Updated September 7, 2004 at 7:00 pm
Lee Goodman, 10th Cong. District Democratic Candidate, is on "Public Affairs" TV in the suburbs tonight and this week.
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Jeff Berkowitz: Are the people of Iraq better off now than they were before Saddam Hussein was overthrown?
Lee Goodman [D- Northbrook]: [A] very difficult question to answer. But, a more important question, or an equally important question is what kind of a position is the United States in right now as compared to before we started this war.
Berkowitz: You think the United States is less safe now?
Goodman: We are much less safe. We are in much worse shape.
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Above is a portion of a partial transcript of this week’s show, and more of that transcript is included, below, in this blog entry.
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This week’s [week of Sep. 6] suburban edition of “Public Affairs,” features Lee Goodman, 10th Cong. District Democratic Candidate, debating and discussing with show host Jeff Berkowitz various domestic and foreign policy shows, including abortion, same sex marriage, prescription drug benefits, health care, gun control, education, Israel’s wall, tax cuts, the Economy and the War in Iraq.
The suburban edition of "Public Affairs," is regularly broadcast every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8:30 pm on Comcast Cable Channel 19 in Bannockburn, Deerfield, Ft. Sheridan, Glencoe, Highland Park, Highwood, Kenilworth, Lincolnshire, Riverwoods and Winnetka.
The suburban edition also is broadcast every Tuesday night at 8:30 p.m. on Comcast Cable Channel 19 in Buffalo Grove, Elk Grove Village, Hoffman Estates, Lincolnwood, Morton Grove, Niles, Northfield, Palatine, Rolling Meadows and Wilmette and every Tuesday night at 8:30 p.m. on Comcast Cable Channel 35 in Arlington Heights, Bartlett, Glenview, Golf, Des Plaines, Hanover Park, Mt. Prospect, Northbrook, Park Ridge, Prospect Heights, Schaumburg, Skokie, Streamwood and Wheeling.
The City edition of Public Affairs airs through-out the City of Chicago every Monday night at 8:30 on Cable Ch. 21 [CANTV].
The show with Lee Goodman will also air through-out the City of Chicago on Monday, Sep. 13, 2004 at 8:30 pm on Cable Ch. 21.
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Jeff Berkowitz: You don’t think there should be a law prohibiting same sex marriage?
Lee Goodman: Oh, my goodness, no.
Berkowitz: Currently, the law does, in many states, require a marriage to be between a man and a woman. Right? You would try to change that, so that the law would allow two men [or] two women, to marry. Right?
Goodman: Of course.
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Berkowitz: Abortion, you are 1000% pro-choice. Now, Mark Kirk seems fairly pro-choice, too, and yet you have been critical of him on that issue. How do you differentiate Mark Kirk from yourself on the issue of abortion?
Goodman: When there was a vote in Congress [on a partial birth ban] he skipped the vote, he ducked it. Just like he is hiding from the debates. That’s where I criticize someone. If someone is in favor of a woman’s right to choose, he should be there to vote when there is a critical vote.
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Berkowitz: You don’t have an opinion as a potential U. S. Congressman as to whether it was appropriate for Israel to build that fence [or wall].
Goodman: My opinion is that if we are going to help, we have to have a role there that will promote peace. And, simply my saying as a potential congressman-- or any other congressman saying Israel was right or Israel was wrong accomplishes nothing in terms of promoting peace.
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Berkowitz: You were adamantly opposed to going into Iraq, right?
Goodman: Correct.
Berkowitz: In the fall of 2002, if you had been there [in Congress], you would have opposed…giving President Bush the authorization to take military action in Iraq?
Goodman: Correct.
Berkowitz: You would have voted differently from Senator John Kerry, now running for President. You would have voted differently form Senator John Edwards, now running for Vice- President. You differed from your Democratic colleagues on that issue, right?
Goodman: Yeah.
Berkowitz: And, right now, John Kerry says, if elected, he would not bring the troops out of Iraq. He would not withdraw. You agree with him on that?
Goodman: No, I don’t.
Berkowitz: So, you would withdraw immediately? Is that right?
Goodman: That is not what I said, either.
Berkowitz: Well, what would you do? If you don’t agree with him on that, tell us your view.
Goodman: What we need to do is to recognize that we went in under false premises, that our staying there at this point is accomplishing little or nothing and that the reconstruction and the things that have to be done in Iraq will not happen until we have made it clear to the world that we are getting out…We cannot run that country. It is not supposed to be a colony of the United States.
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Berkowitz: Are the people of Iraq better off now than they were before Saddam Hussein was overthrown?
Goodman: [A] very difficult question to answer. But, a more important question, or an equally important question is what kind of a position is the United States in right now as compared to before we started this war.
Berkowitz: You think the United States is less safe now?
Goodman: We are much less safe. We are in much worse shape.
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Lee Goodman, 10th Cong. Dist. Democratic Candidate, interviewed on August 8, 2004 on “Public Affairs,” and as is being cablecast in the suburbs tonight and this week, and as will be cablecast throughout the City of Chicago this coming Monday night, May 13, at 8:30 pm on Ch. 21
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Lee Goodman, 10th Cong. District Democratic Candidate, is on "Public Affairs" TV in the suburbs tonight and this week.
*******************************************
Jeff Berkowitz: Are the people of Iraq better off now than they were before Saddam Hussein was overthrown?
Lee Goodman [D- Northbrook]: [A] very difficult question to answer. But, a more important question, or an equally important question is what kind of a position is the United States in right now as compared to before we started this war.
Berkowitz: You think the United States is less safe now?
Goodman: We are much less safe. We are in much worse shape.
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Above is a portion of a partial transcript of this week’s show, and more of that transcript is included, below, in this blog entry.
**********************************************
This week’s [week of Sep. 6] suburban edition of “Public Affairs,” features Lee Goodman, 10th Cong. District Democratic Candidate, debating and discussing with show host Jeff Berkowitz various domestic and foreign policy shows, including abortion, same sex marriage, prescription drug benefits, health care, gun control, education, Israel’s wall, tax cuts, the Economy and the War in Iraq.
The suburban edition of "Public Affairs," is regularly broadcast every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8:30 pm on Comcast Cable Channel 19 in Bannockburn, Deerfield, Ft. Sheridan, Glencoe, Highland Park, Highwood, Kenilworth, Lincolnshire, Riverwoods and Winnetka.
The suburban edition also is broadcast every Tuesday night at 8:30 p.m. on Comcast Cable Channel 19 in Buffalo Grove, Elk Grove Village, Hoffman Estates, Lincolnwood, Morton Grove, Niles, Northfield, Palatine, Rolling Meadows and Wilmette and every Tuesday night at 8:30 p.m. on Comcast Cable Channel 35 in Arlington Heights, Bartlett, Glenview, Golf, Des Plaines, Hanover Park, Mt. Prospect, Northbrook, Park Ridge, Prospect Heights, Schaumburg, Skokie, Streamwood and Wheeling.
The City edition of Public Affairs airs through-out the City of Chicago every Monday night at 8:30 on Cable Ch. 21 [CANTV].
The show with Lee Goodman will also air through-out the City of Chicago on Monday, Sep. 13, 2004 at 8:30 pm on Cable Ch. 21.
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Jeff Berkowitz: You don’t think there should be a law prohibiting same sex marriage?
Lee Goodman: Oh, my goodness, no.
Berkowitz: Currently, the law does, in many states, require a marriage to be between a man and a woman. Right? You would try to change that, so that the law would allow two men [or] two women, to marry. Right?
Goodman: Of course.
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Berkowitz: Abortion, you are 1000% pro-choice. Now, Mark Kirk seems fairly pro-choice, too, and yet you have been critical of him on that issue. How do you differentiate Mark Kirk from yourself on the issue of abortion?
Goodman: When there was a vote in Congress [on a partial birth ban] he skipped the vote, he ducked it. Just like he is hiding from the debates. That’s where I criticize someone. If someone is in favor of a woman’s right to choose, he should be there to vote when there is a critical vote.
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Berkowitz: You don’t have an opinion as a potential U. S. Congressman as to whether it was appropriate for Israel to build that fence [or wall].
Goodman: My opinion is that if we are going to help, we have to have a role there that will promote peace. And, simply my saying as a potential congressman-- or any other congressman saying Israel was right or Israel was wrong accomplishes nothing in terms of promoting peace.
**************************************************
Berkowitz: You were adamantly opposed to going into Iraq, right?
Goodman: Correct.
Berkowitz: In the fall of 2002, if you had been there [in Congress], you would have opposed…giving President Bush the authorization to take military action in Iraq?
Goodman: Correct.
Berkowitz: You would have voted differently from Senator John Kerry, now running for President. You would have voted differently form Senator John Edwards, now running for Vice- President. You differed from your Democratic colleagues on that issue, right?
Goodman: Yeah.
Berkowitz: And, right now, John Kerry says, if elected, he would not bring the troops out of Iraq. He would not withdraw. You agree with him on that?
Goodman: No, I don’t.
Berkowitz: So, you would withdraw immediately? Is that right?
Goodman: That is not what I said, either.
Berkowitz: Well, what would you do? If you don’t agree with him on that, tell us your view.
Goodman: What we need to do is to recognize that we went in under false premises, that our staying there at this point is accomplishing little or nothing and that the reconstruction and the things that have to be done in Iraq will not happen until we have made it clear to the world that we are getting out…We cannot run that country. It is not supposed to be a colony of the United States.
******************************************
Berkowitz: Are the people of Iraq better off now than they were before Saddam Hussein was overthrown?
Goodman: [A] very difficult question to answer. But, a more important question, or an equally important question is what kind of a position is the United States in right now as compared to before we started this war.
Berkowitz: You think the United States is less safe now?
Goodman: We are much less safe. We are in much worse shape.
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Lee Goodman, 10th Cong. Dist. Democratic Candidate, interviewed on August 8, 2004 on “Public Affairs,” and as is being cablecast in the suburbs tonight and this week, and as will be cablecast throughout the City of Chicago this coming Monday night, May 13, at 8:30 pm on Ch. 21
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