it was other things. he sees himself as a democratic, leading a democracy. he s a jewish leader of a mostly christian country. but that s not a problem. because he believes in the kind of civic patriotism, not in ethnic nationalism. something very like what americans believe in. and he wants to transmit that as well. and i think he does it successfully because it s true. because he feels it. he believes it. he s saying things that aren t false. and you can tell, simply by his manner, and, by the way he speaks. i think it is very helpful to cast this in terms of why he is doing interviews and what the point is of the way he is talking about things and who he is talking to, i think that is an important lens to keep in mind when we re looking at these things. with that in mind, are you persuaded by his argument that enough weapons shipped quickly enough could make a determinative difference, could actually stop russia from winning this war and taking over
is saying things that are not false. you can tell, simply by his manner, by the way he speaks. and, i think it s really helpful for you to cast this in terms of why he is doing interviews, and what s the point is of the way he is talking about things and who is he is talking to. i think that is an important lens for us to keep in mind when we are looking at these things. with that in mind, are you persuaded by his argument that enough weapons shipped quickly enough could make a determinative difference, could actually stop russia from taking over ukraine? yes. i believe we are at a very balancing moment, the ukrainians did chase the russians out of the northern part of the country they did resist the first attack on kyiv, they did use extraordinarily creative tactics. they showed that they need to fight, they want to fight, not just professional soldiers but the whole population, all kinds of people who i know or have
interviews, and what s the point is of the way he is talking about things and who is he is talking to. i think that is an important lens for us to keep in mind when we are looking at these things. with that in mind, are you persuaded by his argument that enough weapons shipped quickly enough could make a determinative difference, could actually stop russia from taking over ukraine? yes, i believe we are at a very balancing moment, the ukrainians did chase the russians out of the northern part of the country they did resist the first attack on kyiv, they did use extraordinarily creative tactics. they showed that they need to fight, they want to fight, not just professional soldiers but the whole population, all kinds of people who i know or have heard of or friends of friends who you would not think of our soldiers joined the army. all kinds of people are doing, whether it is one here jobs, computer jobs, working on
john boehner instead of democratic house speaker nancy also, there was one chart more than any other that pretty much summed up what happened on election day and why. this is the 10 groups that spent the most money on that election that year. 6 of the 10 groups spent big-time on the right. they were led by the correspondent funded u.s. chamber of commerce, far and away the biggest spender that year. almost all the groups spending on behalf of republicans in 2010 were corporate funded groups like that. business groups. the only major spenders on be half of democrats that year were union, that was it and only made up 30 of the top 10 spenders. one by one individual campaign donations by normal humans are nice things. when you re talking big money in politics, the stuff that adds up really fast and makes a determinative difference, you either have to be a politically motivated billionaire or
determinative difference, you either have to be a politically motivated billionaire or organization. big money in politics comes from corporations that disproportionately support republicans and unions that disproportionately support democrats. republican supporting corporations are dominant and the only ones supporting democrats are unions. if you are somehow able to get rid of unions to take them out of the mix, you are able to get rid of the democratic s party to compete. the only thing you have left is corporations spending hand over fist for republicans and they ll win every election every time. over the last half a century, union membership has plummeted across the country, gone from 39% of salaries to 12% now. one place it is still going strong, most of the people in unions are public sector unions that work for state and local governments.