ANOTHER PAGE IN THE DEMOCRATIC
PLAYBOOK OF HOW TO LOSE THE
PRESIDENCY.
HERE IS WHAT SPARTACUS SAID
ABOUT KAVANAUGH THAT HAS
EVERYONE UP IN ARMS.
>> I HOPE BEYOND THE VICIOUS
RAIN CORE AND THE ACCUSATIONS
THAT WE DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF WHAT
THIS MORAL MOMENT IS AND ASK
OURSELVES THE QUESTION IS THIS
THE RIGHT PERSON TO SIT ON THE
HIGHEST COURT IN THE LAND FOR A
LIFETIME APPOINTMENT.
AND ULTIMATELY NOT WHETHER HE'S
INNOCENT OR GUILTY, THIS IS NOT
A TRIAL.
BUT ULTIMATELY HAVE ENOUGH
QUESTIONS CAN RAIDS THAT WE
SHOULD NOT MOVE ON TO ANOTHER --
QUESTIONS CAN BE RAISED WHETHER
WE SHOULD MOVE ON TO ANOTHER
CANDIDATE.
KENNEDY: THE AUTHOR OF A NEW
BOOK, "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU HAVE
TO LOSE, TRUMP'S WAR ON CIVIL
RIGHTS."
JUAN WILLIAMS.
WE ARE GETTING WELL INTO THE
2020 PRESIDENTIAL CYCLE.
NEVER MIND THE MID TERMS.
YOU HAVE JOE BIDEN AND ELIZABETH
WARREN TALKING ABOUT RUNNING FOR
THE PRESIDENCY.
AND CORY BOOKER SEEMS TO BE
DOING THE SAME THING.
DO YOU THINK DEMOCRATS NEED
THEIR VERSION OF DONALD TRUMP TO
COMBAT TRUMP HIMSELF?
JUAN: I THINK TRUMP ALREADY SAID
THAT'S 1% BIND AND CRAZY COREY,
AND POCAHONTAS.
HE IS REALLY -- WE HAVEN'T HAD
THE MID-TERMS BUT HE SEEMS TO BE
MOVING ON AND TALKING ABOUT THAT
2020 PRESIDENTIAL RACE.
KENNEDY: THAT'S WHAT INVOLVES
HIM DIRECTLY AND THAT'S WHAT HE
LIKES TO TALK ABOUT.
WHEN HE'S AT THE CENTER OF
THINGS.
>> I THINK YOU ARE EXACTLY
RIGHT.
IT'S INTERESTING TO HEAR YOU
SAY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO
SAY THAT TRUMP IS A NARCISSIST.
KENNEDY: HE LOVES IT WHEN THE
CONVERSATION REVOLVED AROUND
HIM.
BUT CORY BOOKER TAKING THE MORAL
HIGH GROUND HERE IS LAUGHABLE.
I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE TIME
TO BE BOMBASTIC.
PEOPLE ARE OVER THE HYPER
MORALIZING BECAUSE IT'S
SPLITTING PEOPLE IN TWO.
WE ARE IN TWO DISTINCT CAMPS.
I SIT BACK -- AND LAUGH AND
LAUGH BECAUSE EVERYONE WHO PLAYS
INTO THE POLITICS.
JUAN: THIS MIGHT TEMPER YOUR
LAUGHTER.
I THINK WE ARE BEING PULLED
APART AS A COUNTRY.
I DON'T CARE WHAT SIDE YOU ARE
ON, WE ARE ALL AMERICANS.
KENNEDY: WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS
WE HAVE LOST THE DESIRE TO FIND
THE COMMON GROUND, AND THAT'S
HEARTBREAK.
>> IF YOU TALK ABOUT POLITICS AS
THE ARTS AND SCIENCE OF
COMPROMISE PEOPLE SAY YOU ARE A
PUNK.
WE ARE BEING DRIVEN, THE NUMBER
OF RETIREMENTS ON THE REPUBLICAN
SIDE.
EVERYBODY TOOK OUT THE MIDDLE.
SO NOW YOU ARE ALL WITH THE FAR
RIGHT.
AND ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE, IT'S
BEING DRIVEN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE WINNING.
>> IT'S GOING FURTHER HARD LEFT.
WHICH BRINGS IT US TO YOUR
FANTASTIC BOOK, WHAT THE HELL DO
YOU HAVE TO LOSE.
WHICH IS A BOOK WRITTEN ABOUT
YOUR SUPPORT OF DONALD TRUMP.
JUAN: HERE IS WHAT'S ABOUT THIS
BOOK.
TRUMP MADE THE CASE IN SOME WAYS
A DIVISIVE MESSAGE DELIVERED TO
PEOPLE ABOUT NOT ONLY BLACKS,
BUT IMMIGRANTS.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS THERE IS A
LOT TO LOSE.
I THINK YOU HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE
IN TERMS OF THE BLACK EXPERIENCE
IN THIS COUNTRY.
WAIT A SECOND, LOOK AT ALL THESE
PEOPLE STRIVING TO GET INTO THE
MIDDLE CLASS.
THEY ARE NOT TO BE DEFINED BY
THE 20% IN POVERTY.
HOW ABOUT THE PLUS 50% WHO ARE
SOLIDLY IN THE MIDDLE CLASS?
>> I THINK THE FACT THAT THERE
IS SUCH A MISPERCEPTION ABOUT
THE BLACK COMMUNITY, IT'S SUCH
AN INCREDIBLE DISSERVICE.
JUAN: TO YOUR POINT, GET GUESS
WHAT, PEOPLE ON THE LEFT ONLY
FOCUS ON THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN
LEFT BEHIND RATHER THAN THE
ACHIEVEMENT OF PEOPLE TRYING TO
FULFILL THEIR AMERICAN DREAM.
KENNEDY: THEY ARE TRYING TO DO
THE RIGHT THING, BUT IN ALL THAT
THEY ARE EXACERBATING THE
VICTIMHOOD, AND A MAJORITY OF
PEOPLE ARE LIKE NO, I WANT TO DO
RIGHT BY MY FAMILY, START A
BUSINESS AND SUCCEED.
GET THE GOVERNMENT THE HELL OUT
OF THE WAY.
JUAN: IT'S LIKE WHAT HAPPENED
WITH TAXIS IN THIS TOWN.
I THINK AGAIN IT'S NOT ONLY THE
BLACKS, IT MANY THE LATINOS,
MS-13 WANTS TO KILL ALL THE
WHITE PEOPLE.
KENNEDY: I LOVE YOUR WRITING.