we were one. we weren t democrats, we weren t republicans, we were americans. we had been attacked. one nation under god, indivisible. there was a moment. and then it didn t last very long, and then it went away, and we started to divide, and there was another moment, particularly for the republican party, after romney lost to obama, and claire would know better than i, but reince priebus said, we need to open the tent and he got the doors slammed in his face. there were the days of tip o neill, ronald reagan, took a couple of drinks into the room, shut the door, came out with a deal. boehner and obama were talking about a grand bargain and then boehner got his leash jerked and he took it and went right out of congress.
after, i remember a moment when we were one. we weren t democrats, we weren t republicans, we were americans. we had been attacked. one nation under god, indivisible. there was a moment. and then it didn t last very long, and then it went away, and we started to divide, and there was another moment, particularly for the republican party, after romney lost to obama, and claire would know better than i, but reince priebus said, we need to open the tent and he got the doors slammed in his face. there were the days of tip o neill, ronald reagan, took a couple of drinks into the room, shut the door, came out with a deal. boehner and obama were talking about a grand bargain and then boehner got his leash jerked and
you were never shy about speaking out about where you re from and talk about what you see when you see people looking back to the most horrific day, 9/11, and the unity that resulted. right after 9/11, in the days after, i remember a moment when we were one. we weren t democrats. we weren t republicans. we were americans. we had been attacked, one nation under god indivisible. there was a moment. and then it didn t last very long and then it went away. and we started to divide. there was another moment for the republican party after romney lost to obama, and claire would know better than i, but priebus
and and tkraoe a andrea. the the politicians were not given speaking positions today. what do you think about that. i think after you have eleven years past, bill it s no important to do what they are doing today, which is reflecting, and the campaigns are taking a break and it s actually nice, because this campaign season has and will continue to be, i think, so nasty and so devisive. looking back eleven years ago, we weren t republicans, we weren t democrats, we all came together as americans. the issue at the time was national security, but bill i will say this the biggest issue facing us today has to do with our debt and our deficit. and god forbid we re ever attacked again but we have to make sure that we do come together to fix these problems so that going forward if we are attacked our books are in order, so we can stay strong. we look at these first responders, they rely on us to fund their salaries. if we are wasting money, if we are not managing our books across the country