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The 'political' show Hardball from CNBC was taped tonight at Northrup Auditorium over at the U. Since neither of our spouses were interested, Jeannine and I went over and checked it out. Chris Matthews - who has his own blog, by the way - interviewed Jesse for the entire hour. It was really neat to watch, what with all the action going on during the breaks and all that. Lots of yucks from the stage and from the crowd. All in all, I thought Jesse did a pretty good job.

Highlights:

• Jesse going at it with some dork in the audience who booed when Matthews asked the audience if they would like to see Jesse run again. Ventura just ran the kid over. The kid, like most of the other dorks there, didn't really know why he was booing, only that it seemed trendy to do so. When he finally took the mic to defend himself, his rationale for not liking Jesse had something to do with Jason Lewis. You're gonna win with the old 'conservative talk show host defense'? Sure you are, dude.
  
  
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  • Jesse correctly pronouncing the word 'nuclear'. Potential pet-peeve avoided.
  
  
  • Jesse carefully choosing his words when asked for his opinion on women being involved in combat situations. Basically, he said that it's men who would have the problem with women in combat, because men would tend to want to protect the women fighting along side of them. He put the blame on the dudes, all the while saying that women don't really belong in combat situations. It was one of the few things he said that I honestly felt he had taken the time to reflect on.
  
  
  • Meeting another Falguni.
  
  
  • "Just because people don't like the United States doesn't mean we can eliminate them."
  
  
  • The whole crowd singing an a capella version of rouser during one of the breaks.