Better than Baseball: McSweeney, Giuliani & Thompson on TV
Mayor Rudy Giuliani: And, here’s what Democrats just don’t understand. They don’t get it. George Bush reduced taxes two years ago with the Republican Congress and we’re going through tremendous economic growth. The last president to do that was Ronald Reagan. He did that in 1981-- we had tremendous economic growth. The president [to cut taxes] before that was John Kennedy, and we had tremendous growth.
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Rudy Giuliani: And, Dave McSweeney’s election, although it’s real important to the people here in Illinois...it’s [also] real important to all of us, too. Because--I don’t know how close this election is going to be—and to pick up a seat, here, is enormously important to us... It’s also important to the war on terror. Because the thing President Bush and the Republicans in Congress understand is-- you have to be on the offense against terrorism. You can’t be on defense. Up until September, really up until September 20th, 2001, we were on defense against terrorism...
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"Public Affairs," is featuring this week in 35 Chicago Metro suburbs a video of a Fundraiser that David McSweeney, 8th Cong. Dist. Republican Nominee from Barrington Hills, held on June 7 with his guest speaker, former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani, followed by a short interview with former four term Governor Jim Thompson[See, below, for a detailed suburban airing schedule] on Comcast Cable; this coming Monday night [July 3] through-out the City of Chicago on CANTV, Cable Ch. 21 at 8:30 pm; And, by this weekend, on the "Public Affairs," podcast page on your computer [See here].
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For more about this week's show with 8th CD Republican candidate David McSweeney, potential Republican Presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani and former Republican Governor Jim Thompson , including additional partial transcripts of the show, go here and here.
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The "Public Affairs," podcast page gives you a choice of more than twenty different and recent episodes of “Public Affairs," in addition to a show with Deputy Governor Bradley Tusk, this week's suburban Public Affairs show with McSweeney, Giuliani and Gov. Thompson--and our show with State Rep. John Fritchey [D-Chicago] each of which is expected to be posted by this weekend on our video and audio podcast page[See here]. The podcast page also includes a one on one interview with 8th Cong. Dist. Republican Nominee David McSweeney [Barrington Hills], press conferences held recently with Governor Rod Blagojevich and his Republican Challenger, State Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka, State Rep. Julie Hamos [D-Evanston], a show with Republican Presidential candidate John Cox, a show with Kevin White, the Republican nominee for the 5th Cong. Dist. seat currently held by Cong. Rahm Emanuel (D-Chicago), Professor Barry Chiswick, Distinguished Professor of Economics, University of Illinois at Chicago and Professor Hoyt Bleakley, Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business discuss and debate immigration, Mayoral Candidate Bill Dock Walls, State Senate Republican Nominee [27th Dist.] Matt Murphy; a recent joint press conference with Senator Obama [D-Illinois] and Congresswoman Bean [D-Barrington] dealing with, among other issues, Iran, Iraq, Defense Secretary Rumsfeld and tax cuts, Senator and Republican nominee for State Treasurer Christine Radogno, the Republican nominee and Democratic incumbent in the 8th CD, David McSweeney and Congresswoman Bean, respectively; Tony Peraica, Cook County Commissioner and Republican nominee for Cook County Board President and much, much more.
[See here].
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Current and Coming attractions on Public Affairs in the suburbs:
This Week: full coverage of the McSweeney funder featuring Mayor Rudy Giuliani at Mike Ditka’s restaurant in the Loop and a short interview with Governor Jim Thompson
Next week: Deputy Governor Bradley Tusk
Two Weeks from now: Ald. Ricardo Munoz [Chicago, 22nd Ward], possible 4th CD Democratic Primary candidate to replace Cong. Gutierrez in 2008.
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Mayor Rudy Giuliani: …We have a country to get through the next two and one half years and it is going to make a very, very big difference if there is a Republican Congress or a Democratic Congress. And, it is going to make a very big difference to our economic recovery. At the core of our economy growing are the policies of the Republican Congress to lower taxes. They just voted to extend those tax cuts. Democrats mostly voted against it. Republicans voted for it.
Mayor Rudy Giuliani: The minute they [Democrats] get control of Congress or the White House, taxes will go up again. And, the last time they went up very severely, we had a Democratic president, Bill Clinton. You know if we end up with another Democratic president or a Democratic Congress, or a combination of both, taxes will go up.
Mayor Rudy Giuliani: And, here’s what Democrats just don’t understand. They don’t get it. George Bush reduced taxes two years ago with the Republican Congress and we’re going through tremendous economic growth. The last president to do that was Ronald Reagan. He did that in 1981-- we had tremendous economic growth. The president [to cut taxes] before that was John Kennedy, and we had tremendous growth.
Mayor Rudy Giuliani: The reality is that for our economy to grow, you have to keep taxes at a fairly moderate level, so the private economy can grow, because we’re essentially a private economy, not a government-dominated economy. Republicans understand that and Democrats don’t.
Mayor Rudy Giuliani: And, Dave’s election, although it’s real important to the people here in Illinois, obviously, because your district needs very, very good, strong representation, it’s real important to all of us, too. Because--I don’t know how close this election is going to be—and to pick up a seat, here, is enormously important to us. So, thank you for supporting him.
Mayor Rudy Giuliani: It’s also important to the war on terror. Because the thing President Bush and the Republicans in Congress understand is-- you have to be on the offense against terrorism. You can’t be on defense. [Lots of applause]. Up until September, really up until September 20th, 2001, we were on defense against terrorism. Basically, the way we responded to terrorism was--sometimes we did, sometimes we didn’t and it was an inconsistent approach to it. We let them sort of set the agenda. They would attack, and sometimes we would respond, sometimes we wouldn’t.
Mayor Rudy Giuliani: For years we let Europe deal with terrorism, and Europe dealt with terrorism very often by releasing terrorists. Starting with the attack on us, the worst attack in our history, President Bush, within a few days, changed the policy of our government-- with the strong support of all of Congress, then. Now, just with the support, basically, of the Republicans in Congress.
Mayor Rudy Giuliani: But, [President Bush] changed our policy to being on—being on offense against terrorism, being pro-active, going out and searching for them, and trying to stop them before they attack us again. That’s what we did in Afghanistan. That’s what we did in Iraq. That’s what we’re continuing to do in trying to put governments together—in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Mayor Rudy Giuliani: The fact that we were willing to do that is the reason why Qaddafi decided to give up his weapons of mass destruction. That would not have happened if we were back in that old phase of being just defensive about terrorism. Qaddafi saw what we did in Afghanistan. He saw what we did in Iraq. He saw our hundred and fifty thousand troops sitting there. He saw what happened to Saddam Hussein-- being driven into the ground. And, decided, “Gee, there’s a better way to end my life than that.”
Mayor Rudy Giuliani: You need—you need that kind of commitment if we’re going to be successful against in our effort against terrorism. If we’re going to be successful not just militarily, but we are going to be successful diplomatically. Iran needs to know that America is a strong military power and that America is not unwilling to use that military power.
Mayor Rudy Giuliani: It doesn’t mean we will. It doesn’t mean that we don’t prefer to negotiate. It doesn’t mean we don’t prefer to try to work out a solution, and, in most cases, we can. And, I’m hopeful that we will be able to do that in Iran. I’m hopeful we will be able to do it in North Korea. I’m hopeful we’ll be able to do it in other places where we have challenges. But, what we found is that we’re much more successful in those efforts when we have a President and a Congress that are strong and determined.
Mayor Rudy Giuliani: That’s how Ronald Reagan broke the back the back of Communism. He broke the back of Communism by being strong, by increasing our military spending to the point that Gorbachev used to say that he spent the Soviet Union into oblivion. And, we need a President who understands that and we need a Congress that supports that. And, that’s the difference—that’s the difference between Republicans and Democrats.
Mayor Rudy Giuliani: So, you have a really terrific candidate [David McSweeney] here. This is an election that we’re going to win but we’re only going to win it if—if you give him the money that he needs to do it. These are expensive enterprises, unfortunately. You’ve got to be on television, you’ve got to be on radio, you have to have an organization, you have to have an outreach effort, you have to have a get out the vote effort. All of these things cost enormous amounts of money…and you need people who believe in you. And, from the enthusiasm in this room, you’ve got those people, Dave [Big Applause]…We’ll take two or three questions.
David McSweeney: This is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Please, speak up.
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Public Affairs, a video of a David McSweeney fundraiser and a short Gov. Thompson interview held on June 7, was supplemented with an introduction and conclusion for the show by host Jeff Berkowitz, recorded on June 18, 2006 and is airing on the Suburban edition of Public Affairs this week [week of June 26] and on the City of Chicago edition of Public Affairs on Monday night, July 3 at 8:30 pm on Cable Ch. 21. See, below, for a detailed, regular suburban airing shedule for Public Affairs . The show with Congressional candidate McSweeney, former Mayor Giuliani and former Governor Thompson will also be available, by this weekend, as a video podcast at the Public Affairs Cinema Complex, along with more than twenty other shows, which are also airing there. [See here].
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In twenty-five North Shore, North and Northwest suburbs, the show airs tonight in its regular Tuesday night time slot: 8:30 pm on Comcast Cable Ch. 19 or 35, as indicated, below.
In ten North Shore suburbs, the show is also airing in its regular airing slot at 8:30 pm on Comcast Cable Ch. 19 this week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, as indicated, below.
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The episode of Public Affairs, featuring 8th Cong. Dist. Republican nominee David McSweeney [Barrington Hills], former Mayor Giuliani and former Governor Thompson airs tonight:
at 8:30 pm on Comcast Cable Channel 19 in Buffalo Grove, Elk Grove Village, Hoffman Estates, parts of Inverness, Lincolnwood, Morton Grove, Niles, Northfield, Palatine, Rolling Meadows and Wilmette
And at 8:30 pm 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.
and this Wednesday and Friday night at 8:30 pm on Comcast Cable Channel 19 in Bannockburn, Deerfield, Ft. Sheridan, Glencoe, Highland Park, Highwood, Kenilworth, Lincolnshire, Riverwoods and Winnetka.
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Transcript draft prepared by Amy Allen, who also does research for “Public Affairs,” and has her own political blog [See here].
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Jeff Berkowitz, Show Host/Producer of "Public Affairs," and Executive Legal Recruiter doing legal search can be reached at JBCG@aol.com
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Rudy Giuliani: And, Dave McSweeney’s election, although it’s real important to the people here in Illinois...it’s [also] real important to all of us, too. Because--I don’t know how close this election is going to be—and to pick up a seat, here, is enormously important to us... It’s also important to the war on terror. Because the thing President Bush and the Republicans in Congress understand is-- you have to be on the offense against terrorism. You can’t be on defense. Up until September, really up until September 20th, 2001, we were on defense against terrorism...
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"Public Affairs," is featuring this week in 35 Chicago Metro suburbs a video of a Fundraiser that David McSweeney, 8th Cong. Dist. Republican Nominee from Barrington Hills, held on June 7 with his guest speaker, former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani, followed by a short interview with former four term Governor Jim Thompson[See, below, for a detailed suburban airing schedule] on Comcast Cable; this coming Monday night [July 3] through-out the City of Chicago on CANTV, Cable Ch. 21 at 8:30 pm; And, by this weekend, on the "Public Affairs," podcast page on your computer [See here].
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For more about this week's show with 8th CD Republican candidate David McSweeney, potential Republican Presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani and former Republican Governor Jim Thompson , including additional partial transcripts of the show, go here and here.
**********************************************************
The "Public Affairs," podcast page gives you a choice of more than twenty different and recent episodes of “Public Affairs," in addition to a show with Deputy Governor Bradley Tusk, this week's suburban Public Affairs show with McSweeney, Giuliani and Gov. Thompson--and our show with State Rep. John Fritchey [D-Chicago] each of which is expected to be posted by this weekend on our video and audio podcast page[See here]. The podcast page also includes a one on one interview with 8th Cong. Dist. Republican Nominee David McSweeney [Barrington Hills], press conferences held recently with Governor Rod Blagojevich and his Republican Challenger, State Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka, State Rep. Julie Hamos [D-Evanston], a show with Republican Presidential candidate John Cox, a show with Kevin White, the Republican nominee for the 5th Cong. Dist. seat currently held by Cong. Rahm Emanuel (D-Chicago), Professor Barry Chiswick, Distinguished Professor of Economics, University of Illinois at Chicago and Professor Hoyt Bleakley, Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business discuss and debate immigration, Mayoral Candidate Bill Dock Walls, State Senate Republican Nominee [27th Dist.] Matt Murphy; a recent joint press conference with Senator Obama [D-Illinois] and Congresswoman Bean [D-Barrington] dealing with, among other issues, Iran, Iraq, Defense Secretary Rumsfeld and tax cuts, Senator and Republican nominee for State Treasurer Christine Radogno, the Republican nominee and Democratic incumbent in the 8th CD, David McSweeney and Congresswoman Bean, respectively; Tony Peraica, Cook County Commissioner and Republican nominee for Cook County Board President and much, much more.
[See here].
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Current and Coming attractions on Public Affairs in the suburbs:
This Week: full coverage of the McSweeney funder featuring Mayor Rudy Giuliani at Mike Ditka’s restaurant in the Loop and a short interview with Governor Jim Thompson
Next week: Deputy Governor Bradley Tusk
Two Weeks from now: Ald. Ricardo Munoz [Chicago, 22nd Ward], possible 4th CD Democratic Primary candidate to replace Cong. Gutierrez in 2008.
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Mayor Rudy Giuliani: …We have a country to get through the next two and one half years and it is going to make a very, very big difference if there is a Republican Congress or a Democratic Congress. And, it is going to make a very big difference to our economic recovery. At the core of our economy growing are the policies of the Republican Congress to lower taxes. They just voted to extend those tax cuts. Democrats mostly voted against it. Republicans voted for it.
Mayor Rudy Giuliani: The minute they [Democrats] get control of Congress or the White House, taxes will go up again. And, the last time they went up very severely, we had a Democratic president, Bill Clinton. You know if we end up with another Democratic president or a Democratic Congress, or a combination of both, taxes will go up.
Mayor Rudy Giuliani: And, here’s what Democrats just don’t understand. They don’t get it. George Bush reduced taxes two years ago with the Republican Congress and we’re going through tremendous economic growth. The last president to do that was Ronald Reagan. He did that in 1981-- we had tremendous economic growth. The president [to cut taxes] before that was John Kennedy, and we had tremendous growth.
Mayor Rudy Giuliani: The reality is that for our economy to grow, you have to keep taxes at a fairly moderate level, so the private economy can grow, because we’re essentially a private economy, not a government-dominated economy. Republicans understand that and Democrats don’t.
Mayor Rudy Giuliani: And, Dave’s election, although it’s real important to the people here in Illinois, obviously, because your district needs very, very good, strong representation, it’s real important to all of us, too. Because--I don’t know how close this election is going to be—and to pick up a seat, here, is enormously important to us. So, thank you for supporting him.
Mayor Rudy Giuliani: It’s also important to the war on terror. Because the thing President Bush and the Republicans in Congress understand is-- you have to be on the offense against terrorism. You can’t be on defense. [Lots of applause]. Up until September, really up until September 20th, 2001, we were on defense against terrorism. Basically, the way we responded to terrorism was--sometimes we did, sometimes we didn’t and it was an inconsistent approach to it. We let them sort of set the agenda. They would attack, and sometimes we would respond, sometimes we wouldn’t.
Mayor Rudy Giuliani: For years we let Europe deal with terrorism, and Europe dealt with terrorism very often by releasing terrorists. Starting with the attack on us, the worst attack in our history, President Bush, within a few days, changed the policy of our government-- with the strong support of all of Congress, then. Now, just with the support, basically, of the Republicans in Congress.
Mayor Rudy Giuliani: But, [President Bush] changed our policy to being on—being on offense against terrorism, being pro-active, going out and searching for them, and trying to stop them before they attack us again. That’s what we did in Afghanistan. That’s what we did in Iraq. That’s what we’re continuing to do in trying to put governments together—in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Mayor Rudy Giuliani: The fact that we were willing to do that is the reason why Qaddafi decided to give up his weapons of mass destruction. That would not have happened if we were back in that old phase of being just defensive about terrorism. Qaddafi saw what we did in Afghanistan. He saw what we did in Iraq. He saw our hundred and fifty thousand troops sitting there. He saw what happened to Saddam Hussein-- being driven into the ground. And, decided, “Gee, there’s a better way to end my life than that.”
Mayor Rudy Giuliani: You need—you need that kind of commitment if we’re going to be successful against in our effort against terrorism. If we’re going to be successful not just militarily, but we are going to be successful diplomatically. Iran needs to know that America is a strong military power and that America is not unwilling to use that military power.
Mayor Rudy Giuliani: It doesn’t mean we will. It doesn’t mean that we don’t prefer to negotiate. It doesn’t mean we don’t prefer to try to work out a solution, and, in most cases, we can. And, I’m hopeful that we will be able to do that in Iran. I’m hopeful we will be able to do it in North Korea. I’m hopeful we’ll be able to do it in other places where we have challenges. But, what we found is that we’re much more successful in those efforts when we have a President and a Congress that are strong and determined.
Mayor Rudy Giuliani: That’s how Ronald Reagan broke the back the back of Communism. He broke the back of Communism by being strong, by increasing our military spending to the point that Gorbachev used to say that he spent the Soviet Union into oblivion. And, we need a President who understands that and we need a Congress that supports that. And, that’s the difference—that’s the difference between Republicans and Democrats.
Mayor Rudy Giuliani: So, you have a really terrific candidate [David McSweeney] here. This is an election that we’re going to win but we’re only going to win it if—if you give him the money that he needs to do it. These are expensive enterprises, unfortunately. You’ve got to be on television, you’ve got to be on radio, you have to have an organization, you have to have an outreach effort, you have to have a get out the vote effort. All of these things cost enormous amounts of money…and you need people who believe in you. And, from the enthusiasm in this room, you’ve got those people, Dave [Big Applause]…We’ll take two or three questions.
David McSweeney: This is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Please, speak up.
**************************************************
Public Affairs, a video of a David McSweeney fundraiser and a short Gov. Thompson interview held on June 7, was supplemented with an introduction and conclusion for the show by host Jeff Berkowitz, recorded on June 18, 2006 and is airing on the Suburban edition of Public Affairs this week [week of June 26] and on the City of Chicago edition of Public Affairs on Monday night, July 3 at 8:30 pm on Cable Ch. 21. See, below, for a detailed, regular suburban airing shedule for Public Affairs . The show with Congressional candidate McSweeney, former Mayor Giuliani and former Governor Thompson will also be available, by this weekend, as a video podcast at the Public Affairs Cinema Complex, along with more than twenty other shows, which are also airing there. [See here].
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In twenty-five North Shore, North and Northwest suburbs, the show airs tonight in its regular Tuesday night time slot: 8:30 pm on Comcast Cable Ch. 19 or 35, as indicated, below.
In ten North Shore suburbs, the show is also airing in its regular airing slot at 8:30 pm on Comcast Cable Ch. 19 this week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, as indicated, below.
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The episode of Public Affairs, featuring 8th Cong. Dist. Republican nominee David McSweeney [Barrington Hills], former Mayor Giuliani and former Governor Thompson airs tonight:
at 8:30 pm on Comcast Cable Channel 19 in Buffalo Grove, Elk Grove Village, Hoffman Estates, parts of Inverness, Lincolnwood, Morton Grove, Niles, Northfield, Palatine, Rolling Meadows and Wilmette
And at 8:30 pm 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.
and this Wednesday and Friday night at 8:30 pm on Comcast Cable Channel 19 in Bannockburn, Deerfield, Ft. Sheridan, Glencoe, Highland Park, Highwood, Kenilworth, Lincolnshire, Riverwoods and Winnetka.
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Transcript draft prepared by Amy Allen, who also does research for “Public Affairs,” and has her own political blog [See here].
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Jeff Berkowitz, Show Host/Producer of "Public Affairs," and Executive Legal Recruiter doing legal search can be reached at JBCG@aol.com
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