Acknowledgments, you said my son a bully me into writing it. We are talking about this book blue eyed boy. That is true. Desireever really had a to write this book. People had asked me over the years, why dont you write it . I said, i do not need to get into it. I was concerned about after flash. Hard,eing, you know, too dredging up the motions would be too heavy. I did not think at that time years ago that i had anything to in anyt was a anyway way there were a lot of books written by veterans who were wounded. Craig kept pushing. Since you may know, he was a little kid, he started wanting to do something, he just trove you nuts onto you say, ok, do it. I said, craig, do not want to do it. About, if youking are ever going to do it, this is the time. ,e look at the country everything has come back around. We have these deep divisions over 2 wars. Troops coming back, terribly wounded. Maybe youit is have something to say about that that. I said, maybe i dont. He said, try. And so, i did
The politicians, they are all working together for the good of the Democratic Party. This is the criticism you get from the conservative side. Right under that is the American People. This might come in second to my good friend on the house floor. If you did a word search, it might even come in first. You hear this from members of both sides of the aisle. The American People, one side wants tax cuts. The other side wants more spending. The American People want this, they want that. When it comes to house members, they represent about 700,000 people. They do not represent the American People. What is a real american . This is a variation of American People. It is when officials refer to their constituents to say, they are not of washington. They dont spend time watching the halls of congress. They have real jobs. Sometimes this could be a pejorative. You are suggesting somebodys ethnicity is not a real american. Usually, it is used as a positive. What is in the National Interest . It is
Physically and emotionally rebuilt himself and his career following the explosion. Bob timberg, in your acknowledgments, you said my son bullied me into writing it. If not for him, it would not exist. We are talking about this book blue eyed boy. That is true. I had never really had a desire to write this book. People had asked me over the years, why dont you write it . I said, i do not need to get into it. I think they felt i was concerned about after flash. This being, you know, too hard, dredging up the emotions would be too heavy. I did not think at that time years ago that i had anything to say that was in any way there were a lot of books written by veterans who were wounded. Craig kept pushing. Craig, as you may know since he was a little kid, if he started wanting to do something, he just trove you nuts onto you say, ok, do it. I said, craig, i do not want to do it. We started talking about, if you are ever going to do it, this is the time. We look at the country, everything ha
I might as well try to make a living at it. How many different terms are in here . About 200 or so. Some video i want to show you and have you explain. [video clip] i say to my good friend from north dakota, no. I thank my good friend. I would say to my good friend from wisconsin i thank my good friend from california. The act sponsored by my good friend from colorado. Where did this start . This has british lineage. It comes from Parliament Hundreds of years ago. If you have seen the proceedings of the house of commons, they say the right honorable gentleman. Which has a similar meaning. It is kind of a thinly veiled approach to trying to be polite to somebody that you dont really care for. In the house of representatives, there are 435 members. A lot of these are men and women who dont even know who each other are. It is kind of disingenuous. In the case of the senate, there is only 100. They probably know each other. They might not like each other but at least there is a better chan
My coauthor and i, chuck mccutcheon, had covered congress , we covered campaigns, been out on the trail, watched hundreds of hours of news, maybe thousands of hours. We had heard politicians of all stripes use many of the same phrases. Democrat, they would use a lot of these cliches. We wanted to explain to people who dont work in politics what these folks are actually getting at. When did you become interested in politics . That would be in my Early College years. I grew up in a political house called in Southern California where my parents talk about it around the dinner table but i got interested myself around 1992 when i was a freshman in college. The bill clinton president ial campaign was going on against george bush. I found myself after that very Exciting Campaign in which a sitting president was defeated, starting to watch congressional proceedings on television. I watched the house and senate. I would hear members of congress use phrases like my good friend. I figured they ac