Christopher Hitchens: Talks & Debates
Nov 1, 2026 · 15 min · 11 segments
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Christopher HitchensGuest
Bill MaherGuest
Bill O'ReillyHost
Jon StewartHost
Why don't you run down the strengths and weaknesses of the Republican Party as you see them?
Well, obviously the strength is their ability to turn mistruth into something people would believe.
The way they can turn anything into a wash, like they're doing now with Kerry's military record.
I mean, Bush has a pretty indefensible military record, especially for someone who's running as a war president.
But they're able to muck up John Kerry's record, spin it, tarnish it to the point where people go, hey, you know what? There's some crazy stuff about Bush in the war and there's some crazy stuff about Kerry.
Iran was the one who actually enabled the 9-11 hijackers by not checking their passports.
But it was the same week that some stuff came out about Sandy Berger stealing some papers in his pants.
Why don't you run down the strengths and weaknesses of the Republican Party as you see them?
Well, obviously the strength is their ability to turn mistruth into something people would believe.
The way they can turn anything into a wash, like they're doing now with Kerry's military record.
I mean, Bush has a pretty indefensible military record, especially for someone who's running as a war president.
But they're able to muck up John Kerry's record, spin it, tarnish it to the point where people go, hey, you know what? There's some crazy stuff about Bush in the war and there's some crazy stuff about Kerry.
Iran was the one who actually enabled the 9-11 hijackers by not checking their passports.
But it was the same week that some stuff came out about Sandy Berger stealing some papers in his pants.
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