I Know That This Story

Have You Ever Had Any Anger About President Bush - Who Spent His Time During The Vietnam War In The National Guard - Running, In Effect, A Campaign That Does Its Best To Diminish Your Service In Vietnam? You Have To Be At Least Irritated By That, Or Have You Been?

I'm All News, All The Time. Full Power, Tall Tower. I Want To Break In When News Breaks Out. That's My Agenda. Now, Respectfully, When You Start Talking About A Liberal Agenda And All The, Quote, 'liberal Bias' In The Media, I Quite Frankly, And I Say This Respectfully But Candidly To You, I Don't Know What You're Talking About.

The American Dream Is One Of The Greatest Ideas In The History Of Human Achievement . . . It Thrives Today In An Age When Its Core Components Of Freedom And Opportunity Are Open To More Americans Than Ever Before. It Holds A Real, Identifiable Place In The American Heart And Mind, And It Informs The Aspirations Of Everyone From Farmers To Software Developers, From Detectives To Bankers, From Soldiers To Social Workers . . . It Defines Us As A People, Even As We Add To Its Meaning With Each New Chapter In Our National Experience And Our Individual Actions.

There Was A Time In South Africa That People Would Put Flaming Tires Around Peoples' Necks If They Dis-sented. And In Some Ways The Fear Is That You Will Be Necklaced Here, You Will Have A Flaming Tire Of Lack Of Patriotism Put Around Your Neck. Now It Is That Fear That Keeps Journalists From Asking The Toughest Of The Tough Questions... And Again, I Am Humbled To Say, I Do Not Except Myself From This Criticism.

For Years Don Imus Was Just - Boy, He Was Merciless In His Criticism Of Me. Maybe It Was Justified, But That Didn't Mean It Didn't Hurt.