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'Gimme a Minute'
Aired October 10, 2003 - 08:36 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: It's Friday. Time for "Gimme a Minute." The usual suspects, back with us in D.C., Democratic strategist Donna Brazile.
How goes it, Donna?
DONNA BRAZILE, DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST: It's going well.
HEMMER: Yes, it's good to be Friday, huh?
Jonah Goldberg, editor of the National Review Online.
Jonah, nice to see you. Good morning.
JONAH GOLDBERG, NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE: Good to see you.
HEMMER: And from Cleveland, Ohio, Andy Borowitz from "The New Yorker."
Welcome home, I guess, huh, hometown, Cleveland.
ANDY BOROWITZ, "THE NEW YORKER": Go, Browns.
HEMMER: That's right, go Browns. We'll let you have your platform a bit later.
Let's kick it off with Donna. Let's start with the Phoenix debate last night.
You know, Donna, we always ask who wins. Who lost last night?
BRAZILE: Well, I don't think anyone lost last night. But I thought that the Democrats -- some of General Clark's rivals took the welcome mat from underneath him, but he came out OK.
HEMMER: Jonah, what about you? Anyone lose last night?
BRAZILE: I think John Edwards is continuing to look more and more like a loser. He's fading away. He's no longer really seeming like a top-tier guy, and he's probably going to have to get out soon if this keeps up.
But I agree that the biggest whack was against Clark, who is clearly threatening somebody, because they all went after him for the first time.
HEMMER: Yes. Andy, did you find a leader last night? BOROWITZ: I think the whole dynamic of the race has changed now that Bob Graham is out, I really do. I think that Dennis Kucinich has surged to one percent now.
HEMMER: Out of Cleveland, Ohio, by the way, too, right? Andy's going to moderate the next one, promise.
Let's talk about this who's in charge in Iraq. It appeared this past week suggesting that Donald Rumsfeld's been put aside. Condoleezza Rice is going to head up this committee now, managing the reconstruction effort there. Congress apparently not agreeing to that so far, based on what we're hearing in D.C.
Jonah, start us for this segment. Is Rice rising?
GOLDBERG: I think Rice is rising to a certain extent, although there's a lot of terminology (ph) that's very hard to read. And the way I normally looked at Rice is she's kind of the fulcrum on a seesaw between Rumsfeld and Powell -- and when Powell's up, Rumsfeld is down and vice versa, and then she's always sort of remained at the center of things, and I think that's still holding true, but even more so than now.
HEMMER: How do you see it, Donna?
BRAZILE: Well, everyone knows that If you want to get something done in Washington D.C., hand it over to a woman. I think Condoleezza has her hands full with the Middle East and now this crisis. But I wish her well.
HEMMER: We hand it over Andy.
BOROWITZ: I don't understand this whole Condi/Rummy thing. I mean, if the winner gets Iraq, what on Earth does the loser get?
HEMMER: Hey, the Pentagon's on line one for you, Borowitz.
Let's take about bullets over Britney. The first lady in Maryland, the governor's wife, Kendall (ph) Ehrlich, earlier this week said she would shoot Britney Spears if she had the chance. She later apologized. Don't they all?
Donna, gaffe, or get over it?
BRAZILE: Well, I think that she needs to go ahead and organize a stop the violence conference and remind people that comments like that perhaps led to the death of people like John Lennon, Tupac and Biggie Smalls.
HEMMER: Yesterday was John Lennon's birthday, "Strawberry Fields" -- Jonah.
GOLDBERG: Yes, look, it was dumb of Mrs. Ehrlich to say "shoot." She should have said hit her with a Nerf bat or slap her with a wet flounder or something like that.
HEMMER: How about a sausage, Randall Simon?
The fact remains that Britney Spears really is a terrible influence on the popular culture. She's talented and she's pretty, but she's also uneducated and kind of slutty.
HEMMER: It's cable. Andy?
BOROWITZ: I don't though. I still think the most embarrassing moment for a political spouse is when Tipper Gore sucked face with Al at the convention.
HEMMER: Back to Britney -- I'm thinking we should send Tucker Carlson back to interview her again on this one.
Jonah, what's under the radar?
GOLDBERG: Truly outrageous editorial by "The New York Times," which rooted for Boston Red Sox to beat the hometown New York Yankees, and not only that, not only did the hometown paper root for the enemy, but they also didn't mention that they're part owners of the Red Sox. Talk about lack of full disclosure.
HEMMER: Scandal.
Donna?
BRAZILE: Well, "Billboard" magazine this week for the first time featured an all 10 lineup, the first time in the history of this country all 10 artists are African-Americans. I think Rush Limbaugh needs to listen up.
HEMMER: Andy?
BOROWITZ: In the last days of the campaign, Gray Davis started groping women and praising Hitler, but it was too little, too late.
HEMMER: The door's wide open in Sacramento now, isn't it, Andy?
BOROWITZ: It's going to be a sweet time for comedians, Bill.
HEMMER: Enjoy Cleveland.
Donna, Jonah, Andy, thanks. Have a great weekend.
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Aired October 10, 2003 - 08:36 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: It's Friday. Time for "Gimme a Minute." The usual suspects, back with us in D.C., Democratic strategist Donna Brazile.
How goes it, Donna?
DONNA BRAZILE, DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST: It's going well.
HEMMER: Yes, it's good to be Friday, huh?
Jonah Goldberg, editor of the National Review Online.
Jonah, nice to see you. Good morning.
JONAH GOLDBERG, NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE: Good to see you.
HEMMER: And from Cleveland, Ohio, Andy Borowitz from "The New Yorker."
Welcome home, I guess, huh, hometown, Cleveland.
ANDY BOROWITZ, "THE NEW YORKER": Go, Browns.
HEMMER: That's right, go Browns. We'll let you have your platform a bit later.
Let's kick it off with Donna. Let's start with the Phoenix debate last night.
You know, Donna, we always ask who wins. Who lost last night?
BRAZILE: Well, I don't think anyone lost last night. But I thought that the Democrats -- some of General Clark's rivals took the welcome mat from underneath him, but he came out OK.
HEMMER: Jonah, what about you? Anyone lose last night?
BRAZILE: I think John Edwards is continuing to look more and more like a loser. He's fading away. He's no longer really seeming like a top-tier guy, and he's probably going to have to get out soon if this keeps up.
But I agree that the biggest whack was against Clark, who is clearly threatening somebody, because they all went after him for the first time.
HEMMER: Yes. Andy, did you find a leader last night? BOROWITZ: I think the whole dynamic of the race has changed now that Bob Graham is out, I really do. I think that Dennis Kucinich has surged to one percent now.
HEMMER: Out of Cleveland, Ohio, by the way, too, right? Andy's going to moderate the next one, promise.
Let's talk about this who's in charge in Iraq. It appeared this past week suggesting that Donald Rumsfeld's been put aside. Condoleezza Rice is going to head up this committee now, managing the reconstruction effort there. Congress apparently not agreeing to that so far, based on what we're hearing in D.C.
Jonah, start us for this segment. Is Rice rising?
GOLDBERG: I think Rice is rising to a certain extent, although there's a lot of terminology (ph) that's very hard to read. And the way I normally looked at Rice is she's kind of the fulcrum on a seesaw between Rumsfeld and Powell -- and when Powell's up, Rumsfeld is down and vice versa, and then she's always sort of remained at the center of things, and I think that's still holding true, but even more so than now.
HEMMER: How do you see it, Donna?
BRAZILE: Well, everyone knows that If you want to get something done in Washington D.C., hand it over to a woman. I think Condoleezza has her hands full with the Middle East and now this crisis. But I wish her well.
HEMMER: We hand it over Andy.
BOROWITZ: I don't understand this whole Condi/Rummy thing. I mean, if the winner gets Iraq, what on Earth does the loser get?
HEMMER: Hey, the Pentagon's on line one for you, Borowitz.
Let's take about bullets over Britney. The first lady in Maryland, the governor's wife, Kendall (ph) Ehrlich, earlier this week said she would shoot Britney Spears if she had the chance. She later apologized. Don't they all?
Donna, gaffe, or get over it?
BRAZILE: Well, I think that she needs to go ahead and organize a stop the violence conference and remind people that comments like that perhaps led to the death of people like John Lennon, Tupac and Biggie Smalls.
HEMMER: Yesterday was John Lennon's birthday, "Strawberry Fields" -- Jonah.
GOLDBERG: Yes, look, it was dumb of Mrs. Ehrlich to say "shoot." She should have said hit her with a Nerf bat or slap her with a wet flounder or something like that.
HEMMER: How about a sausage, Randall Simon?
The fact remains that Britney Spears really is a terrible influence on the popular culture. She's talented and she's pretty, but she's also uneducated and kind of slutty.
HEMMER: It's cable. Andy?
BOROWITZ: I don't though. I still think the most embarrassing moment for a political spouse is when Tipper Gore sucked face with Al at the convention.
HEMMER: Back to Britney -- I'm thinking we should send Tucker Carlson back to interview her again on this one.
Jonah, what's under the radar?
GOLDBERG: Truly outrageous editorial by "The New York Times," which rooted for Boston Red Sox to beat the hometown New York Yankees, and not only that, not only did the hometown paper root for the enemy, but they also didn't mention that they're part owners of the Red Sox. Talk about lack of full disclosure.
HEMMER: Scandal.
Donna?
BRAZILE: Well, "Billboard" magazine this week for the first time featured an all 10 lineup, the first time in the history of this country all 10 artists are African-Americans. I think Rush Limbaugh needs to listen up.
HEMMER: Andy?
BOROWITZ: In the last days of the campaign, Gray Davis started groping women and praising Hitler, but it was too little, too late.
HEMMER: The door's wide open in Sacramento now, isn't it, Andy?
BOROWITZ: It's going to be a sweet time for comedians, Bill.
HEMMER: Enjoy Cleveland.
Donna, Jonah, Andy, thanks. Have a great weekend.
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