so-called central park five that s what he did to grab headlines. when he opened a casino and started to have boxing matches, suddenly he was friends with hip-hop stars and others. right. he dated a few african-american women. even into this century. then when he decided he could be a bigot publicly again like he had been in the past, to get a foot hold in the republican party, you know, that s what he did. suddenly he became a bigot. and he s continued to narrow cast and susan page, for all of us who think that this narrow casting is going to defeat him, i know you don t think that, i just remind everybody of one number and that is 37%. 37% is a number that everybody in the white house will repeat when you talk to them about donald trump s re-election chances because 37% was donald
yeah. it was disgusting. it was really hard. it was hard to see him playing that. so, willie, there has always been a calculation in there. donald trump, you know, people always ask, hey, you knew trump for a decade, what was the guy like before he ran for office, and i said, well, you know, he would say things behind closed doors that, you know, were offensive in one way or in another way, but never on race. we ve talked about this. al sharpton has talked about this. you ve talked about this. like donald trump would go to boxing matches in atlantic city and he would be surrounded by black celebrities. he actually had a very good working relationship with a lot of a lot of black celebrities and we actually sort of joked about it during the campaign that people like jay-z if they were ever for hillary they would
for this ceremony. your thoughts. he was a friend. we spent a lot of time together. we went to sporting events together. i remember going to boxing matches in las vegas, god forbid, with john mccain and harry reid. i didn t sit for those pictures but part of what john mccain did. agree with chris about him being at the center of things. the great sense of humor. only john mccain could tell a joke that talked about his vietnam years with that memory and that humor. when he was asked about woodstock, remember, what is your opinion of woodstock? he said i don t recall much about it. i was tied up at the time. indeed he was literally. but i will tell you a little bit. i love john mccain, a wonderful guy. bipartisanship in itself for which he is being exalted this week seems to me is not a good in itself. bipartisanship is good if it s a good bill.
tonight. an interesting group, some of them are as we would expect. there are couple of surprises in there. i didn t know that he was close as he was to actor warren beatty. i want to ask you first about the selection of this russian dissident. your thoughts on him. i don t know who he is. sounds like john mccain, michael bloomberg, sound like john mccain he was a guy of eclectic taste politically as well as personally. i spent time with him talking politics. we went to boxing matches together in las vegas. i had my picture taken with harry reid in a fight. that was john. he was man of the world. martha: it is interesting just to talk about this choice little bit because the selection of this russian dissident some
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