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buddy roemer was the fifty second governor of louisiana from nineteen
eighty eight to nineteen ninety-two he's also running for the republican
presidential nomination he was elected as a democrat but switch to the
republican party in march of nineteen ninety one uh... governor widest which
that's that i'm getting so many questions from my audience and at the
top of the list is why did you switch parties
two reasons
one was that indeed nineteen eighties
acceding much more
will be interest of the republican party sardi's the injuries
that they talked about
abraham lincoln kind of things in terms of civil liberties
smaller government more individual liberty and responsibility i like that
uh... teddy roosevelt
idea of the competition should be fair
republicans
at that time were much different from the democrats
who got funded by the big corporations the republicans did
uh... education
works best when it's ron locally
with the school board cap over routine the the agencies
rather than the federal government doing are like that
so
spot was in congress
i was a democrat
but a conservative one
and there was no room in our party for me
everyone's idea consider yourself i mean did now your signature issue really
seems to be
funding of elections funding of candidates and really i mean when we
look at american politics right now
europe
point of view seems very very similar to dennis kucinich that's the one person i
find where you do really seem to agree what issues but what issues do you still
find yourself to really be in agreement with that with today's republican party
on
are doubting me he had heard anything each month
usb really good question why not change but doesn't know governor in american
history
before sense
has changed parties while in office in
so it was a big decision for me
never remember i'm fighting corruption louisiana had twelve percent
unemployment
low grade teachers
worse rated bonds our kids were leaked giving the state corruption
corruption corruption so first out ran for office
with a hundred dominant no pac money freed to lead and i want
i_b_t_ establishment
and so i want to finish the job in the way to do that that was to establish a
second party
i switched to a rock welcome and we just addresses second party i'm very proud of
it
you need to parties
now back to your question today
who are closest to
really not all of them
both parties are corrupt david
you know that has a lovely agree
week we have a president
who ran home hoping change madam dot
the two things yes and the liberal mp
is hoping to change
you know why
he didn't have time
his *** raising a billion dollars
to run for re-election
where is his first fundraiser
wall street
thirty five thousand dollars a ticket
you know the sponsor wants
goldman sachs
so out probable welcome party
but and a m sure not prominent democratic party bearing outrageous for
corruption
i will stand in this campaign
and will be elected
if i can ever reach the national stage because my opposition is where the
american people v_s_ i want president freida lee
i wanna president will do the right thing i want a president who grow jobs
not parole the size of government get outcome how come you're not uh... in the
republican debate in the national republican debate anymore rely also
spoke with fred carter who also is not participating
in those two dates he wants to be participating
uh... is it because of the day off dot it's based on poll numbers national poll
numbers why are you in there
that's a good question i don't want an answer
i've been running for ten months
and fred has his own issues that that's not my nation
but but but but
maisha and
effects everything we can be done in washington
is well bye-bye has been eighty-four president
he's a good man
but he can't get anything done you know a lot
the beach excluded
david
the president has no power
he's given it up for reelection you has the power goldman sachs
no no question is are you having you you know i agree with you on that this this
is the issue located
don't confuse it
with anything else and all of the pay is is a forum to get the issue out there
and the reason they keep me out of it
is they don't want to talk about the issue because they are addicted to the
money
would you run alongside ron paul is that's would you be ron paul's running
mate at the question getting from of water on paul supporters
the airline ron paul i'd like you know a lot
acecomm different hotmail mom needs he issues
out then there is a role for government
he would eliminate
uh... i think health reform needs to happen
i think we need fair trade with foreign countries
it's unfair now
but i like ron paul's
uh... character
out like he's teaching with the central bank
we ought to do away with humphrey hawkins and keeping all one issue of
currency
axelrod that i would get for elected president
have an immediate alright
of the federal reserve he loved it
he started using a_t_t_ speeches
right have served in congress together
thirty years ago were close
we'll see and i have everything
but the two of us
would make one hell of a change in america and would you would you run
alongside a democrat on a mixed ticket
absolutely
uh... lot we need change week week even throw corruption outcome of their own
that's all right now
i'm not interested in being a lifelong politician i've been out of politics for
twenty years
and i may have please help that you know that
i've grown a billion dollar bank
no bailout money out of a very successful
and i had been made
but im frustrate
about what's happening in america
i think this is a country in decline
and i will go anywhere
and meet with the v_ body
and t
which anybody
no matter what party there and then he didn't want to test it
do you put america first
satan and jesse ventura would you run with jesse ventura former minnesota
governor third-party guy
i don't know enough about a man you know decide not to read the maintains right
you mentioned ron paul
acted on ron
and i would welcome an alliance there
but let me go for okay
i think it needs to be very very carefully
are act happy
fourteen days central to get together
outside of both parties
are heading independent are democrat to join with me
i would be very interested in that
tell me why do you think herman cain who has
zero experience in governing in politics is seen as more of religion in the
candidate the new york former governor
he he's not seen is more religion the candidates is matter no
he was in all the debates man
i mean you can't i mean if you're not in the debate huron
how do you compare until i don't know that we have for the replacement like
the david yet yet backbase
talking about jobs and corruption
and then we'll see the most popular candidate e
it will be harming pain
okay so let me let me rephrase them because i said from the start of herman
cain dozen actually have a real chance of being the republican nominee he's
asking that he may have read it at the at the at the very most he has two weeks
left in this campaign before it will be forced out of my question is
why have things aligned themselves in such a way where herman cain
has become so much more well-known and about more popular in the polls then you
have
he's been in the end of the aids name that you keep asking answer to your
question
book
this is the twenty first century david yeah quick running four years ago or ten
years ago or twenty years ago
debates were not that important then
there everything now most americans
don't give a damn
their word about their job in their family
the elections the irrawaddy
this isn't his son ball game
what you do in the debate is getting home they they check your credibility
they see how you answer under pressure they see how you answer when you get a
surprise question they see how you answer one another candidate tax you a
debate is a wonderful plane it's two hours every week
it's twenty hours of twenty four hours i have none of that
in the last poll
in florida statewide
run by professional bar
awstats six in the race
we forget baloney
all those who have been in the debate i've not been in a single one let me get
on the debate and one of two things are going to happen date
even i'll shut up
and do nothing
will be the next president of the united states mothers more options than just
those two i think you keep asking
i mean a lot of why are you doing you need to think about it
you keep asking the same question or body well why don't you better known why
don't you hire in the polls
what he thinks that
i haven't been on a single debates but why not always the question why haven't
you been in this debate
firstly uh... the requirement was that you'd be a formal candidate for
president
in the first three national data i was not
so i didn't worry about it when i announced in august
and car are inquired as to what the requirements are
since that was the only candidate who was a congressman and big and the
governor
and they said we get out there
one percent
loopholes
what i've been in politics in twenty years so passive i've got some work to
do i've made one percent palace three more debates that on this saw colleague
in and that i was told you had to have two percent
so i work began on may eight two percent that's why in the national polls
and then the last three debased and if apartment
you had to raise a half a million dollars
in the ninety days prior to the debate
wa don't take pac money
i don't have a super pack
i have a hundred dollar living i've raised two hundred and fifty six
thousand
average contribution sixty dollars
but that's only half
of put that won't need to raise why is that a requirement past them
aztec goddess their requirement here's what they taught me
we gotta find ways to keep some people i don't
that's how we pick a president
that's that's definitely a sad commentary
uh... you know the one way that i can guarantee you get right into the
national spotlight is if you have an extramarital affair that seems to really
get uh... get get people interested you'll be in all the debated and
wouldn't you
european so unfair her so um... last cuellar back away out in force man
it also so i guess when i get to the top of one area to be looked at at that
stand with me
but uh...
i've been lucky in pretty good for america
if you are not by somebody if you happen to not be the republican nominee will
you support whoever does come out of this republican field or might you look
to a third party or to a democrat
i'll support the best person for president will see that he s
i'm hoping that's a republican
but it will be somebody who endorses campaign reform is the key
to turn in america ramen growing jobs
it's just that simple
and i have not heard any single tenant
democrat or republican
nije campaign reform
and be telling the truth
absolutely neither of our we've been speaking with the fifty second governor
of louisiana and current republican presidential candidate buddy roemer
really a pleasure to speak with you and thanks for joining us
thanks david good job man