shooting live ammunition at a student anti-war protest in ohio. four students shot dead in kent state less than a week after that speech. 11 days after kent state, two more student protesters shot dead at jackson state in mississippi. another 12 students were wounded by gunfire there. that was may 1970. by june 1970, the nixon administration had started casting about for some sort of public gambit to try to reclaim the narrative, to try to change the story. and in june 1970, they hit upon an idea that must have struck them at the time as a sort of cheap and cheerful way to turn the whole mood of the country around. at least that s how they approached it. the new york times was first to break the news about their plans in mid-june 1970. quote, a small piece of scrap paper was taped on the lobby wall of a washington office building this week to notify the public of a new tenant. on the paper in red crayon were the words honor america day committee, suite 506. the new tenants set up h
staff whenever he has an idea or a line he d like to use, he drops it down on a piece of scrap paper and because the staff and says make sure you incorporate this exactly as i said it. he is the master messenger, this is his speech from beginning to end, he wants the american people to understand he has for them, he wants to uplift all americans and support them. you are going to hear outrageous, incredible stories of american heroism overseas right here at home in our first responders, you are going to hear about job creators in our economy. it really is truly going to be one of those speeches that when it s done you are going to be proud to be part of this american country. harris: let s move on to the fisa memo that has gone through the house intel and been voted upon. it goes to the president, he has five working days to review it. talking about the process and where the president is on releasing that memo to the rest
gives democrats a better than 50-50 chance of holding on the senate in november. that is a big deal for 2012. but a move like this also inevitably leads to a lot of stupidity. a lot of hand-wringing bad punditry, how moderates can t survive in washington any more because both sides have gotten so extreme. if you have a piece of scrap paper, tear off a strip and ball it up, and put it in your mouth and start chewing on the strip and next time somebody gets on your tv screen says both parties have gotten so extreme, you just eject one of those wads of paper at the screen. spit balling will not make the beltway stop saying this stupid thing but will make you feel better. i do it myself in my office, trust me. this is not a pox on both their houses story. this is not a mirror image, both sides so extreme. there is nothing that the democratic party did or liberals
50-50 chance of holding on the senate in november. that is a big deal for 2012. but a move like this also inevitably leads to a lot of stupidity. a lot of hand-wringing bad punditry, how moderates can t survive in washington any more because both sides have gotten so extreme. if you have a piece of scrap paper, tear off a strip and ball it up, and put it in your mouth and start chewing on the strip and next time somebody gets on your tv screen says both parties have gotten so extreme, you just eject one of those wads of paper at the screen. spit balling will not make the beltway stop saying this stupid thing but will make you feel better. i do it myself in my office, trust me. this is not a pox on both their houses story. this is not a mirror image, both sides so extreme. there is nothing that the democratic party did or liberals did to make it impossible for olympia snowe to stay in the senate.
quits. as first read put it today, this gives democrats a better than 50-50 chance of holding on the senate in november. that is a big deal for 2012. but a move like this also inevitably leads to a lot of stupidity. a lot of hand-wringing bad punditry, how moderates can t survive in washington any more because both sides have gotten so extreme. if you have a piece of scrap paper, tear off a strip and ball it up, and put it in your mouth and start chewing on the strip and next time somebody gets on your tv screen says both parties have gotten so extreme, you just eject one of those wads of paper at the screen. spit balling will not make the beltway stop saying this stupid thing but will make you feel better. i do it myself in my office, trust me. this is not a pox on both their houses story. this is not a mirror image, both sides so extreme. there is nothing that the democratic party did or liberals did to make it impossible for