Triumph of ego over common sense. Talks about his role as a rockefeller republican and how the Republican Party moved from moderate to conservative. St. John fisher in rochester, nw york hosted this event in 2008. Richard i want to tell you about my book. I would explain the title, no room for democracy the triumph of ego over common sense. I would tell you about the style of the book. There is no room for democracy in a political party, political leadership. If cant get anything done you dont have a dictator running the political party. Its all right to listen to what other people have to say, but there are a lot of things decisions a leader has to make if you going to get anything done. I saw an article the other day in the New York Times in which democratic congressman said we need discipline in the party. I got a kick out of that because thats what i have been saying for a long time. There are examples in the book about decisions that had to be no roomt come down to for democracy.
Overtime to see if it changes. There is no doubt about that. Final thoughts . Thank you for your willingness to engage any discourse. There are important issues to us and we are able to do this today without yelling and screaming at each other or pointing at each other and making acquisitions accusations against each other. We have to as a nation come to grips with what is the balance here and there is going to be a lot of different perspectives out there. I understand that. Be grateful that you live in a nation that is willing to have this kind of dialogue. That is a good thing for us. Are there tensions along the way . Yes. Its not unique to cyber and its not the first time we had challenges have challenges like this and it wont be the last. But if we are willing to sit down and have a conversation we can move where we want to be. [applause] please remain seated until wrapping up. If you missed any of the conference you will be able to watch it in its entirety on the website cspan. O
About tim kaine selection as Hillary Clintons running mate. It was probably the most presumed idea as her running mate. Did any of you watch that convention in cleveland . I did not watch the convention. I dont think thats a surprise. I got a lot of stuff to do. This angry ground hog came out and just vomited on everybody for an hour. This was an amazing convention. He sounded like some twobit dictator of some country that you couldnt find on a map. Hey, look, if i have kids that like me that much, how bad can i be, right . Are you bullying him here . Are you stooping to his level . It is hard to know where to start, isnt it . We have a really great chance of taking our country back. This country isnt yours. You doesnt own it. It never was. There is no real america. You dont own it this is the last word on campaign 2016. Hillary clinton did not add excitement to her ticket tonight but she did order a language span. But tim kaine carries none of the appeal that Elizabeth Warren would ha
Franken said on this program weeks ago, that no senator would turn downhill ri clintons offer to run for Vice President and no senator did turn it down and one senator got it. Al franken will join us to talk about tim kaine run for Vice President si which will start tomorrow in miami with Hillary Clinton. Hillary clinton had chosen senator tim kaine as her Vice President ial running mate. It was the most presumed idea as her running mate. What she wanted was a partner. Its a comfort pick. Did any of you watch that convention in cleveland . I did not watch the convention. I dont think thats a surprise. I got a lot of stuff to do. This angry ground hog came out le just vomited on everybody. This was an amazing convention. He sounded like some twobit dictator of some if i have kids that like me that much, how bad can i be. It is hard to know where it starts, isnt it . We have a really great chance to taking our country back. This country isnt yours. There is no real america. You dont own
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