that never knew the meaning of the word can t. i was still a boy when i watched cernan having the time on his life on the moon and the last visit for human beings on the moon. even as a kid i could see the kid in gene. a guy who didn t see his time up there as a mission but a passion. one that even drove he and his colleague schmidt to soar. da, da, da, da, da da, all along neil: i said gene was a hero, i never said he was a singer. i joked yesterday with gene as i have often shared with many of you on this show howmuch i wanted to be an astronaut when i was a kid. i did. i was a nut about being an astronaut. when other kids my age were collecting baseball cards, i was collecting astronaut autographs. i have quite an impressive collection. reading everything i could get on every mission that i could
international terrorists or international groups trying to disrupt the convention. neil: they would be targeting not one convention over the other but both. guest: an architectists have been weeks or months they would go to both conventions because activists are upset with both political parties. neil: having been to conventions in the past, the sites are always locked down and tight as a drum. as the convention progresses after the nominee has his speaking night, the security corridor is wider and wider. do you know if conventions in both cities are looking at widening that area as a result of this? or is it too early to tell? guest: that is what the bulletin gets at, the fact that the corridor in the security zone is so tight the anarchrist
obama administration because, clearly, they think that bain capital, considering they just handled a consultant to head up the regulatory office, has some success. neil: but we just spoke with the congressman and these issues come up. if it comes up in the debate the president could drew the distinction, whatever your political view point, this involves if loss of jobs in the case of mitt romney, some loss of jobs. i am not saying one is right or wrong but i am saying you could make the argument here that there is a distinction because no jobs so far have been lost. guest: but mitt romney can come back and make the argument that this is hypocritical on behalf of the president what wants to slam private equity the basis of the eonomic engine of the united states but when it is con veteran conference politically he uses it to his advantage. in this case, mitt romney can, again, bring up, look, these are the jobs we created under bain capital and well look at the
simpson-bowles is one commission. neil: but that is the commission appoint by the president. guest: that is one set of suggestions. if you want to ask what people think of that or why they agree or disagree, but do not limit it to that. neil: you are not against bringing it up? guest: certainly not. neil: so if a panelists wants to say what do you think of the recommendations? guest: absolutely. neil: the rap was there was a concern to bring this up? guest: that is wrong. we told everyone that was wrong. my concern is you should not buy a debate by setting it up and saying we assume that sink such simpson-bowles is the right thing. how much do you agree? want to ask what you think of the simpson-bowles? how much do you agree? fine. neil: but this is only one debt commission. guest: there are a lot of other proposals.
instances you have used, like solyndra, through taxpayer dollars to get money and there is also a loss of jobs. neil: he is one of the president s top fundraisers but does he grow with taxing the top? [ male announcer ] at scottrade, we believe the more you know, the better you trade. so we have ongoing webinars and interactive learning, plus, in-branch seminars at over 500 locations, where our dedicated support teams help you know more