets elected...

O'BRIEN: Speak for yourself.

CAFFERTY: ... it will be boring and politics as usual. If we get this guy in Sacramento, we've got material for four years.

QUEST: But let's talk about this sex business, if we may.

CAFFERTY: All right.

QUEST: Now, what is it about Americans, politicians and sex? In Britain, if a politician gets done for something sexual -- and we had it in Lord Parkinson (ph) some years ago with a love child -- you resign, you go into the wilderness for a few years and you're rehabilitated and you're brought back.

In Italy, you actually get promoted, of course. CAFFERTY: Slapping people on the bottom is a national pastime in Italy.

QUEST: There is a law against it, but it's one of those laws that is broken in the breach.

CAFFERTY: Yes.

QUEST: However, let's take Berlusconi, the Italian prime minister.

BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: Francois Mitterrand for years was rumored to be with his mistress, correct?

QUEST: Absolutely. And there are rumors -- rumors, rumors, I'm not saying anything definite there, but there are rumors -- about Messier Chirac, the current president of France, may have been dallying.

CAFFERTY: Oh, right.

O'BRIEN: But isn't there a huge difference between -- sorry to interrupt -- between dallying and grabbing women's breasts who aren't interested in dallying, right?

QUEST: Americans have an obsession with women's breasts. In the rest of the world, they shuck off their tops and lie on a beach.

HEMMER: You had to fly from London on the Concorde to tell us that?

QUEST: Everywhere else they go topless.

CAFFERTY: I'm not old enough to be listening to this stuff about people lying on a beach without any clothes on.

QUEST: At your age, Jack, it can't be good for you.

CAFFERTY: Yes. I've got to do a couple of e-mails. You're going out to California. We'll look forward to your reports on the election next week.

QUEST: Absolutely.

CAFFERTY: Thanks, Richard.

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Aired October 3, 2003 - 07:46   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
JACK CAFFERTY, CNN ANCHOR: So, it's Friday, and, as you can see, the man who we usually go "Over There" to chat with is "Over Here." Richard Quest, our man on the scene in London, is in the Colonies, having flown over on the fastest commercial passenger jet in the world, which is no longer going to fly anymore.
You came over on a Concorde last night, right?

RICHARD QUEST, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Don't tell the bosses.

CAFFERTY: OK, it's a secret. It's going on his expense account under new shoes.

So, what's the deal? You're going out to California to cover this circus that's going on, and it just keeps getting better. Now, we've got Arnold apparently who has been grabbing at girls on the movie sets. And the Europeans have a little different idea about sexuality in general than we do here. We're still a bit Victorian in our outlook, are we not?

QUEST: You are Victorian in many ways, Jack.

CAFFERTY: We're not talking about me.

QUEST: Many people have made that comparison. However, when it comes to sex and politics, we tend to manage to put things to one side. We believe our politicians...

CAFFERTY: Which side is that?

QUEST: Well, never you mind that. However, we tend to believe that our politicians should be allowed to get on with their private lives, more so in Europe. But we'll come to that in a minute.

Earlier this week we were talking about Arnold and exactly what Europeans made of it.

CAFFERTY: Yes.

QUEST: So, I decided I'd better go back to London and actually find out what my European counterparts, my British compatriots, actually make of Arnold Schwarzenegger, because at the end of the day, they only know him as an actor. They don't necessarily know his policies on everything from choice to homosexuality to gay marriage to anything like that.

CAFFERTY: Neither do the California voters. QUEST: Well, again...

SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: I knew he was going to say that.

QUEST: Well, I was going to take a bet on that one.

However, I decided to go back to see what they actually made of it. And what do the British people in London make of Arnie?

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Most people in America seem to be just based on money rather than based on necessarily ability. So, I guess he's as good a man as any for the job.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, he's an actor. What's he know about politics?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Well, I've always liked him ever since I was a little kid. So, yes, he can do it as well as anybody else can.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Because he's this big hero, this big hero, muscularly type, simply that reason. I mean, do you know anything else about him? I don't. You know, the only thing I know about him is "Hasta la vista" (UNINTELLIGIBLE).

(END VIDEO CLIP)

QUEST: That big hero, muscularly type. Do you know anything else about him? And that's very much the syndrome in Europe.

And also what they're very keen to see -- and I make no comment about this because this is obviously an American election and I don't want to get involved in that. However, they want to see him win because they want to see what happens.

CAFFERTY: And we all do. I mean, we all want to see him win just because it won't get any better. I mean, if somebody else, like Bustamante, gets elected...

O'BRIEN: Speak for yourself.

CAFFERTY: ... it will be boring and politics as usual. If we get this guy in Sacramento, we've got material for four years.

QUEST: But let's talk about this sex business, if we may.

CAFFERTY: All right.

QUEST: Now, what is it about Americans, politicians and sex? In Britain, if a politician gets done for something sexual -- and we had it in Lord Parkinson (ph) some years ago with a love child -- you resign, you go into the wilderness for a few years and you're rehabilitated and you're brought back.

In Italy, you actually get promoted, of course. CAFFERTY: Slapping people on the bottom is a national pastime in Italy.

QUEST: There is a law against it, but it's one of those laws that is broken in the breach.

CAFFERTY: Yes.

QUEST: However, let's take Berlusconi, the Italian prime minister.

BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: Francois Mitterrand for years was rumored to be with his mistress, correct?

QUEST: Absolutely. And there are rumors -- rumors, rumors, I'm not saying anything definite there, but there are rumors -- about Messier Chirac, the current president of France, may have been dallying.

CAFFERTY: Oh, right.

O'BRIEN: But isn't there a huge difference between -- sorry to interrupt -- between dallying and grabbing women's breasts who aren't interested in dallying, right?

QUEST: Americans have an obsession with women's breasts. In the rest of the world, they shuck off their tops and lie on a beach.

HEMMER: You had to fly from London on the Concorde to tell us that?

QUEST: Everywhere else they go topless.

CAFFERTY: I'm not old enough to be listening to this stuff about people lying on a beach without any clothes on.

QUEST: At your age, Jack, it can't be good for you.

CAFFERTY: Yes. I've got to do a couple of e-mails. You're going out to California. We'll look forward to your reports on the election next week.

QUEST: Absolutely.

CAFFERTY: Thanks, Richard.

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