Here is The Martin Lewis/CNN Transcript !

[stewert]

This is maybe the best transcript you will ever read.

KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Now, political football. President
Nixon submitted a play to a Super Bowl team and his successor,
Gerald Ford, was an all-American center.
Now there's this, the home page of NFL's Tampa Bay Bucks.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED VOICE ACTOR: Sir, you're holding in your hands photographic evidence of weapons of mass
destruction.

(MUSIC)

(END VIDEO CLIP)

PHILLIPS: Anyone offended? Well, a team spokesperson says the Buccaneers haven't gotten any complaints. But
just in case, the spokesperson says -- quote -- "we regret if anyone might be upset." That certainly was not our
intention.

Joining us now to chew this over, I guess, a bit, political commentator Martin Lewis. He's joining us now live from
Los Angeles.

OK, Martin, what do you think? Is it insensitive?

MARTIN LEWIS, POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: Well, insensitive -- well, I think what is insensitive is that this president
lied to 290 million American people about why we were going to war. Nearly 300 brave American soldiers have died
so far and the lie was that there were weapons of mass destruction. We haven't found any. It turned out to be a
weapon of mass distraction. This president didn't want anyone paying attention to how he was decimating the
American economy. I think that's a joke. America has become a laughing stock around the world because we -- our
president literally lied.

And it's strange, really, in this country that we had a president who cheated on his wife and he got impeached for it.
Here we've got a guy who's cheated on 290 million Americans and not much has been happening. Bravo to the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Bravo to them.

PHILLIPS: Oh, so you think this is not a bad thing. You think it's OK?

LEWIS: I think it's extremely good and it shows up for a complete laughing stock that George Bush has made this
country. It's time for -- you know what? George Bush has been cut so much slack. The American people are very
decent people. After 9/11 they said, Look, the guy he said is a couple of tacos short of a combo plate, but at least
he's trying his best. So everyone rallied around him. But he's turned out to be deceptive. He's used the fact that
everyone rallies around the flag in a time of crisis and he lied to us. He lied on something serious.

PHILLIPS: All right.

LEWIS: Not about an affair. He lied about something serious.

PHILLIPS: Let's get back to this Web site, OK? And the weapons of mass destruction. You know, and it opens up
and all of a sudden, the Tampa Bay Buccaneer players come out, you know, as the weapons of mass destruction.
When do political parodies go too far, though? I mean, Martin, come on. You know, weapons of mass destruction
killed hundreds and hundreds of Kurds and it could have been a massive threat to thousands more people.

LEWIS: Well, the only -- but the reality is the most strong thing they found there, the masochists that took place there
which nobody, we have to remember, the massacres that took place during the ages were a time when the Reagan
and George Bush Sr. governments were actually supporting the Iraqis. We have to remember that. Nobody makes
light of those weapons of mass destruction. But the British prime minister, Tony Blair, is imminently likely to lose his
job because they just weren't there any more. So they may have been there at one time, but Saddam Hussein had
got rid of them and he was bragging.

The most dangerous thing they found is about 500 canisters of mosquito repellent, which might be dangerous for
mosquitoes. It's not going to damage -- there's no danger to America, whatsoever. You know that.

Full Transcript here:

http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0308/27/lol.06.html

[LeftCoast]

1. Was hoping somebody would post this!

Thanks!

[Stevendsmith]

2. That is So Excellent!

[bahrbearian]

3. I like reading Transcripts

Since I canceled my dishnet because I didn't want to support Fox or any of the others I've been reading Transcripts. That was a good one.

[Richardo]

4. And there's that tool of the "liberal" media DEFENDING the lies...

PHILLIPS: Let's get back to this Web site, OK?** .... When do political parodies go too far, though? I mean, Martin, come on. You know, weapons of mass destruction killed hundreds and hundreds of Kurds and it could have been a massive threat to thousands more people.

God I miss objectivity.


** Nothing to see here, folks - move along.

[newsguyatl]

5. kyra

got that line about the kurds from a right winger just before she went on air with that segment... :eyes:

[Richardo]

7. I really appreciate you sharing your behind the scenes view, newsguy...

Please keep it up! :thumbdup:

[arcane1]

6. again they say the evidence of WMD is "coming soon"

"Bring Martin on and we'll serve him a nice heaping of grow when we bring out the evidence which will be coming out very soon about the weapons of mass destruction"


if they have it, SHARE IT!!!

oh that's right, it's still August... too early to roll out the new "product"

perhaps in time for the 9/11 celebrations

[stewert]

9. Remember This.......

Their evidence will be weapons of mass destruction PROGRAMS. Not actual WEAPONS, never
forget they said Iraq had actual WEAPONS, not weapons programs.

They are hoping everyone will forget, or be confused between actual WEAPONS and weapons
programs.

They will show everyone evidence of weapons programs, and then say I told you we would find
them. When in fact, they have not and will not find any actual weapons.

Where are the thousands of chemical tipped missiles ?

Where are the tons and tons of chemical weapons ?

Where is the Anthrax ?

Where is the thousands of tons of nerve gas ?

Their evidence will only show documentation of past weapons programs. And after all the lies
they have told the world, how can we now believe anything they say.

I would not believe them now, even if they did find actual WEAPONS !

[oasis]

16. Rove will have a hard time morphing the acronym WMD into WMDP.

Hopefully Rove's stable of medaiwhores has somewhat dwindled in the wake of the Chimpster's declining popularity.

[LittleApple81]

8. lol.06.html???

did you notice that the name of the page started with lol?

It is so appropriate! the inane interviewer (Phillips) was totally flustered... she just expected a bunch of apologetic fluff!

I love it when the right wingers can only call the thinking people "communists" or "Stalinists!"

[LittleApple81]

10. kick

I just must. This is such good reading. Finally somebody that calls a spade a spade.

[leftchick]

11. thanks stewert

what an excellent read. I wish I had seen it live. Kyra must have been having a cow!

[IrateCitizen]

12. Another well-deserved kick!

Thank you so much for posting this, Stewert. And you're right -- this IS the best transcript I ever read.

You always know that the RWers are grasping at straws as soon as the terms "communist" or "Stalinist" appear. Just reading it, Phillips comes off as the empty bobblehead that I'm certain she is (I don't watch CNN, so I wouldn't really know).

[blm]

13. That's the way left pundits should do it EVERY TIME!

HOMERUN appearance,

[Richardo]

14. Anybody notice this from Hirsen? Calling Dr. Freud!

JAMES HIRSEN, "TALES FROM THE LEFT COAST": Well, I did hear what Martin had to say, Kyra, and he proves the point of how people can take something that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers intended as sort of innocent promotion and in a comedic fashion, and turn it into some leftist propaganda, at a time when we're about to celebrate the anniversary of 9/11, at a time we have young men and women in uniform, brave people, volunteers risking their lives-- and this is a very controversial subject and you see this Web site goes out across the world.


"Celebrate"? :eyes: Maybe Rumsfeld....

[Richardo]

15. .

:kick: