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How was McCain rude to
Reagan?
Can you specify
this?
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Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 12:09
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Subject: [CTRL] Fw: Reagan / McCain
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</A> -Cui Bono?-
Fascinating
how someone who's claimed to be the "Reagan Republican" can be
so darn rude
with Ronald Reagan's son. Go figure!
-A
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>
> TRANSCRIPT
> McCain on Michael Reagan Show
>
Date: 2/29/2000
>
> Michael Reagan: ...This is an interview I
tried to do earlier today with
> John McCain...It would be choosing the
judges. If John McCain becomes
> President of the United States and will
they be liberal judges, or will
> they be conservative judges. That's an
issue many people would like to get
> an answer to. Is Warren Rudman
going to be the Attorney General? That
would
> be a good question to
ask. Why don't we go now, Sen. John McCain. Senator,
> how are
you?
>
> Sen. McCain: How are you?
>
> Michael Reagan:
I am just fine, thank you very much. Where are you, are
you
> in
Fresno?
>
> Sen. McCain: I'm on the bus, I'm on the way to
Bakersfield, I'm headed
> through a lot of very beautiful fruit tree
areas. It's very pretty here in
> the valley.
>
> Michael
Reagan: Question I want to ask you, first of all, have you decided
> now
to get into the debate that's going to be taking place on
Thursday
night?
>
> Sen. McCain: We're having the debate will
be by satellite from, we'll have
> to stop on our trip back to New York
and we had to cancel some, some ah of
> our New York schedule, but we'll
be there by satellite.
>
> Michael Reagan: All right, let me ask
you this, because I think it's an
> issue, just, isn't being played out
within the campaign there's so many
> other things that are being talked
about, but as President of the United
> States one of the legacy's you
would leave would be the judges that you
> would appoint as President of
the United States of America and there's
some
> great concern if
Warren Rudman, who is your overall campaign chair, would
> be in such a
position in a McCain administration to appoint judges like
> Judge
Souter to the bench as was done during the Bush administration back
> in
the 1980's.
>
> Sen. McCain: Ah, Warren Rudman did not appoint
Judge Souter, President
Bush
> did, remember he was the
President.
>
> Michael Reagan: Yes, but...
>
> Sen.
McCain: Second of all, Warren Rudman is a fine, decent man who served
>
his country in the Korean War, Attorney General of his state, and
a
Senator
> who was highly respected. It was, It was President Bush
that appointed
> Justice Souter.
>
> Michael Reagan: Right,
but Warren Rudman...
>
> Sen. McCain: Warren Rudman is
seventy...let me finish, please, could I
> finish? Ja ah, ah, Warren
Rudman is 70 years old, he's been, he had a
> serious illness. He's not
interested in playing any active role in a
McCain
> administration
and I resent enormously phone calls that were made by Pat
> Robertson
saying that he was a vicious bigot. I think that one might be
> Michael
Reagan: Senator, Senator, Senator, Senator, Senator, McCain
Talking
>
Over Michael Reagan: well worth talking about as well...Senator, I'm
not,
> Senator
>
> Sen. McCain: I asked you, Michael, if I
could finish, can I finish?
>
> Michael Reagan: But you did finish
[McCain Interrupt]
>
> Sen. McCain: Can I finish? Can I finish?
Yes or no?
>
> Michael Reagan: What else do you have to
say?
>
> Sen. McCain: Can I finish, or not, I mean
otherwise
>
> Michael Reagan: Go ahead
>
> Sen.
McCain: OK. I don't appreciate him being called a vicious bigot
by
Pat
> Robertson in personal phone calls to hundreds of thousands
of Americans.
He
> is a fine and decent man and he will play an
advisory role to me because
he
> is a fine and decent man who enjoyed
a sterling reputation as United
States
> Senator and Attorney General
of the State of New Hampshire.
>
> Michael Reagan:
So,
>
> Sen. McCain: Now I'm finished.
>
> Michael
Reagan: Very good. And what I was trying to get to is the fact
> that,
yes, Warren Rudman did not appoint him, Warren Rudman's the man who
>
sold to John Sununu who sold him to President Bush at the time, and
what
> (McCain Interrupt: In other words.) I want to find
out.
>
> Sen. McCain: In other words, in other words, in other
words President Bush
> and John Sununu did not have any minds of their
own. That's, I don't think
> that's the way it happened.
>
>
Michael Reagan: That's - Senator let me ask you this. There are,
there
are..
>
> Sen. McCain: I don't believe that's how it
happened.
>
> Michael Reagan: Well
>
> Sen. McCain:
John Sununu knew Souter just as well as Warren Rudman did,
> they're
both from New Hampshire.
>
> (Reagan talking over ) Michael
Reagan: The question is, the question is,
> what kind of judges would
you appoint to the bench? Would they by Souter
> like? Would they be
judges in the make of a Bork, a Thomas? What kind of
> judges could we
see from a President McCain?
>
> Sen. McCain: My record is very
clear as to who I have supported and my
> record is very clear in public
statements that Justice Scalia is a Justice
> that I admire very much. I
also happen to admire Justice Rehnquist, Chief
> Justice Rehnquist, who
is from the state of Arizona. And, ah, but Scalia I
> admire an enormous
amount as well as others. My record as a conservative
is
> very
clear, my record on supporting people who adhere to the Constitution
>
is very clear and my record as a, eighteen-year record, of
conservative
> positions both physically and others is also very
clear.
>
> Michael Reagan: All right. Next question,
education.-big issue. I mean
> compared to other industrial nations we
here in America, the children
> routinely test near the bottom. So what
about your plan for an
> better-educated child here in America? What is
the McCain plan?
>
> Sen. McCain: Choice, ah, by the way, before
we go into that, ah, are you -
> it doesn't disturb you that Pat
Robertson would call up people and say
> that, that ah Warren Rudman is
a vicious bigot? I'd like you to talk about
> that a little
bit.
>
> Michael Reagan: No, Senator. No Senator, No Senator
because let me tell
> you, I think that gets off
>
> Sen.
McCain: No, let me tell you, let me tell you when the man's name is
>
maligned and his reputation is maligned then it ought to be talked
about,
> OK? (inaudible)
>
> Michael Reagan: Senator McCain,
goodbye.
>
> [REAGAN HANGS UP ON MCCAIN]
>
> Michael
Reagan: Senator McCain, goodbye. (PAUSE) You know something I'm
>
ripping this up. You lost my vote.
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