John Dickerson Says Washington And Lee Aren't The Same

WELCOME BACK.
WE'RE HERE WITH OUR FRIEND JOHN DICKERSON.
PEOPLE SAY THAT AFTER 17, 18 DAYS ON THE JOB, WHATEVER IT IS,
THAT THINGS MAY BE OVER FOR JOHN KELLY OR, RATHER, HIS CONTROL IS
SLIPPING.
>> WE MAY HAVE OVERSTATED THE CONTROL THING IN THE FIRST
INSTANCE.
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A PROBLEM IN THE WAY WE COVER
WHITE HOUSES IN PARTICULAR, EVERYTHING'S CHANGED BECAUSE
IT'S A NEW GUY.
THE JOB OF CHIEF OF STAFF IS INCREDIBLY HARD UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCE AND UNDER THIS PRESIDENT PARTICULARLY HARD,
UNDER THIS IMPROVISATIONAL PRESIDENT
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: I LIKE
IMPROVISATIONAL PRESIDENT.
CAN I HAVE A LOCATION I SHOULDN'T GO AND I'LL END THE
WORLD.
THANK YOU.
( PIANO RIFF ) ( LAUGHTER )
>> PRESIDENTS COME IN AFTER WINNING THE CAMPAIGN AND THEY'VE
BEATEN THE WORLD, THEY'RE EXPERTS AT GETTING ELECTED,
PARTICULARLY WITH THIS PRESIDENT WHO HAS A GUT CONNECTION WITH
HIS SUPPORTERS.
AND YOU COME IN AND SAY, NO, I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING, AND THIS
PRESIDENT PARTICULARLY FACES ET.
IT'S A HARD JOB UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES AND PARTICULARLY
HARD TO BRING THIS WHITE HOUSE BACK INTO LINE GIVEN EVERYTHING
WE'VE SEEN AND SEEING THE FACT PEOPLE FREELANCE.
SO HE'S GOT A TOUGH JOB.
>> Stephen: SPEAKING OF TOUGH JOBS, I SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS
EARLIER, WOULD YOU LIKE A COCKTAIL BEFORE GOING ANY
FURTHER?
>> YES IS ALWAYS -- >> Stephen: I JUST POURED
MYSELF ONE.
>> I'M WORRIED THE QUESTIONS ARE GOING TO GET THAT MUCH HARDER.
>> Stephen: NO.
IT'S JUST THIS WEEK, PEOPLE ARE SAYING -- CHEERS.
>> CHEERS.
>> Stephen: TO AMERICA.
TO YOUR HEALTH.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: PEOPLE ARE SAYING
THAT THIS WEEK IS SOMETHING CHANGED.
MANY PEOPLE ARE SAYING SOMETHING CHANGED IN THE PRESIDENCY, MAYBE
THE PUBLIC CERTAINLY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY'S RELATIONSHIP
WITH DONALD TRUMP, LIKE TWO ROADS DIVERGED IN A WOOD AND HE
CERTAINLY TOOK THE ONELESS TRAVELED BY.
>> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: HE SHOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN.
DO YOU THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A BREAK POINT
WITH THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THEIR PRESIDENT?
>> THURSDAY YOU SAW BOB CORKER, CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE FOREIGN
RELATIONS COMMITTEE, HE IS NOT A HOT HEAD, AND HE SAID THERE ARE
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S STABILITY AND HE NEEDED TO DO
SOME DEEP INTROSPECTION.
THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT CHARLOTTESVILLE.
THIS IS ABOUT HIS ENTIRE ABILITY AND CAPACITY IN THE JOB.
THIS IS NOT SOMEBODY WHO MAKES OUTLANDISH COMMENTS AS A MATTER
OF COURSE.
SO HE IS RAISING THE QUESTION THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN RAISED ABOUT
THE PRESIDENT WHICH IS A QUESTION OF TEMPERAMENT.
THE IMPULSES HAVE SERVED HIM WELL IN LIFE AND AS A CANDIDATE,
DOES HE KNOW HOW TO FIT THEM INTO APTY WHICH IS A JOB THAT
EVERY PRESIDENT WHO GOES THROUGH IT IS ABOUT CONSTRAINING YOUR
IMPULSES AND KNOWING HOW TO.
AND SENATOR CORKER OF TENNESSEE RENDERED THIS VERDICT AND THAT
FEELS VERY DIFFERENT IN RESPONSE TO THIS MOMENT WE'RE IN.
THAT FEELS DIFFERENT.
>> Stephen: UNSTABLE OR QUESTIONED HIS STABILITY.
>> QUESTIONED HIS STABILITY.
>> Stephen: HIS STABILITY, MENTAL STABILITY.
HE'S QUESTIONING WHETHER THE MAN WITH THE NUCLEAR LAUNCH CODES IS
NECESSARILY STABLE.
>> THAT'S WHAT SENATOR CORKER SAID TODAY, YEAH.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WE'VE GOT TO GO
HERE BUT BEFORE WE GO, AS A STUDENT OF HISTORY AND SOMEBODY
WHO'S STUDIED THE PRESIDENTS AND AS A SOUTHERNER AND SOMEONE FROM
VIRGINIA AND SOMEONE WHO WENT TO U.V.A., WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE
COMPARISON OF WASHINGTON AND LEE THAT THE PRESIDENT IS MAKING?
DO YOU THINK SO THAT IS ON ANY FIRM GROUND?
>> WELL, THEY WERE BOTH -- I MEAN, ON THE SLAVERY, THERE IS A
COMPARISON BETWEEN THE TWO, BUT THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT GENERAL
WASHINGTON FOUNDED THE COUNTRY, HE WAS AND DID EVERYTHING AS
THAT FIRST PRESIDENT BECAUSE HE KNEW EVERYBODY WAS WATCHING HIM
AS HE FOUNDED THE COUNTRY AND LAID THE CORNERSTONE FOR THE
COUNTRY AND WHAT HE DID BEFOREHAND IN FIGHTING THE
REVOLUTION BUT ALSO THEN THE WAY HE BEHAVED IN OFFICE.
AND, SO, BY CONTRAST, GENERAL LEE, WHO AT WEST POINT THEY
DON'T EVEN CALL HIM GENERAL LEE WHEN HE WENT THERE BECAUSE HE
WAS A GENERAL OF THE CONFEDERACY, WAS IN OPEN
REBELLION OF THE THING WASHINGTON BUILT.
FOR THE PURPOSES OF KEEPING INSTITUTION THAT'S PART OF
AMERICA'S ORIGINAL SIN.
THEY'RE NOT COMPARABLE AT ALL.
THAT'S THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT THAT COMPARISON.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> STEPHEN: WATCH "FACE THE
NATION" SUNDAYS ON CBS.
JOHN DICKERSON, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MICHAEL RAPAPORT.

John Dickerson Says Washington And Lee Aren't The Same

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