issues. get the libertarian cause candidate, he has the old pat buchan buchanan, he wants to get rid of the federal reserve it appeals to young people in particular, which is important for republicans. then another guy, who is absolutely offended you can tell, that he s not the choice of the republican elite, right? kind of an elder statesmen, to the extend he has been around a long time, name recognition, he does have a little bit of a problem with the social conservatives because among other things, he s been married three times. so, there is the guy who is the choice of the elite, this is all these various challengers, the con va ti conservative base says none of you are that great. frankly we need somebody better who is still a conservative. we need somebody who checks more of the boxes for all the things
there are allegations that his voice mail was packed into and in new york. and the very information that was on the voice mails ended up so now he s talking about a lawsuit and, of course, we also have reports yesterday that they ve been paying out millions and millions of dollars over the past five, six, seven years settling these cases quietly. of course. a lot of allegations going on. but this justice department brings this investigation to the united states and at that point, it really does explode. and i guess the question is, pat buchan buchanan, you ve been in the press for a long time. you have you have talked about how it is for a lot of people on the left. but even supporters of rupert murdoch would have to say a guy who s been nice to you through the years, that it s going to be really hard for him to survive? joe, yeah. he has been very gracious to me throughout the years. i like the man. but i tell you, there s no doubt
if it leaps the atlantic, i think the murdoch empire and great britain is coming down. if it leaps the atlantic to the united states, it s really big trouble. and i feel sorry for murdoch going up against the parliamentary committee because it s going to be very, very tough on him. i don t know if he had anything to do with it. but this is aucwfully high up, joe. it s reached to murdoch s son and the prime minister s office in great britain. this is going to metastasize. you hear all of the talk in the press about the murdoches, the murdoches, the murdoches. they don t run the company by themselves. there is a board. and at some point, they re going to tell the murdochs this type of dynasty did not work in egypt. it s not going to work in news corp. you re going to have to step down. and i suspect that you re going to see i agree with pat. i don t see how the murdoch family survives this. i don t see how the sons take
stock drops to a six-month low. and to follow up on this jude law story yeah. back in 2003 when he was filming a movie over it here, his phone there are allegations that his voice mail was packed into and in new york. and the very information that was on the voice mails ended up so now he s talking about a lawsuit and, of course, we also have reports yesterday that they ve been paying out millions and millions of dollars over the past five, six, seven years settling these cases quietly. of course. a lot of allegations going on. but this justice department brings this investigation to the united states and at that point, it really does explode. and i guess the question is, pat buchan buchanan, you ve been in the press for a long time. you have you have talked about how it is for a lot of people on the left. but even supporters of rupert
do anything. i think something is going to get done, quite frankly, boehner and cantor met with the president secretly on sunday at the white house. they re moving ahead. harold ford, are we going to get a deal? i think we will. contrast this with mike barnicle, to use baseball analogies. think about the guy who caught jeter s ball. he gave the ball back. and we praised him. and there was a time in american culture and, pat, you would have a great er appreciation for so much of this that this is the right thing to do, we would haven t applauded anyone, give the ball back. you caught the ball to mickey mantle, you give the ball back if it were a record ball. democrats in congress, democrats and republicans, largely republican freshmen who are unwilling to transcend and be bigger in this moment to say the right thing in this country is to accept a deal to reduce spending for the long term, ensure the debt limit is paid and make sure we don t face the