10:29p.m. PLEASE WATCH MARIO CUOMO interview (Mr.PotatoFace) CNBC

[LittleApple81]

Very interesting indeed. Talking about Lincoln (Cuomo has a book out about Lincoln)
Had a scathing criticism of Bush*'s decision to go to war.
He said that Lincoln was planning for reconstruction in the middle of the war. Comparing Lincoln with Bush*... not good for Bush*.
Said CONGRESS were derelict of duty for allowing Bush* to DECLARE war. Looking at the constitution CONGRESS must declare war. They gave him the authority because the did not want to take responsibility.

[LittleApple81]

1. Lincoln entered the presidency not very well prepared to go to war.

But he used the "Bob Graham" approach. Did not get involved in other wars before the civil war was done.
He was smarter than Bush.

[Zen Democrat]

2. Mr. PotatoFace -- Perfect!!! n/t

[TexasSissy]

36. Who is Mr. Potato Face?

[LittleApple81]

38. Tim Russert. Also known as L'il Russ... (because of his book about his

father "Big Russ")

[LittleApple81]

3. Russert: * says that everybody said he had WMD. Cuomo: key

word HAD. Not has.
They wanted to look and certify not declare war.

[LittleApple81]

4. Boy he destroyed BushCo.... Go Mario, GO!

[LittleApple81]

5. He said Wolfowitz, Rice, Cheney, to a lesser extend Rumsfeld

and poor Bush (his words) were convinced it was a piece of cake to go to Iraq. Now we have a festering hole full of terrorists and are exposed ourselves.
AND WHAT ARE THEY DOING SAYING WE HAVE NOT BEEN ATTACKED SINCE 9/11? INVITING THEM TO DO IT NOW????

[aquart]

6. Cuomo said that? Go Mario!

[LittleApple81]

7. Talking about Fahrenheit 911 - It talks about death of soldiers, the

innocent Iraqis whom nobody even talks about.

He says it, at a MINIMUM, raises the questions.

Approved by Clarke? Who cares? Why did you let him leave. Clarke is part of the government. We are not accusing. WE WANT TO KNOW why.

If they don't think it is fair, create your own movie and EXPLAIN your point of view.

YOUR DOCUMENTARY AGAINST OURS!
Go Mario, go!!!!!

[Jerseygirltoo]

8. the Bin Laden connection

Marios's all over the Bush/Bin Laden connection, I love it!

[LittleApple81]

9. If the administration does not have answers, then we won't elect you

for 2005.
Why did you talk to Bandar Bush right after 9/11?
Russert said he asked Bandar if he had requested Bush to let the BinLadens go and he said no. Then Mario said: tell us what you talked about that was so urgent right after 9/11.

[LittleApple81]

10. F 9/11 is a good beginning for a discussion. Russert says the

image of Iraq implied that Iraq was a happy edenic garden was not true.

Cuomo said that is not what Moore said. He only said Iraq WAS NOT A WAR.
And we had not taken all those innocent iraqi and american lives!!!!

[LittleApple81]

11. Boy, this guy is AMAZINGLY INCREDIBLE!!!! Is Kerry planning to

include him in his administration? If not, it would be such a waste of intelligence and talent.
HE DID NOT ALLOW RUSSERT ONE WIN!!!!

[hlthe2b]

27. We want Mario Cuomo on the Supreme Court....

I've wanted to see that forever!

[unfrigginreal]

28. Me too!

Chief Justice Cuomo sounds about right.

[Jerseygirltoo]

12. Thanks

for the tip LilApple, this is great, and Russert is letting Cuomo say everything he wants to say

[LittleApple81]

13. Lincoln and religion: not a member of any organized religion.

Faith: You and I are Roman Catholic.
Is not knowledge it is faith. We choose to believe certain things that our intellect cannot prove.
Lincoln had a problem because of that. He quoted the bible because a lot of it is truthful and beautiful.
Asked specifically: because all the organized religions ask you to believe something that I cannot accept rationally. He said: show me ONE RELIGION THAT THE ONLY THING IT ASKS OF YOU IS TO LOVE YOUR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS THE SAME WAY YOU LOVE YOURSELF. Then I will belong to that religion!!!!

[LittleApple81]

15. The other principle for Lincoln's ideal religion: GET TOGETHER

WITH YOUR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS AND MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE.

[Kanary]

14. What a radical!

"Love one another as you love yourself"

"All people deserve love, respect...."

"Come together and create a better society"

"There's labor and there's capitol, and labor comes before capitol."

Whew........ where is Lincoln, now that we desperately need him!!

Kanary

[LittleApple81]

16. Russert: Kerry believes life begins at conception but he supports

abortion... How can you reconcile that?
We believe it because the Pope told us to believe it.
We don't have the right to forbid other people to do what they believe is correct.
Christ tells to help and forgive... take care of one another. That is what Christ did.

[LittleApple81]

17. The communion problem: only one bishop. The Church will come with

a decision after the election.
What are they going to do about the death penalty?
Catholic church is definite about the death penalty too.

[LittleApple81]

18. They would have to tell the voters that they can only vote according

to the rules of the Church.
That would be the end of catholics in government.

[LittleApple81]

19. He wants Kerry to win. He thinks that Kerry will win.

No rationale to elect Bush again.
Reagan's question is perfect: we are so much worse than 4 years ago.

[Kanary]

20. This make me soooo sad....... how far we've come......

I can remember a day when these views were mainstream.......... when most people thought this way.

Now, it's only us far fringe lefties who see things this way.

It makes me weep for our nation.'

Kanary

[LittleApple81]

21. What about on war? You admitted to Tim Russert you went to

a war because of the wrong reasons.
Kerry just has to prove he is not worse than Bush and he got the presidency.

[Jerseygirltoo]

22. Mario now doing the final mopup

Demolishing the other side with logic-don't forget he's a lawyer.
Russert is reduced to nodding his head.

[Kanary]

23. Thanks sooo much for posting!

And for your running commentary of the program.

Much appreciated!

:hi:

Kanary

[LittleApple81]

25. You are welcome. I just could not believe my ears. HE IS SO GOOOOD!

[LittleApple81]

24. Candidate with "Fire in the Belly"? Who wants fire in the belly? That

would need a spritz of seltzer to put it out. You don't need fire in the belly for a president. You need thought and concern and other qualities but fire in the belly is to be avoided.

[Kanary]

26. " 'Fire in the belly' is ego"

What a wise man!

Kanary

[PA Democrat]

29. Wish I had seen it. Thanks for the play-by-play

I tuned in and Suze Orman(?) was on wearing what looked like the checkered flag from a NASCAR race.

[LittleApple81]

30. They retransmit at 1 a.m. ET. If you can, stay up and watch. It is worth

every minute.

[union_maid]

31. Thanks so much for that.

I was offline and away from the TV when that was on. I appreciate the play by play very much. I miss Cuomo. Would love to see him on the SC, but anywhere visible and audible is great for me.

BTW, he was a very popular governor of our state. In the same election, both he and Al D'Amato were voted in by a landslide..by the same voters. Ever since that election I've realized that most voters were not paying attention to the things that make our world what it is. This is not on point, but it came to mind.

[Kanary]

32. bumping this up for those who missed it......

This is a good synopsis......

:kick:

Kanary

[givemebackmycountry]

33. I agree

I was awestruck at the raw honest emotion this guy brought to the table.

I was thinking that for some reason, Tip Jr looked dis-interested, pre-occupied.
Maybe I'm wrong.
But Mario ripped Chimpy a new one.

[Cats Against Frist]

34. 1-800-YO-MARIO

I was thinking I should have Lunch combo number 27, with a side of beans and rice. What do you think?

Oh OK.

That man is brilliant.

[LittleApple81]

35. ANYBODY RECORDED THIS THAT COULD TRANSFER IT TO MP3 AND POST IT?

Kicking for the morning crowd. This guy was incredibly good.

[Neshanic]

37. Saw it last night. He took Lil' Rusty to the shed. Loved it.