JACK BURKMAN, REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST: Sure, but there‘s nothing wrong with pandering, if it‘s the right thing to do, Joe. This is the right policy. Look, George Bush is a moderate. He has been dragged kicking and screaming into this. The president feels that because of his youth, this is not the kind of issue he wants to get into, et cetera, et cetera. He‘s never been a strong social conservative. I‘m glad he‘s finally coming to the party.
But you know, all of these people—Joe Biden, I‘m sure my opponent tonight—they‘re going to make this argument that somehow terrorism and all of these issues—I would advance the bold pieces (ph) tonight, Joe. And this is controversial. But this issue and the moral fabric of the country is five times as important as the war on terror and the war in Iraq combined because as your book, “Rome Is Burning”—America will never be defeated in the field. Just like the Roman legions, we will never fall in battle. I mean, if Osama bin Laden thinks he can defeat the United States by knocking over buildings, he‘s crazy. But where we will fall and where we are falling as a civilization is from within. It‘s moral...
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