is no need to have been in a rush. al-jazeera scooping up al gore s current tv for half a billion bucks. insiders say that o.j. tried that al gore tried to close the deal before new years because if he missed the deadline he would be paying higher taxes, he will. but he will make a lot money. and now, spell it out for us. guest: well, al gore, the inconvenient truth, he was running against george bush he was against the bush tax cuts he tried to take advantage of in 2012 before the obama tax hikes kicked in just a couple of days ago. the second thing, al gore is now an oil profiteer because al-jazeera is owned by the government that makes all the money by selling oil around the world, qatar. so he now has what you would call dirty oil money in the bank account.
jenna: you think the timeline leads to us 2014, some kind of tipping point. iran is not racing to build its first nuclear weapon, they are building a very broad nuclear program. they could race to get that first weapon and they could do it very quickly. jenna: ambassador bolton. thank you. jon: we are talking about powerball fever today, jenna. so many folks dreaming about what they ll buy with more than, well half a billion bucks, that is before the government gets its hands-on its share. if you re trying to boost your chances by joining an office pool, some things you need to know. with my winnings i m going to do some donations, first of all, and then bless family members and me and my wife and dog, and just live a peaceful life. i m going to pay my house off. i m going to give money to my kids, my stepchildren and my
very close. i think in the end the president will be deservedly re-elected. just curious about your reaction on 0 your successor there, martinez, who spoke at the rmc. what do you think of her performance? you know, i have big differences. i d rather not get negative. i want to go positive. i think my state when i was governor i had tax cuts, i built the movie industry. we lowered taxes by a billion bucks. we built the space industry. renewable energy. the combination of public/private partnerships is the way to go. again, i think that s what the president wants to do, a positive pro-growth democrat, a positive, pro-growth president. the last political unit analysis here, your state is leaning democrat in the election. do you have any insight into where new mexico may vote?
others did not, worked a little harder when others would not. what is your trick? guest: well, there is some good fortune involved. there is fortune, good or bad fortune involved i think in all experiences. hard work. you just have to stick at it. if my dad went out he would have lost his house. he put it all on the line and you pay a little more attention, i think, when your back is to the wall. i helped him. he had help. there is a network of peers you rely on. small businesses do not have boards of directors, we rely on our business friends. i don t if the president is confusing small businesses with fundraising bundlers that get pay backs of half a billion bucks like solyndra. a lot of business, most businesses, i think, is pretty straight up. neil: were you offended?
they looked at the years from 2005 through 2011. they started with the number usually cited by unions based on filings that they have to make with the federal election commission, which is $1.1 billion in political spending, that was the number believed to have been exhausted by them. but the journal uncovered an additional $3.3 billion based on additional documents that unions had to file, bringing the total amount of union political spending to $4.4 billion. that is practically a billion bucks a year in between election cycles, presidential election cycles. joining me for a fair and balance debate. dan skwrers stein and ben ferguson host of the ben ferguson show. that is a lot of change, 4 hoeupb 4 billion. the question is whether that says something about union power versus pack power, corporation power that the left has had a real issue with in the past.