Kerry on The Bill Press Show, Wednesday Morning

[kerrygoddess]

Radio Alert: John Kerry on The Bill Press Show, Wednesday Morning
December 20th, 2005

Today, John Kerry did an interview with Bill Press and Christy Harvey for “The Bill Press Show.”

The interview will air Wednesday morning at 8:33 a.m. est, on the Sirius Radio Network.

If “The Bill Press Show” doesn’t air in your market, you can listen in live at www.billpressshow.com, and they will podcast it later in the day.

I am told, that in the interview John Kerry talks about the wiretaps, the PATRIOT Act, ANWR and other things you won’t want to miss!

http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/?p=1475

[globalvillage]

1. Thanks for posting this. n/t.

[wisteria]

2. Interesting to say the least. I wish i could listen to this,but I'll be

at work. If someone listens to the program, please fill me in.

[fedupinBushcountry]

3. I hope someone gets the audio

I don't have Sirius.

[Luftmensch067]

4. Podcast is good news!

That means we can download the audio later in the day, right? Even without iPod. Thanks for posting this, KG!!!!

[globalvillage]

5. Bill has an opportunity to redeem himself.

I am counting the minutes until I hear Bill correct this, his reply to my email, exactly six weeks ago.

"...Democrats can't win by being Bush lite. On the war, that's how John Kerry came across. Time to move on from Kerry. BP."

Time to move on, eh Bill? He called Sen Kerry a wuss that day.
Bet you didn't call him that to his face, did you, Bill? I can't wait. If it's good, there will be forgiveness. Otherwise, I will remain pissed.

[karynnj]

15. He did and he didn't

He insisted this was the first time he heard Kerry say clearly that he would have voted against IWR - ignoring Kerry's comment where he reminded him that in the first debate he did say this was the wrong war ... and that it was a war of choice.

Does Kerry have to PERSONALLY tell every liberal pundit before it counts? (while Edwards gets a pat on the head - even though he was actually pro-war which Kerry never was.)

Overall a great interview. Kerry is clearly upset about the NSA taps.

[globalvillage]

16. Otherwise, good interview.

So he gets points. Even though that comment after the interview was pretty lame. If he wanted to say it, he should have done it with the Senator on the phone and let him respond.
Of course, he knows it's not true.

[karynnj]

18. Good point - it is as tacky as when some RW people

control the diologue in the same way. (though he's less obnoxious) But it is true, that if he wanted to make this point he should have had the guts to say it the Senator directly - and allowed him to respond.

Although, I think that would have hurt the interview - as it gets into the grey area where Kerry spent the whole campaign distinguishing between the vote and the war (which he was always against). The vote took on almost abstract qualities and became a philosophical discussion. That complexity of supporting the President to give him more leverage for diplomacy and believing in bi-partisan negotiations on the wording - when Bush probably didn't care what it said were probably to complicated to explain.

[globalvillage]

21. The interview was pretty close to perfect.

But Bill's comment after was a cheap shot. Like when you talk to someone on the phone and basically agree with everything they say, then hang up the phone and call them an asshole. It's pretty cowardly, actually. I know. I do it and it makes me feel like a jerk. But I would NEVER do it in the company of other people. It's just unfair. In this case, it was also untrue.
Had he said he wished the Senator would have spent more time during the campaign explaining the IWR vote, or that he had positioned his answers differently, I might give him a pass. Even agree to some extent.
That said, I will give Bill credit for this overall. It was a great interview.

[karynnj]

22. I give Kerry the credit - it wasn't the questions

but the answers and, in fact, Kerry volunteered so much beyond the questions - that he in fact controlled the interview. One of the questions was just silly - was Bush acting like a dictator. (Almost as silly as Imus asking if Cheney was a war criminal)

I guess the question is will that mean Press will actually mentally change his view of where Kerry was. I'm also really not convinced that a strong repudiation of the vote would have helped, because Kerry really did have the ant-war vote (even if they weren't super happy with him. For Kerry the repudiation of the vote was sort of coupled with a complete rejection of the idea that Bush was an honest man with any integrity, who deserved the support that Kerry had said was right to give Presidents. Given Kerry's values, this is a strikingly harsh verdict on Bush.

[globalvillage]

23. You're right, of course.

but I'm trying to find a reason to forgive Bill, and I am feeling especially generous today.
When Sen Kerry's interviewed, I like it when there is very little interviewer and a whole lot of interviewee.
And if the Senator's driving, all the better.

[karynnj]

24. same here - and it's really a sign of respect that it happens

There is something about his presence even when he is not there in the room with the interviewer that seems to make this often the case. Maybe it's his dignity and willingness to speak on the issues they want to hear about.

[globalvillage]

6. That Ted Stevens thing is pretty funny.

Sen Kerry coming up next!

[karynnj]

7. NSA is eggregious offense

The terror authorization was clearly for "force", not for wiretaps. Arrogance of (Bush)government. Only 5 requests for taps ever rejected in over 30 years. Kerry's opinion is that as Bush himself said they require a court order. Kerry says they've used 9/11 to do all sorts of things. First was shift from Afganistan to Iraq.

[globalvillage]

9. "I disagree with Joe (Lieberman)"

You have to stand up
Are we supposed to be silent?
Woo Hoo, Senator!
You rock!!!

[TayTay]

8. Ooooh, is it me or is this interview just yummy.

I love it when Sen. Kerry gets pissed off. Boy, he is really giving it to the Rethugs and Bush. Wow! This warms the inner cockles of my heart. (Ahm, nothing like a pissed off MassDem.)

[karynnj]

12. He really did sound great

He clearly was "to the point" on things. (He said it doesn't look like Bush adhered to the law - which is as close as you could expect him to say Bush broke the law, because that's sort of what he's saying.

[globalvillage]

14. That was outstanding.

"On it's face, the evidence appears to indicate they did not adhere to the law."

That's pretty close, I think, to what he said. My shorthand is lousy.

[globalvillage]

13. Like desert for breakfast.

Yummy.

"Eggregious breach"
"Used 9-11 (to give cover)"
"A lot of bunk"
"Who are they kidding? This has got to stop."


Strong words. Awesome interview.

He was smokin'.

[karynnj]

10. Q: Does talking to Senators, give right to do the taps?

A: NO, Says there will probably be hearings. asked about Bush claim that talking about this will help the terrorists, Kerry says that is bunk and the fact that they were listening to BL phone calls was on the front page of NYT at the time of Tora Bora. He reminded Press he said, "Wrong war, wrong time, wrong place". Kerry said war was mistake - war of choice.

Says not only wouldn't he vote for it, there would be no vote. Still we need to end things right - our large number of troops is problem - quotes same Republicans. Says we will see significant number of troops withdrawing in 2006. More capable Iraqis. Tired of Bush false choice - the Democrats don't want failure. ("at least guard the ammo dumps")

Asked about Lieberman - Kerry disagreed with Joe that you can't speak against war - says he learned that with Vietnam, lists lots of lies found not to be true. Says you need to speak the truth.

Press says Kerry is "finally getting it right" - could have made a difference during election - saying he wouldn't have voted for the IWR.
Said he was a good man.

[Mass]

11. Excellent - He has to do more of these radio shows.

He said clearly that he thought Bush had broken the law, laid his positions on Iraq, said he disagreed with Joe, and said clearly his disagreement with Bush.

The part I liked the most was when Bill Press asked him if Bush was a dictator. He answered "I am not using the word" and then started to give all the reasons that tell us why Bush abused power.

[TayTay]

17. He talked about:

NSA spying is a big deal. This Pres could have easily done this legally, but he is arrogant and thinks he can just do whatever he wants. (Same thing with ANWR, these friggin bastids think they can just make it up as they go along.) "There is an arrogance of power." "There has ben mistake, after mistake after mistake which has cost American lives and prestige."

The WH does not have the right to bypass the courts on the NSA spying. The WH saying it went to Congress and got approval is ridiculous and false. There will be hearings on this. (Won't hearings give away the store and let the enemy know? No. After all, in the Tora Bora article in the NYTimes, it was said that we were listening to Osama. "This has got to stop, it just has got to stop.")

Hey Bill, remember "Wrong war, wrong place, wrong time?" (Selective memory syndrome used by lib commentators is frustrating.) The right 'war' was the one on 'terrorism.' No vote for this, heck no vote today based on what we know now. We have to change tactics in Iraq. Now that we are there, we also have to deal with the fact that we have a mess to clean up. We can't just turn out backs on this mess. It matters. Just do it right.

Reduction of troops in '06? Yup. The strain on the military is there and we need to hand off to the Iraqis. "I am so tired of this President running around the country using the bully pulpit of the Presidency to give a false choice to Americans. The choice is not that we want to leave chaos. The choice is not that we're defeatist. We're seeking success. We just have a better sense than we have had all along of how to achieve that success."

[karynnj]

20. I'm impressed that you got so many of his words

Great summary - He was really really sharp (as usual)

[TayTay]

19. btw, he did use the L Word

Sen Kerry called the whole Nigerian Yellowcake reference in the State of the Union speech in '03 'a lie.' (Lefty freepers can now officially bite me.)

EDIT: There was a quote in there that I really liked. So I just backed up RealPlayer and played it again and copied it down. I just liked that 'bully pulpit' quote and wanted it down whole.

[ProSense]

25. I missed it. Thanks for the summaries all.

Sounds like Kerry did great. Hope an audio will be posted later.

[europegirl4jfk]

26. You can download it on their site now

http://www.billpressshow.com

I just downloaded it but didn't have the time to listen to all of it yet. But the whole show seems to be good after the bit I've listened to right now.

[ProSense]

27. Thanks!

:hi:

[politicasista]

28. Good interview

I agree about that minor snark at the end and letting Kerry respond. We would have heard some truth to that.

[_dynamicdems]

29. Thanks, it should be interesting as soon as it downloads...

in about 14 hours! Not sure why my download window estimates the download at over 14 hours. Did JK talk that long? :D