off. the book is filled with these nuggets that were highlighted to be used in such a manner. and it s selling books, so he should be grateful and he should also understand that s how a book is used. again, i want to get back to what bob said and i gree with. no one should be surprised by president obama s behavior. we weren t electing patton. he has more in common with macaulay culkin than mccarther. there was a certain kind of snotty defensiveness in the book about a perceived lack of trust by the military that obama felt, that they don t trust him because of his inexperience. but what do you expect when you hang out with anti-western radicals all your life, operating under the assumption that the u.s. is this evil goliath. don t expect troops to rally behind you when for years, for years you hung out with people who hated the troops. let me get kimberly on that. to that very point, gates addresses his criticisms of vice
say we re going to do it differently. let me get greg in here. one of the things gates talks about in the book is how he hates partisanship in washington, d.c. and he thinks part of the rollout of the book has actually been fairly partisan. the book has sort of been hijacked by people along the political spectrum to serve their own purposes, taking quote out of context, and it s sort of part of the political warfare in washington that i decry in the book. do you think that he actually the book has been successful so far because of those tactics and about the partisanship. why are you laughing? it s hard not to say something. he s wearing a neck brace. he s a great man, he looks like a golf ball being teed up. adorable, but i hope he gets better. you know what? he s basically saying the media is using the book to serve a purpose. right. however, he sold you a box of firecrackers and now he s condemning you for setting them
issue. is that who you want to elect? that s the message. the other thing he was unequivocal about was that hillary clinton would make a good president. that was lost in this. number one, he got along with her very well. biden spent 35 years in the congress, which has always had an adversarial relationship with the military. gates took congress on in uncertain terms and he was right. remember when he said he had the dream, he would like to say, screw it, i m not going to take it from you guys anymore, i m out of here. i only wish he had done it. it s the job of the cabinet secretary to take the over sight of the congress. i want to ask eric a question based on something you said friday, which was a question of the timing of the book and why did he say stow long as secretary of defense if he had these problems. in the interview on npr this morning, he said, basically, he became so caught up emotionally with the troops and that every night, every single evening for four and a half ye
sasatanest. i was shocked by that. waiting for that to come out. i m not sure if it s true. i don t know. i m not going to question, but you keep questioning me about the kids getting killed on the george washington bridge. all right, the gates book, a lot of kroefrb, but i also think there s a lot to chew on. it s not necessarily about politics. it seems well-written to me. what i have read so far, i like it. you can t read. directly ahead, stunning allegations in another new book. this one claims hillary clinton had a hit list for those who didn t back her in 2008. greg has the details and the names allegedly on it. [ male announcer ] this is joe woods first day of work.
issue. is that who you want to elect? that s the message. the other thing he was unequivocal about was that hillary clinton would make a good president. that was lost in this. number one, he got along with her very well. biden spent 35 years in the congress, which has always had an adversarial relationship with the military. gates took congress on in uncertain terms and he was right. remember when he said he had the dream, he would like to say, screw it, i m not going to take it from you guys anymore, i m out of here. i only wish he had done it. it s the job of the cabinet secretary to take the over sight of the congress. i want to ask eric a question based on something you said friday, which was a question of the timing of the book and why did he say stow long as secretary of defense if he had these problems. in the interview on npr this morning, he said, basically, he became so caught up emotionally with the troops and that every night, every single evening for four and a half ye