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Former Democratic Gov. Tom Vilsack, as a guest on the Fox News program “Hannity and Colmes” last night, was supposed to be speaking on the proposed government bailout of Wall Street on behalf of the campaign of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
But mostly, Vilsack and the show’s conservative co-host Sean Hannity spent a good chunk of the four-minute interview talking over each other.
From the interview:
HANNITY: Here we have economic advisors for Barack Obama. We’ve got Franklin Raines. He made $90 million from Fannie Mae for the six years that he worked there. An economic adviser…
VILSACK: He’s not connected with the campaign.
HANNITY: Oh, yes, he is. Don’t believe me. Read The Washington Post. Franklin Raines — and then Jim Johnson was selected — he also ran Fannie Mae, was a CEO at Lehman Brothers. He made tens of millions dollars, and they’re both reported to be mortgage and economic advisers for the Obama campaign. Should they be taken off the campaign?
VILSACK: They are not part of the campaign.
HANNITY: Jim Johnson was selected to head up his VP committee.
VILSACK: They are not…
HANNITY: You’re not telling the truth.
VILSACK: I am. They are not part of the campaign and you know it.
HANNITY: Governor, he was selected to pick his VP.
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