of the many democrats there to pay tribute. it was never a man or woman, at least when i was with him, that he ever looked at and spoke with who he didn t treat with dignity. so many people in powerful positions begin to think that they they know so much better than ordinary people. it was never about pedigree. it was never about degree. he didn t look at people and yield to pedigree. he didn t yield to that person in the room who had the most advanced degree. he was as bright as anyone in the room. but the thing i admired most about him was i believed that he believed, given a half a chance, just ordinary, ordinary, plain
talked about him in a way that erased party differences. vice president joe biden was one of the many democrats there to pay tribute. it was never a man or woman, at least when i was with him, that he ever looked at and spoke with who he didn t treat with dignity. so many people in powerful positions begin to think that they they know so much better than ordinary people. it was never about pedigree. it was never about degree. he didn t look at people and yield to pedigree. he didn t yield to that person in the room who had the most advanced degree. he was as bright as anyone in the room. but the thing i admired most about him was i believed that he believed, given a half a chance, just ordinary ordinary, plain
conservative media publicity hound guys telling mr. priebus unless the fiscal cliff negotiations in d.c. go the way that he wants them to go, he will personally cut off the spigot of conservative money to the republican party. he says, quote, i will make it my mission to ensure that every conservative donor to the republican party that i have worked with for the last three decades, and there are many, and they have given tens of millions of dollars to republican causes, i will make sure that they give not one penny more to the republican party. promise? what are you going to do, right? give it to the democratic party instead? perhaps you should start a third party. i mean, i m not allowed to make political contributions because of my job, but as a liberal i maybe would cheat to contribute to your third party idea. you re right, the republican party is not pure enough, not conservative enough. you guys should starve the republican party, make your own thing, split away, new party, call
you re right, the republican party is not pure enough, not conservative enough. you guys should starve the republican party, make your own thing, split away, new party, call it the tea party. it s already got party in the name. i would support that. every liberal in america will fund you if you promise to do that. oh, please, brent bozel. but as the republican party continues to do this, or perhaps this, which is a process that is maybe inevitable after an election like i just went through, there was a moment in washington today, inside the u.s. capitol, that was a great reminder that there is another way to look at public service and the parties. and that there is a type of model of public service in modern american history for which the question of which party you belong to ends up being one of the least important things about you. today former republican senator warren rudman, who was no liberal and definitely a republican, warren rudman, was eulogized by a bipartisan who s
who of people who worked with him and competed with him and respected him over the course of his storied multidecade career in washington. and they eulogized him and talked about him in a way that erased party differences. vice president joe biden was one of the many democrats there to pay tribute. it was never a man or woman, at least when i was with him, that he ever looked at and spoke with who he didn t treat with dignity. so many people in powerful positions begin to think that they they know so much better than ordinary people. it was never about pedigree. it was never about degree. he didn t look at people and yield to pedigree. he didn t yield to that person in the room who had the most advanced degree. he was as bright as anyone in the room. but the thing i admired most about him was i believed that he