his policies being retrograde and overly conservative? well, we have to be careful in how we characterize this, right? so there s a sense in which there s an argument that was being had among democrats about health care. barack obama made a case. he won in a certain way, but there were other people within the context of that argument arguing for him to go a bit further. so it seems to me, joe, that in the context but, eddie, he couldn t go further though. if you re debating this on a cable news show or in a princeton classroom, you can say that. but barack obama only got 50 votes. right. it was the one of the most difficult legislative fights in recent american history and he still barely got there. so it wasn t a question of what barack obama wanted. it was a question of what was possible and by the way, eddie,
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president trump has talked about possibly buying greenland. yeah. of course he [ bleep ] did. of course he did. speculation on trump s comments rose to such a point this week that greenland s premier had to issue a statement saying, greenland is not for sale. so if you had 2 1/2 years in your office pool of when a world leader would have to tell trump you can t buy our country, congratulations. you re a big winner. john oliver with his take on president trump s apparent interest in buying greenland. speaking to reporters yesterday, the president said it would benefit both the united states and denmark. well, greenland, i don t know. it got released somehow, but it was something we talked about. denmark essentially opens it, we re very good allies with denmark. we protect denmark like we protect large portions of the world so the concept came up. i said certainly i d be strategically it s interesting. and we d be interested but we ll
louisiana functions the i what it functions. right? so one of the special things about the issue it takes immediate today issues, concerns and shows us the history, demonstrates the history how we have gotten to this point. and trump has unsettled the sentiment at the bottom of the politics and we can t put it back. by the way, people should read it because you put your finger on it. it s about traffic in atlanta, it s about sugar in louisiana. this is the best journalistic project in my memory and people who criticize it, should read it, see the interactive things and figure out, okay, let s do the medicine and how that s been affected. i was astonished this weekend when i read this project. and new york times should be really applauded. and one other thing. dean bakay that things that leaked he said all the right things and people should read his transcript as well. by the way, as somebody born in the suburbs of atlanta,
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